Mega New Years Blog Candy!!! ENDED

Hiya everyone,

To see in the new year in style we have some fantastic candy up for grabs this week!

You can choose any 5 Tim Holtz Distress ink pads  

(subject to being in stock)

&

Ranger Ink blending tool

&

Replacement ink blending foam pads

As usual to be in with a chance to win you just need to be a follower of this blog and add a comment to this post.  If you have a blog it would be nice if you could pop a piccie on your sidebar but you don't have to.

Anybody without a blog can also enter provided that they can comment on the post.  If you can't leave a comment at the moment then e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com and I will talk you through what you need to do in order to follow and comment etc.

This Blog Candy will end at 8pm Thursday 5th January and the winner of the candy will be chosen by Random.org and will be announced on Friday 6th January.  The winner of the Blog Candy will have 7 days to claim their prize as they will not be contacted - it will be up to you to pop back and check if you have won. 

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya Everyone,

I hope you all have some fab plans this evening.  I'm looking forward to a night of silly quizzes and pictionary planned with friends and family so it should be fun.

Todays last featured card for December is from

Karen

from her Cup runneth over blog

I love her use of dies/punches etc - it really makes a change to not have an image as the main focal point on a card.  To see more of Karen's creations then you can visit her blog here.

Have a fabulous New Year whatever you decide to do - be safe!

Thanks for looking!

Blog candy Winner!!!!

 

Hiya Everyone, 

I am pleased to announce that the winner of this weeks blog candy is:- Colleen

Congratulations Colleen - if you send your full name and address details to:-

Cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com and I will pass your details to Joanna who will get the goodies posted out to you.

Be sure to pop back Saturday 31st to put your names down for next weeks candy.

Thanks for looking!!!

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Hiya Everyone,

I'm so excited because my Magnolia swirl die arrived today so I set to using it straight away for my next Joanna Sheen DT card.  I haven't made much for the last few weeks so I had that awful "don't know where to start feeling" - it doesn't help as my craft room is a right old state at the moment.  Another thing on my never-ending to-do list!

Todays featured card is by

Casper 

from Caspers Crafty Capers Blog

I love the clean and simple look and that fabulous swirl!

To see more of Caspers Creations you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya Everyone,

I hope you've all well and truly recovered from Christmas now.  I went a bit mad and spent far too much on crafty stash....Oops!!! If the hubby asks, I've had it for ages! Lol
I finally treated myself to the Magnolia swirl die that I've been wanting for a long while but I've been putting it off at that price - I can get a whole set of nesties for that! - I will have to try not to stick the swirl on every card I make now just to justify my extravagant purchase.

After visiting everybody else over Christmas I have decided to do New Years Eve so have some friends and family coming round so I've lots of quizzes and fun games planned to see in the New Year.  Yesterday we were at my mums and had a blast after several hours of Karaoke and charades (and several drinks I might add!) Oops...getting carried away! Lol

Back to todays featured card which is by

Vixykins

from her Vixykins blog

 

I love the deep burgundy colour and and the image is so sweet!

To see more of Vixykins work you can visit her blog here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya Everyone.

Todays featured card is by

Fi 

at her Fi's cards and crafts blog.

Don't you just love these cute penguins?  I Love the icy feel to this card.  

To see more of Fi's designs then you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya everyone, 

Todays featured card is a lovely pink shimmery card made by 

Christy Beans 

from her I never went to kindergarten blog.

I love the pearly snow on the image and the pink glittery snowflake.  I don't know about you but I get a little sad packing all my christmassy stuff away as I think you can get away with a lot more glitter and glitz at chistmas which I love!

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya everyone,


I really hope that you all had a good Christmas and didn't over-do the sherry! Lol

Todays featured card is by Sue H and is one of our blog-less entries.  This card has been made with an acetate front with a gorgeous wee stamps image and is just lovely.  Blog-less entries are e-mailed to me - I add them to the Joanna Sheen Non-blog Blog to get a URL and I link it up to the challenge myself.

Joanna and I wanted to try and involve everyone as much as possible and is aware that not everyone has or even wants a blog.  I am pleased to say that it has been working very well.  We have had 15 e-mailed entries so far which is fantastic!

Thanks for looking!

If any of you want to check out all the e-mail entries you can view them here by going to the Joanna Sheen Non-blog Blog.

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Merry Christmas Everyone,

Todays featured card is by the lovely

Jak Heath 

and it's simply stunning!  I love the non-traditional use of browns here which makes such a change from the usual reds and greens etc.

To see more of Jak's fabulous work you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!

Blog Candy!!! ENDED

Up for grabs this week is this fab Cheery Lynn lattice heart set of 2 dies.

As usual to be in with a chance to win you just need to be a follower of this blog and add a comment to this post.  If you have a blog it would be nice if you could pop a piccie on your sidebar but you don't have to.

Anybody without a blog can also enter provided that they can comment on the post.  If you can't leave a comment at the moment then e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com and I will talk you through what you need to do in order to follow and comment etc.

This Blog Candy will end at 8pm Thursday 29th December and the winner of the candy will be chosen by Random.org and will be announced on Friday 30th December.  The winner of the Blog Candy will have 7 days to claim their prize as they will not be contacted - it will be up to you to pop back and check if you have won.  

Mega New Years candy will be posted on Saturday 31st December.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya Everyone,

Todays featured shaped easel card is by

Nicola

at her Pink Delight Craft blog.

I think the traditional red and green look very vibrant and modern with this design.

To see more of Nicola's designs you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Blog candy Winner!!!!

Hiya everyone,

It has been a very long week and I have been soooo busy so I am going to try and catch up on commenting on all of your lovely cards as it's been a few days since I last did it.

Just in case any of you were wondering why I hadn't commented on your cards is because the DT have a comments rota so that at least one Joanna Sheen DT member should comment on your creations.  This gets all the DT involved and means I don't have to do all the commenting myself as I already spend far too many hours on my laptap. Lol  I would hate you to think that I was missing you out but there are only so many hours in a day! :D

Anyhoo,  back to the matter in hand.  The winner of this weeks blog candy is:-

Bombi

Congratulations Bombi - If you e-mail me I will pass your details onto Joanna and her team and they will get this fab Giordano CD rom out to you shortly.

You have 7 days to get in touch to claim your prize.

Also, last weeks Mega Promarker candy is still unclaimed - please check back to see if the winner was you.  If the winner does not e-mail me by Sunday 25th I will re-draw the winner.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya everyone,

Todays featured creation is not a card, but a candy tree covered in yummy Lindt chocolate....yum!
This candy tree has been made by

Valentyna 

at her Handmade by The Fairy blog.

To see more details of Valentyna's candy tree you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya everyone,

Sorry this is late.  I thought I'd scheduled it for 9am this morning but Oops - obviously not!  I have been out all day at Farmer Pa's with hubby and Tayla to see all the animals including the reindeer. 
Todays featured card is a really fun design by  

 Izzwizz 

of Izzwizz Creations blog.

It starts as a plain(ish) gatefold card on the outside to conceal real fun design inside!  There is also another fun snowglobe card on the same post if you go to Izzwizz's blog here.

Thanks for looking!

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Hiya everyone, 

Todays featured card is by 

Brenda 

of her Bumblebees and butterflies blog

It has a lovely soft vintage feel and I love the simplicity of the design and the subtle sepia tones.

To see more of Brenda's designs you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Snow effect

Hiya Everyone,

I have had a few questions about the snow effect on both this and my personal blog.  This is the best one I`ve found as the smaller flake ones don't show up too well especially on lighter backgrounds.

The HTML code for this is:- 

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://files.main.bloggerstop.net/uploads/3/0/2/5/3025338/snowstorm.js" />

<!-- now, we'll customize the snowStorm object -->

<script type="text/javascript">snowStorm.flakesMaxActive = 96;</script> 

Copy the above code - go to add a gadget - scroll down and select HTML/Javascript - paste the code into the window - save and voila - you have snow!!!!

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Hiya everyone,

Todays featured creation is a 3D altered Christmas canvas which I thought was fab made by

Blackdragon 

from her Blackdragon's Crafts blog

I get the impression from her blog that this is a little less gothic and dark than her usual stuff but I had a right good nosey.  As much as I love pink and sparkly I do also love anything a bit "burtonesque" so I really love anything that's a bit weird and wonderful Lol.

Have a nosey at more detailed piccies of the Christmas canvas or some of Blackdragon's other creations here.

Thanks for looking!!!

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Hiya everyone,

Todays featured card is from

Pam 

at Expressions with heart blog.

I love the rich traditional colours and the flowers are really gorgeous.  To see more of Pam's designs you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

Todays featured card is by

Judy 

from Inkypinkdelights blog.

Judy's snowman card is lovely - I've just bought that very cuttlebug snowflake die myself but it's still in the packet! Lol  To see more of Judy's designs yo can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Blog candy!!! ENDED

Hiya Everyone,

Up for grabs this week is this fab Giordano Puppies & Kittens papercrafting CD rom.

As usual to be in with a chance to win you just need to be a follower of this blog and add a comment to this post.  If you have a blog it would be nic eif you could pop a piccie on your sidebar but you don't have to.

Anybody without a blog can also enter provided that they can comment on the post.  If you can't leave a comment at the moment then e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com and I will talk you through what you need to do in order to follow and comment etc.

This Blog Candy draw will end at 8pm Thursday 22nd December and the winner of the candy will be chosen by Random.org and will be announced on Friday 23rd December.  The winner of the Blog Candy will have 7 days to claim their prize as they will not be contacted - it will be up to you to pop back and check if you have won.  New candy will be posted on Saturday 24th December.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone,


Todays featured card is from 

Kevin 

from McCrafty's Cards Blog

I have admired Kevin's work for a while and it really makes a change to see a man Crafting.  He is on a number of design teams and produces some lovely work so be sure to check out his blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Blog candy Winner!!!!

Hiya Everyone,

I am pleased to announce that the winner of our first blog candy is:- Julie

Congratulations Julie - if you send your full name and address details to:-

Cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com and I will pass your details to Joanna who will get the goodies posted out to you.


Be sure to pop back Saturday 17th to put your names down for next weeks candy.

You may have noticed that your I{heart} Joanna Sheen Blinkie is now missing - this is due to them being altered as a few people said they flashed too fast.  If you copy the info from the sidebar it will work again but will be a bit slower.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

Todays featured card is from

Lorraine 

at Lorraine's Creations blog.

What a lovely card and festive Tilda - to see more of Lorraine's creations you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

Today's featured card has been made by

Daisychain 

from her Daisychain blog.

I love the lilac and the snowflakes together - very pretty!

To see more or Daisychain's fab cards you can go to her blog here.

Some of the DT managed to find the time to make a 2nd card for this challenge so I thought seeing as we are halfway through the month that I would swap them.  Pop over to the challenge post to see the new DT cards!

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone,

I hope you are all well - I have one day left at work till I'm off till after Christmas so I can start watching all the Christmas films in the run up to the big day and hopefully chill out a bit.  I can't wait!!! :D

Todays featured card is made by

Sheila 

from The pain in the neck blog

Lucky Sheila has finally finished all her Christmas cards - I've been so busy I've only made a few DT ones and probably won't get chance to make any others but never mind!

To see more details of Sheila's card or to see other creations you can go to her blog here.

There will shortly be a link from the Joanna Sheen website so it will be easier for people to come and find us.  With us being new it may take a little while to really get out there so to speak.  For any of you facebookers out there I have created a Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog Group which will keep you updated with new challenges/candy and other info.  Please ask to join and one of the DT will add you!!!

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone,

Todays featured card is this lovely card made using the House Mouse decoupage sheets made by

Nannaflash from her Nannaflash2 blog

To see more details of the card or to see more of Nannaflash's design please visit her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone,

Todays daily featured card is from

Dawn 

from Dawn's Crafting

I really love side stepper cards although I often forget to do them myself!!!  Such a cute image and a fun card!!!

To see more of Dawn's cards then you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone, 

Today daily featured card is by  

Lisa

from Crafty Moments blog.

Such a pretty card - I'm loving the monochromatic purples.

To see more of Lisa's fab designs you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

1st Weekly Blog Candy!!! ENDED

Hiya Everyone,

As promised I have some very yummy candy up for grabs kindly donated by Joanna and her team!!!!

This lot consists of:-

Set of 12 Promarkers (Pastels set)

4 x 3 packs of fine tip nibs (one for each pen)

20 sheets Elegance satin card 300gsm

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog (if you're not one already) and make a comment on this post - and that's it!

If you have a blog it would be nice if you popped a piccy on your sidebar to help spread the word but it is not essential.  We have decided to make the blog candy available to all - even those without a blog!

This Blog Candy draw will end at 8pm Thursday 15th December and the winner of the candy will be chosen by Random.org and will be announced on Friday 16th December.  The winner of the Blog Candy will have 7 days to claim their prize as they will not be contacted - it will be up to you to pop back and check if you have won.  New candy will be posted on Saturday 17th December.

Good Luck!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

A big congratulations to

  Ginny 

from AsIDoRodos blog as this is the first card she has entered into a challenge!!!  There'll soon be no stopping you as blogging can be quite addictive! Lol  Her card is a lovely mix of traditional colours with a modern clean and simple twist!

For more details on Ginny's card or to see more of her designs please go to Ginny's blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

Todays daily pick is a fabulous House Mouse decoupage card made by  

Sandra H 

at Nanagramps Craft Designs.  

Sandra H is my lovely Mum in law and I know she'll be thrilled when she sees her card featured here.

To see more of Sandra's fab cards just go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya Everyone,

The featured card today is this fab n funky one made by

Karen C 

at A bubbly Holiday Blog 

I love the quirky bugaboo image (I have quite a few myself) and it really makes me smile.  That might be me this year as last year I couldn't drink! Lol

To see more details of the card or to see more of Karen's fab designs please go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

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Hiya everyone,

Todays pick of the day is a lovely WOW (white on white) card from Marianne over at Marianne's Craftroom blog.  Marianne's design is lovely and proves that less can certainly be more!

I do sometimes struggle with the clean and simple look as I can get a little (or a lot Lol) carried away with ribbons/flowers and gems and throw allsorts at my card!

Check out more of Marianne's Designs by visiting her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Smiles Paula. x

Exciting news!!!!

Hiya everyone, 

I have some exciting and some not so exciting news to share with you all!

Joanna has very kindly donated lots of fab goodies for us to give away as fab 

***WEEKLY BLOG CANDY***

The first blog candy will start on Saturday 10th December and is such a super duper prize!!!!  I will tease you all with a piccie Lol but be sure to pop back at the weekend to join in!

The other bit of news which isn't as exciting is that the Mr Linky will change for the January challenge to a thumbnail linky instead as I think it's nicer to see a little piccie of all the creations so you can get a better look if you want to! 

The great thing about the blog candy is that you will NOT need a blog of your own in order to enter.  You will only need to become a follower of the blog although if you do have a blog a piccie of our candy on your sidebar would be nice but it will not be a necessity. 

Have a great day and thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Daily talent spot!!!

Hiya Everyone,

I've have some great feedback that you're all loving the daily talent spot which is fab news and I'm glad that we decided to do it.  Its nice to be able to share all of your lovely creations with all of our lovely followers!!!

Our pick today is Hazel from Hazel's Happy House Blog with another little House Mouse cutie!!!  I love House Mouse anyway but I think the Christmas ones are some of my absolute favourites!!!

For more details of Hazel's card or to see more of her lovely creations you can go to her blog here.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x