cuddly buddly challenge 9: say something nice!

hello bloggers!

it’s friday and it is time for a new challenge @ cuddly buddly! 

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this week i had the honour to choose the challenge theme. 

so, here it is: “SAY SOMETHING NICE” - if you want to play along you have to include a text or journaling spot on your card!

here is some inspiration from me:

i used pachela studios digi stamp – toby tumble special friends 

you can find more DT examples on cuddly buddly's blog.

rules for play:

• you may enter as many times as you’d like to each week so long as your project hasn't been submitted to a previous challenge at cuddly buddly.
• you may submit your entry to other challenges across the web.
• you will need to publish your entry on your own blog with a link to the challenge post and also display one or more of cuddly buddly's web buttons from the column on the right.
• link your project to cuddly buddly by submitting your entry using the InLinkz service at the bottom of each challenge blog post.
• entries need to be submitted before 20:00hrs thursday 1st september.

the prize:
a £10 (or £5*) cuddly buddly crafts gift certificate to be spent as the winner/s so choose in the online shop.

* if the winning entrant has not used a cuddly buddly image they will receive a £5 gift certificate.

the winner/s:
one winner will be chosen at random from all of the entries. if there are over thirty entries the DT member who set the theme for the challenge will personally choose a second winner.

the winner/s will be notified by email, announced on the next challenge and listed on the winners page.

so, get your digi's and join the FUN @ cuddly buddly!

hugs 'n smiles,
Emmy

product challenge {use your punches!}

hello bloggers,

sorry, that i'm a bit late with this post, but i'm on my vacation {a loooong one:-)} and my days are filled with sea, sunshine and cocktails!

anyway, without further adieu, i'm presenting you the monthly PRODUCT CHALLENGE at scrapbook challenges. this month i had the honour to organise this event and i choose PUNCHES!

i've been collecting them since i began crafting, but i cannot say that i managed to use every single one of them. that's why i'm challenging you this month to USE YOUR PUNCHES!

the challenge is to create a card or a layout, using at least THREE different punches. and here is some inspiration from me:

i used the following punches on this card:

martha stewart - monarch butterfly medium punch

martha stewart - deep edge punch butterfly

martha stewart - floral lace edge punch

corner punch (on the sentiment)

and one of my recent layouts:

punches used here:

martha stewart - pansy edge punch

martha stewart - pansy corner punch

fiskars - border punch apron lace

for close ups and more detailed information, please click HERE.  

to view my challenge and the other entries, please click HERE.

i hope you will join the FUN at scrapbook challenges with me!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

cuddly buddly challenge 7: anything goes

hello bloggers!

here we go again, it’s friday already and time for a new challenge @ cuddly buddly!

this week the theme is “ANYTHING GOES” chosen by judith

please be sure that your entry’s main image is sold here by one of cuddly buddly's artists and that you’ve added one of cuddly buddly's fabby banners to your blog sidebar!

it’s a wide open challenge theme that judith has chosen for us this week. and here is my inspiration to you:

i used cuddly buddly digi stamp – guardian angel 

you can find more DT examples on cuddly buddly's blog.

rules for play:

• each entry must, for it’s main image, use a digi image sold by one of the artists at cuddly buddly crafts.
• you may enter as many times as you’d like to each week so long as your project hasn't been submitted to a previous challenge at cuddly buddly.
• you may submit your entry to other challenges across the web.
• you will need to publish your entry on your own blog with a link to the challenge post and also display one or more of cuddly buddly's web buttons from the column on the right.
• link your project to cuddly buddly by submitting your entry using the inlinkz service at the bottom of each challenge blog post.
• entries need to be submitted before 20:00hrs thursday 19th august.

the prize:

a £10 cuddly buddly crafts gift certificate to be spent as the winner/s so choose in the online shop.

the winner/s:

one winner will be chosen at random from all of the entries. if there are over thirty entries the DT member who set the theme for the challenge will personally choose a second winner.

the winner/s will be notified by email, announced on the next challenge and listed on the winners page.

so, get your digi's and join the FUN @ cuddly buddly!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

i've been published!!!

hello bloggers!

just a quick newsflash - i've been published! again! YES!

i was pleasantly surprised when i got an e-mail from gingerscrapstreet.com editors, that my layout "little pixie" is chosen to be published in their august 2011 issue.

the article, featuring my layout, is about "playing with dolls" and the possibilities of using chipboard or hand-made mannequins on your page. 

on my layout i used the FABULOUS dusty attic chipboard mannequin, which i dressed up like tinker bell. a used white lace (coloured green with glimmer mist) and hand-made blue wings. i think that it looks just perfect on my little pixie layout.

if you are interested in some close ups and more detailed information about my layout, you can read my original post HERE.

if you wish to read the complete article from gingerscrapstreet.com magazine, click HERE.

off to fetch some ice-cream now!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

prima marketing: august prima pick and palette

hello bloggers!

this month's prima marketing product pick and palette are simply:

DELIGHTFUL!

each of the gorgeous Ruby Violet bit & baubles explode with vibrant colors that are perfect for a pick-me-up project!

and you have a chance to win! just click HERE, follow the instructions and may be you will be the lucky one this month!

hugs 'n smiles,
Emmy

sketch 260 "happy birthday, OMA" {DT work for scrapbook challenges}

hello bloggers,

the sizzling summer sketches week at scrapbook challenges are over and it is time for our regular weekly sketches.

the first sketch for august is designed by our very talented bev code {sketch 260}:

and here is my interpretation:

i used the WONDERFUL k&company collection "WILD SAFFRON" - both paper and chipboards.

the lantern and the balloon i cut with my DARLING silhoutte and i coloured them with copic ciao markers.

the flowers are from prima marketing (naturally;-), k&company papers and buttons!

as usual, i did a lot of stamping, stitching, doodling and inking on this layout:

if you wish to see some more of the inspiring work of the DT, please click here!

i hope you will JOIN me in this AWESOME challenge!

hugs 'n smiles,
Emmy

CC august blog challenge - bugaboo stamps sponspred

hello bloggers!

this month's blog challenge at colorful creations is being sponsored by:

bugaboo stamps

the challenge is to create a card or layout using this sketch and any STAMPED or DIGITAL image:

to play along in this month’s challenge, please RSVP on colorful creations blog. all entries must be uploaded to CC GALLERY and linked back to the CC BLOG using mr. linky at the bottom of the challenge post.

entries not properly uploaded as instructed will not be eligible for the prize drawing. you will receive and extra entry into the prize drawing if you use BUGABOO STAMPS.

your project must be new as of August 5, 2011 and cannot be combined with any other CC challenges. bugaboo stamps will be awarding one lucky winner a great prize!

here is some inspiration from me to you:

to see more of the amazing DT examples, click here!

i hope you will JUMP in and join the FUN!

hugs 'n smiles,
Emmy

NEW digi stamps at cuddly cuddly

hello bloggers!

here is a quick post about the FABULOUS karen middleton digi stamps available now at cuddly buddly! She has sent an assortment of twenty-four ADORABLE digi stamps – there’s cute ‘n’ cuddly, teens and fairies illustrations to choose between.

I had the pleasure to be one of the first designers working with her stamps and here is my card:

i used the WONDERFUL karen middleton digi stamp – star unicorn.

for more inspiration from the other DT members, please visit cuddly buddly's blog!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

spare ribs {bo bunny friday challenge}

good evening, bloggers!

this post is entirely devoted to bo bunny! i love their friday challenges! they always come up with the most amazing ideas. last friday for example - the challenge was "scrap your favourite food". 

i have to admit, this was a though one... i {LOVE} chocolate! elise's FAV food is banitsa (this is a traditional bulgarian food prepared by layering a mixture of whisked eggs and pieces of cheese between filo pastry and then baking it in an oven). robert can't live without cheese and theo - he {LOVES} to eat everything. but every time when we are in sofia (my home town), we all run to "murphy's" for a big portion of spare ribs with "hickory" barbecue sauce and wedges! (if you ever go to sofia, bulgaria, make sure to visit this magical place;-)

so, there you go - i made a layout about our spare ribs obsession!

i used bo bunny's "LOVE BANDIT" paper line, few martha stewart and ek success's punches and a lot of DMC thread.

here are some close ups:

i started with white cardstock and a bottle of "hula hoop" glimmer mist. then i stitched the green frame and started arranging my elements.

as usual, i did a lot of stitching, inking and punching! i used martha stewart's "iron gate" and ek success "arches and flowers" edge punches.

i really like this quote from Bo Bunny's cardstock stickers:-) it describes our family exactly! the little word {LOVE} comes from the product details stripe, attached to every one of their sheets. you know their logo "bo bunny a gift of love" - well, the {love} at the end was just the word I was looking for:-)

i hope you enjoyed my layout! i had a great FUN making it!

off to conquer istanbul now!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

the sweetest thing {GD work for scrapdelight}

hello bloggers,

last month i was invited to be a guest designer at scrapdelight - a dutch online shop for hobby and scrapbook materials. here is another one of my projects i did for them - for their friday summer challenge:

i named it "the sweetest thing", because i just adore these two cuties and when i see Elise protecting and caring for her little brother theo, my heart melts.

i used mainly prima marketing's "celebrate! jack and jill" paper collection, chipboard and flowers. as usual i did a lot of stamping and glittering:

the AMAZING flowers are also from prima marketing - whisper collection "madeline" and e-line flowers "aqua". i used some of the FABULOUS prima sculptured flowers as well.

the cute fishes are from inkadinkado "sheet-fish & friends". i coloured them with copic ciao markers:

layers: 

• fishes - glittered sticker sheet "celebrate! jack & jill"
• liquid pearls white opal
• "be mine" paper "celebrate! jack & jill!"
• prima marketing lace
• glittered sticker broder "celebrate! jack & jill"
• "be mine" paper "celebrate! jack & jill!
• martha stewart deep edger "daisy fan"
• liquid pearls white opal

i cut one of the shells, added some stickles and used it as an embellishment:

i hope you enjoyed my post! have a wonderful SUNNY week!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy