Blog Hop and Competition

It's Mo's SIX MONTH anniversary and we reached the 1000 member milestone on PCP last week -- so Bella and Bronte called for a celebration! Blog Hop with both DTs! Each DT member will be giving "their" stamp to a random person who leaves a comment. Plus, visitors can gather "clues" at each stop to spell a phrase and be entered into the big contest to win one of many prizes

Let the party begin.

I think this is the cutest Gal on the Block.

Sophie by Mo Manning

Coloured with Promarkers, a couple of pretty papers and buttons and ribbon as finishing touches.

What can you win?

3 people win three each of Mo's Stampavie rubber stamps

3 win a $10 GC

3 win a Mo's coffee cup

3 win a Mo's tote

3 win a tee-shirt.

grand prize of an original handmade art doll by Mo!

How do you enter the competition and win some goodies?

Follow along to teach of the DT blogs look at the wonderful creations they have made and leave them a comment as you could also win the digi stamp that was used in their creation.

Then search for a letter within the posting, collect each letter and then make a phrase with the letters you collect and email the phrase to party@mosdigitalpencil.com with the phrase in the SUBJECT LINE

The deadline for entering for the prizes and emailing Mo the final phrase is this Friday at midnight EST!

I hope I haven't made finding my letter to hard for you lol!

Now get hopping over to Elaine Hughes for another letter and a peek and a wonderful creation.

Don't forget to leave me a comment and I will draw a winner for the Sophie Digital Stamp I have used, deadline Friday 19th midnight GMT

Distressed Blossom

Getting a bit inky, I love doing that, I had to set to as soon as I got home from Create and Craft, it seems that both myself and Leonie Pujol enjoy nothing better than getting our fingers inky.

I used the Friends till the End stamp set by Papertrey Ink and using the blossom I stamped creamy caramel ink all over the Kraft base card then distressed the edges of the card in the same ink.

I stamped the main focal blossom onto kraft card with Momento ink and used Copics to colour the image, then I added glossy accents to the centre and added little gems and glass glitter to make it pop. I cut this out when dry and tied a ribbon around the card in a bow and added the blossom on top with foam pads.

The sentiment was stamped and cut out with the Stampin up word slot punch.

Valentines Day & Create and Craft TV

Happy Valentines Day everyone, I hope you all have a lovely day filled with Roses and Chocolate.

My day will start very early as I will be at the Create & Craft studios with a live show 10 - 12noon so I hope you will be able to pop along.

Sky chanel 671

Also pop over to the design team blogs at 10 am they are sure to have something to tickle your taste buds.

Toni Poyser

Karen Jumeaux

Alison Watson

Matching Stripes - Free Backgrounds

Below is a sample of the first Striped Backgrounds, they match the Dotty ones I gave earlier.

Go to Jak Heath Designs for the downloads, the link is as the top of the blog below my header.

Make a wish cottage

I used the Thomas Kinkade Make a Wish stamp, for this card, pretty papers from Stampin Up a corner punch for the image and backing but just for 1 corner and some Twill Tape as ribbon.

Attention to detail...

3 cream buttons tied with a leather twine.

Slimming Update

Weigh in night last night and I'm the proud owner of....

Drum Roll please

3Lb weight loss this week

My next 2 weeks are going to be really tough, I have 6 nights away from home with hotel eating, Create and Craft and a trade show, so my next weigh in at Slimming World will be 25th February and I'll eat my hat if I don't gain those 3 Lbs back.

Why is it that some hotels don't give a healthy option meal (sigh)?

Let me know how you have done this week.

Splish Splash

I love this part of babysitting Jack, he loves bathtime, splishing and splashing and both Chris and I normally end up soaked.

Here he is with that tongue sticking out again.

Wash, play then snuggles.

Once he stopped trying to lick up all of the water he really enjoyed playing with his new bath toys.

More Free Backgrounds

I've uploaded the last of the little dotty backgrounds another 8 which makes 18 in total all different colours to get your crafting mojo going.

To download them just visit Jak Heath Designs the link is at the top of my blog underneath the header.

You are free to use my sheets for personal use but please do not share, alter, claim them as your own or sell them, instead link back to my blog for people to download them.

They are copyright protected.

Remember to hop over to Jak Heath Designs to collect the others.