It's here!!! Delicious Doodles Blog Hop & First Challenge

Well the day has come for the first ever Delicious Doodles Challenge, and what an easy one we have to start the ball rolling!! It's ANYTHING GOES so I really hope that you'll be joining us! To celebrate the launch, we're having a blog hop. 

However, it's not any old Blog Hop - oh no!! Each girl on the DT has an image to giveaway, that's right - GIVE AWAY. It will be the image used to make their creation! So, if you want to win these images, all you need do is leave a comment on the DT members blog. The image I used can be seen on my card at the bottom of this post.

If that isn't enough to get you all excited, Teri is also going to give away TEN DIGI IMAGES on the Challenge Blog. The Challenge winner will get to choose 10 digi's from the Delicious Doodles Shop!! BUT to qualify for this awesome prize there is a small catch! You must comment on ALL of the DT Blogs, AND make a project to enter.

OK, are you ready? Lets go!!! The hop starts here

If you're already part of the hop you should have arrived from Amy's Blog and your next stop is Alex's Blog.

Just in case you get lost, here's the Blog Hop order ( yes I know there are a few of us, but that way we can bring you weekly challenges with plenty of inspiration).

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog

(Team A):

Keryn

Anita

Pascale

Saskia

Ildiko

Lyn

Anne

Terri

(Team B):

Maria

Amy

Claire (you're here)

Alex

Darlene

Allison

Ruthie

Grace

Teri (Store Owner) and then back to the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog to enter your creation for your chance to win the fabby TEN digi-images of your choice!!

Phew! Hope you got all that peeps!

The Challenge and Blog Hop will finish on Thursday 25th November at 6pm GMT (UK time). Each winner for the individual digi's will be announced on the DT members Blogs, so be sure to follow them if you want to know who their winners are!

The Grand Prize winner will be announced on the Challenge Blog on the morning of Friday 26th November before the next Challenge goes live later that day.

So if your still with me here's my card (I'm so sorry for the pictures, but it was a complete nightmare to photograph). Remember, if you want to be in with a chance of winning this image all you need to do is leave me some love ;)

The image was coloured with Promarkers, then covered with a Hobby Craft adhesive sheet and sprinkled with iridescent ultra-fine glitter. I cut some acetate to size, scored it down the centre and then randomly stamped snowflakes over it with Stazon. Once that had dried the image was layered up and mounted onto the acetate with glue dots. Then mats of the same size were used to cover the rear of the image and the inside/back of the card. This also added some stability to the card. I then added a Marianne Creatables Snowflake die cut coated with Stardust and Gold Stickles. The sentiment is from my new LOTV set.

This photograph is the unmounted image, but it shows the sparkle and glimmer a little better.

If you've got this far, thank you so much for sticking with this epic post, and I wish you ALL the very best of luck.

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - Christmas/Winter
2 Sisters - Christmas
Bee Crafty - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Polly craft Monday - A Glittery Christmas

Paper Playtime - p.s. I love you

Lexi's Creations - Traditional colours
DCD - Snowflakes

Did you guess the weight of the wreath correctly?

Thanks to all of you who left comments on my candy wreath. Nobody guessed the correct weight which was.................2.378kg. Yes it took almost three tins of Celebrations!!

So, onto the winner............... who is Marg who said "Wow Claire, that's fabulous! all that yummy chocolate. I daren't buy any but would love to know how you did it. My guess is 1.5kg. (even though I'm a lb oz sort of girl)" . So Marg if you can send me your details and I'll pop a little something in the post for you.

If you didn't win this time, be sure to check back here tomorrow as I will be giving you the chance to win a little something in exchange for some love!! Also, just a heads up that I'll be doing another CSN giveaway in the next couple of days, so you'll need to keep your eye's peeled for that. 

Also, as so many of you asked how I made the wreath I've attached a You Tube video, which I felt was the most useful (you would not believe how many videos and tutorials there are out there and yes I trawled through a fair number of them before finding this one).

I'll leave you with a few hints and tips that I've discovered, if you can't get hold of wire coat hangers your local florists should be able to help you out for a very small fee. I've also made these wreaths using polystyrene wreath frames and a hot glue gun as it greatly reduces the number of sweets you use! You can also use curling ribbon to attach the sweets as again it reduces the number required.

 

Cottage in the Snow Shaker Easel Card

I'm just popping by to quickly share a card with you and remind you that the Delicious Doodles first ever challenge starts on Friday. Please do come and join us as it's going to be a complete blast with plenty of prizes and surprises! If you've not already been to visit the challenge blog, pop over there as Teri is giving away five digi images to one lucky follower once we reach the magic 100 (at the time of writing this post there are 94, so it won't be long to wait).

The other day I made my first ever shaker card (which I'll share with you in next few days), and loved it! For some reason it took me back to being a child again and playing with a snowglobe that only came out at Christmas. It also sparked a few ideas in my head for other cards and images, this being one of them.

The image is from Delicious Doodles Shop and has been coloured with Promarkers. The wood on the doors and windows has been varnished with Glossy Accents and the snow has been given some shimmer with a combination of Picket Fence and Stardust Stickles. I've punched some snowflakes and then glittered them for the shaker contents.

The easel base and shaker frame have been created with my nesties and then embossed with a Sizzix Texturz Plate. The edges of the card have been inked with silver. The snowflake embellishment has been cut with a Marianne Creatables die. The sentiment is from Papermania.

Thanks for stopping by

Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pear Tree Designs - Shaker Card
Alota Rubber Stamps - Lets Celebrate Christmas
Party Time Tuesdays - Easel Card
Crafty Cardmakers - Dry Embossing
Critter Challenge - Texture
Creative Inspirations - Winter Woodland
ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for Xmas
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle 
I ♥ ProMarkers - Snowman
Whimsie Doodles - Let it snow

Alcohol Inked Winter Beauty

I'm back with another of the new images from Dragons Lair Designs. This one's called Winter Beauty. As you are all probably aware by now, we are running a very special challenge over at the Stampin' With The Dragon Challenge Blog and have some truly awesome prizes up for grabs. If you haven't already entered, then please go check out the blog to see what it's all about (I promise that you will kick yourself if you miss this challenge).

It feels like ages since I've had the opportunity to experiment, so when I saw this image, I decided that I'd try something slightly different. I'm not sure that I'm that keen on the end result, but all the same I'm glad I've experimented!

The image has been printed onto glossy cardstock and then heat embossed. I've then alcohol inked around the image and coloured the image with Promarkers.

Tools
Sizzix Bigshot
Tim Holtz Tattered Florals
Sizzix Holly
Nellie Snellon Punch
Spellbinder Nestabilities
Heat Gun
Tim Holtz Blender

Materials
Image - Dragons Lair Designs
Glossy Cardstock
Black Cardstock
White Cardstock
Alcohol Inks
Distress Inks
Stickles
Magic Soft
Promarkers

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Christmas/Winter
2 Sisters - Christmas
Bee Crafty - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Polly craft Monday - A Glittery Christmas
Little Paper Shop - Diecuts

OK guys I need some help urgently!!

It's my Grandparents 69th Wedding Anniversary on Friday and I'm struggling to come up with anything. I've googled my finger tips off and still can't find anything to do...... I wanted to do something really special for them, but that won't cost the earth - any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Claire x

Winner of the CSN Giveaway

Thank you to all that entered the giveaway. If you didn't win this time stay tuned as I have another one coming up really soon. Also, don't forget I have a small giveaway running for the person who leaves a comment on this post correctly guessing the weight of the wreath.

Right onto the winner! There were 18 comments (two from the same person as they forgotten to add which item they'd like), so I only counted one of their comments and then assigned the numbers 1 -17 to the commentators in the order in which they were left, put them into the Mr Random thingy widget who selected number 14 Kelsmakes.

Congratulations hun, if you'd like to drop me an email and I'll send your voucher over to you. If I don't hear anything by 21/11/2010 then I will draw a new winner on 22/11/2010.

I've been playing!

Just a flying visit from me tonight to show you what I managed to make with some new Papersoft products and to remind you to check back here tomorrow as I have something really exciting to tell you!

I sponged cream Papersoft onto card and then inked up a flourish stamp with pink Papersoft and randomly stamped over the paper. The edges have been distressed and lightly inked. The image was stamped using Sepia Versamark. The flower and ferns have been coloured using Papersoft.

Tools
Sizzix Bigshot
Martha Stewart Scoreboard
Purple Cows Guillotine
Sizzix 3D Flower Die
Little Claire's Fern Die
Scallop Edge Punch

Materials
White Card - The Papermill
Papersoft
Sentiment - Ladybug Stamps
Image - Birds by Inkadinkadoo
Versamark Sepia Ink
Gold Gel Pen

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching
Dutch Dare - CAS
Pixie Cottage - Sketch/2 Colours
Creative Cardcrew - Thanks
Sarah Hurley - Easel Card