and we have a winner!!!

Evening everyone,

Aren't birthdays the coolest, I've had a lovely day and received some gorgeous cards and gifts from my family and from my blogging friends.....big hugs to you all, thankyou so much

Also, before I announce the winner, I want to say a huge thankyou to everyone who took part in my blog candy celebration, I've been totally overwhelmed by the response, my hit counter is now almost 13,000.....how amazing is that......thanks so much everyone

I have used Random org. to choose the winner as there were so many entries
And the winner is............


DEBBY4000


Congratulations Debbie, please can you e-mail me your address and I'll get your goodies in the post

Celebration Blog candy

Hi everyone,

At last I have managed to get my blog candy organised. I wait patiently for the counter to get to 10,000 and now its nearly at 11,000!.......you should know me by now I'm not the most organised person!!

Anywoo, as a thankyou to all my gorgeous visitors and blogging friends who have kept me going with lovely comments and constant inspiration I am offering everything you see in the photo......I've kept to a christmas theme......the prize includes, some card, some Dovecraft paper, dovecraft brads, PM gems, some ribbon and some buttons and a fabulous Snowman stamp from the Home Grown section by Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits

All you have to do to be in with a chance is leave a comment under this post and tell everyone all about it on your blog........I will ship internationally so everyone is welcome........the closing date is 6pm (my time!) on October 9th which just so happens to be my birthday!!!

Thank you all for visiting my blog

Update: MY BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING

More scrummy yummieness

Morning everyone,

No cards to show again today, just haven't been able to get creative this week, don't know why but my mojo has gone AWOL.....I have to work today and tomorrow, so hopefully by Sunday I will be back on track....new week, new start!!

But I had to come and tell you all about more scrummy candy....there must be something in the water lol!!

Jeanette is having her first candy giveaway to celebrate 10,000 hits, her blog is gorgeous and I am so pleased to work with her on SS DT, she is such an inspiration to me. She is offering a Magnolia stamp and loads of images and a beautiful wallet she made to store them all in

Marlene as you all know makes gorgeous cards and has a double celebration, just like me, her birthday is coming soon and she has a whooping 145,000 hits. To celebrate she is offering not 1 but 2 hAngler images, how fab is that

Fran has wonderful WOJ candy to give away, these stamps are fabulous and if you don't have any.... you need them in your collection!

Lim is also having her first candy giveaway and has yummy stash including a martha stewart punch and loads and loads of images

All these ladies are amazingly talented and I am a daily visitor to all their blogs, so hop over now and join in the fun...you might just get lucky.....but I hope it's me!!!

Blog candy galore

Hi everyone,

Just popped in to tell you all about more awesome candy out there in blogland, I hate to do this but as there are so many lovely ladies offering super candy at the moment I am going to do a list...in no particular order

Nessy has reached 12,000 hits and is offering fabulous bits and bobs candy

Beth is celebrating 200 (or 207th) post and offering fab forever friends candy

Han has reached 20,000 visitors and is offering some scrummy stash

Michelle is celebrating a fabulous 25,ooo hits and has 'donkey' candy to give away

Anki has reached 1000 hits and is offering much sought after hAngler candy

Kimmie now has her chance to give away more fantastic Whiff of Joy candy

Congratulations to everyone for their blogging achievements, again sorry about the list

Hop over and visit all these lovely ladies and join in the celebrations and take some time to look at all their wonderful creations

Blog candies and an award

Evening everyone,
Just a quick post to tell you of a couple of fantastic blog candies

Carole is giving a chance to win scrummy candy, just because.....to thank all her lovely visitors to her blog

Line is giving away yummy candy to one lucky visitor as she celebrates 1000 hits.....congrats Line

Hop over to these fantastic blogs and join in the fun

On the subject of fun.....I have received a fabulous award from my blogging buddies Line and Bev . Thanks so much ladies, you really made my day



An last but not least, I received this fantastic award from my lovely friend Hanne ages ago (sorry hun!) .Thank you so much sweetie, it is really appreciated

As usual I am so far behind with all the awards, most people have already had them, if not I give it to YOU.....all my wonderful blogging friends

WOJ candy

Hi everyone
Now it's the turn of the gorgeously talented Bev to host a Whiff of Joy candy giveaway. Bev is such a lovely lady and makes amazing cards, if you've been on another planet and never visited her before, pop over right now to be amazed at her creations and join in the fun, you can win a WOJ stamp and some goodies from Bev's stash, how fabulous!!

Also, the wonderfully and amazing talented Elisabeth Bell is having her first ever blog candy giveaway, the fabulous prize includes a WOJ stamp and wait for it.....a piece of her original artwork, that truly is an amazing prize, hop over now to join in the fun

Whiff of Joy - candy

Hi everyone,

Just another quick post to tell you about Suzanne's WOJ candy giveaway. I know most of you already know....gosh I'm so last minute with these things.

Anyway, pop over to Suzannes blog for all the details and join in the fun, whilst you're there take some time to look at all Suzannes wonderful creations

Blog candies

Hi everyone,
Just popped in to tell you all (although most of you already know lol!) about a couple of awesome blog candies
Shary is celebrating 37,000 hits and is offering the chance to win Alota rubber stamp, you have until 22 Aug, so be quick.
Debbie is celebrating 10,000 hits and is offering fab Christmas candy including one of the new Whiff of Joy stamps, you have until 24 Aug.

So, hot foot over there and help them celebrate and take the time to look at all their fab creations.....you will not be disappointed

Fab candy and some fab news

Hi again everyone,
Gosh, I've been on this computer for about 3 hours now lol! I'm getting RSD.
My lovely and very generous and talented friend Bev is celebrating 20000 hits and offering a chance to win scrummy candy, lots of hangler images and some fab paper, hop over and join in the fun and take a look at all her wonderful creations....you will not be disappointed.

On a personal note...some fab news...no, not that......I've just been to Elisabeth Bell's blog and she has picked my idea for next months sketches, wow I'm not normally one to blow my own trumpet, so to speak, but I am really pleased and looking forward to her new sketches, thankyou so much Elisabeth

Thats it, tooo tired, can't type anymoooooore!!
Love to you all

More scrummy candy

Evening everyone,

I know most of you already know, I'm always the last minute! but there are some fab candies about at the moment, I think I've just about got time to enter

Ila is giving away super magnolia candy
Kristine is giving away super hangler stamp and charms to celebrate 20000 hits
Lorraine is giving away fab stash to celebrate her birthday
Maria is celebrating and offering super candy including a Rakle stamp

All these ladies are extremely talented, you should pop over and look at all their wonderful creations

I have also been given some super awards by some special people which I will post tomorrow, been to work until 9pm, just toooooo tired now

Have a super evening (what's left of it!!!), see you all tomorrow

Candy with a difference

Hi everyone,

Just realised my blog is looking a bit sparse this week, don't seem to have blogged much. I did make two teacher cards but can't post them as I was too late to take piccies doh! so that's where my time has gone!

But I must tell you about some fab candy. Hanne is celebrating 10, 11 and 12000 hits all at once and offering some super stash, all you have to do is write a......poem, well actually 3 poems, to help her get a collection together. Hop over to her blog for all the details and join in the fun, whilst you're there have a look at all her beautiful cards, she really is talented

Scrummy Candy

Hi everyone,

Do you wanna be in the hat to win scrummy candy.......well pop over straight away to Marlene's blog and join in the fun.

Marlene is extremely talented and her creations are awesome and to celebrate the summer holidays, she is giving away a hangler stamp plus many images......I think you'll agree, a super scrumptious prize. So without further ado....hot foot it over there and prepare to be inspired

Feeling a bit better and more scrummy candy

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to say feeling a bit better today, those antibiotics are a miracle in a bottle! I've got two bottles of 'kids' medicine, one bright yellow, one bright orange, I don't think the pharmacist realised they were for me lol!

Also more scrummy candy up for grabs in blogworld

Deb is celebrating 30,000 hits wow!

Jill is celebrating 2,000 hits, well done

Shary is celebrating being chosen for the design team for Alota rubber stamps, congratulation

Andrea is giving away super magnolia candy

Ying is giving away super HH candy

Pop over to all these fantastic blogs, be in awe of their creations and leave a comment to be in the hat!

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments

Blog Candy Bonanza

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post tonight to tell you all about super blog candy giveaways. I don't really like to just make a list, but I keep forgetting to add them to my post, so here goes

Jennifer

Ila is celebrating the release of the new HH stamps

Claudia is celebrating 170,000 hits, wow!

Fran is celebrating 25,000 hits and her birthday, happy birthday Fran

Maya is celebrating 10,000 hits

All of these ladies have fantastic blogs and brilliant creations, you should hop over and check them out

Nikki's blog candy and an award

Hi,

My friend Nikki has reached a fabulous 10,000 hits in just 4 months and is celebrating by offering scrummy candy. She is a lovely lady and deserves all the praise she gets, both creatively and personally. Her blog is fantastic, you should hot foot it over there and look at all the inspirational work and join in the celebration.

I have also been given this fantastic award by Nikki and Camilla , they are both very talented and I am honoured to receive this award from them.

The rules for this award:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.

The ladies I would like to nominate are

Bev

Carole

Diane

Katharina

Lim

Mandy

Heidi

Rach

Now I know that this award is already half way around the block and some of you will have already received it, but I wanted you to have it from me also. Some of these ladies have been with me since the beginning and some I've only recently discovered, but are all a source of inspiration to me.

Camilla's blog candy

Hi,

Camilla has reached a fabulous 10,000 hits and as a thankyou to all her vistors she has kindly provided a sketch to make a card and is offering super blog candy.

Camilla is a wonderfully talented lady who has some beautiful creations on her blog, you should definately hop over and have a look and join in with the fun, thanks for a chance to win scrummy candy.
Here is my card, hope you like!

• Image: Hangler
• Medium: Watercolour pens
• Paper: Bazzill, Stacy Claire Boyd
• Flowers and brads from stash