Hals Birthday Blog Candy Winner

A big thank you to everyone who entered Hals 16th Birthday blog candy, and thank you for all your good wishes for him, and all your jokes, which certainly made ME laugh!
Hal has read each and every comment, and here is his blog post with the winners name:

Hello it's Hal here :D I'd like to start by thanking everyone who entered the candy and say that I love each and every one of your comments :) Picking a winner was a hard decision but only one comment could win and that special comment was posted by........................KIMMI :D ( Poppy Petal Designs ) her winning post was....

Kimmi said...



Hi Elaine.. Wow - amazing candy. How ever makes Hal laugh his socks off will be laughing all the way home with these goodies!
Happy Birthday Hal... I hope you have a brilliant day and even though your only 16, have a few drinks and go crazy. One night only pass I'm sure! (yeah right)...
I'm no good at jokes, but I wonder if you will like the following and know what I'm on about!
The REMNANTS of my memory following my time in the ASYLUM are hazy. I remember THE INFECTION and the WARRIOR fighting for ANOTHER WAY TO DIE. But NEVER AGAIN! THE ANIMAL within CRUCIFIED himself. That scaly SERPENTINE of mine, MY CHILD, my SACRIFICE!
Have a wicked time.


Kim
p.s. can I have some birthday cake - I LURVE cake! haha!

This comment really made me smile (the words in capital letters are the titles of the songs on the latest Disturbed album - Asylum) I thought it was very creative of her to make a sentence using said titles and I thought it worthy of this candys wonderful prize :). Finally I'd like to thank everyone who entered the candy and I'd like to thank my surrogate mother Gayle for my wonderful birthday presents and card :)


WELL DONE KIMMI !

good bye to all :)

Hal Livesey \m/___<[^^]>___\m/
 
Both myself and Hal couldn't work out at first how Kimmi had come up with this idea, but back in June when I did another candy and Hal picked the winner (this time it was Shirley) I posted this photo:
 

And Kimmi had made a comment on that post about his hat with the Disturbed logo.

Very clever Kimmi and congratulations!!
If you could please email me with your address then I can post the parcel out to you asap.
Thank you again to everybody who entered, much appreciated.
Love Elaine xx 

Hals Birthday Blog Candy ~hAnglars!

This Candy Has now Closed.
This post will stay at the top until the candy has ended, please scroll down for newer posts, thank you.
As promised, I'm back with a little blog candy in honour of my boys 16th birthday next week.
Also, between having no internet connection and having a very full work schedule, I haven't commented very much recently, which makes me feel very bad and sad. I appreciate everyone who pops by my blog and leaves a comment, and I like to do the same in return. So instead of the planned candy which was to be some hanglar stamps, I've added a few little extras as my way of saying "Thank you", I do appreciate all your lovely comments.

Candy comprises of:
1 x hAnglar and stAnglar limited edition kit.
2 x Tickled Pink stamps - Lil Lolita Willow and Ivy.
4 x Crafters Companion S.W.A.L.K stamps.
1 x Kaisercraft Christmas sentiments clear stamps set.
1 x EK Success border punch arch scallop.
1 x Memory Box Frond 6 x 6 pad - sadly discontinued but one of my favourites.
1 x Nestabilities Lacey Squares.
1 x Stickles Star Dust.

Rules of entry:
Candy is open worldwide, but please note that I will not be liable for any duties/tax that some countries charge, I will mark the parcel as a gift.
In order to enter you must be a follower. The only exception to that rule is for those who don't have a blog but who regularly leave comments, they can still enter.
You can post my candy on your blog if you wish but it's not necessary in order to enter.
Candy will run until Sunday 3rd October 2010 and end at 9pm BST.
After which, my boy will pick the winner.
In order to enter please leave a comment after this post.
The boy wants to read all the comments and pick the winner himself, so I suggest making him laugh  (No bribes allowed!) or just wish him a Happy Birthday.
Since he doesn't know any of you, then there's no favouritism, he'll just pick his fave comment.
(Gayle is not allowed to enter, she's Hals surrogate Mum and therefore has the advantage.)
Thanks for looking and good luck.
Love Elaine xx

Waffle!

I thought I'd better post something just in case you all thought I'd disappeared! The week has just whizzed by, and I've not had a chance to go on blogger. Sadly, I've not been having a fun time living it up, not making cards either, just work, work and work.

Thank you to everyone who has entered the boys birthday candy, and taken the time to wish him a happy birthday, it's very kind of you all. I have enjoyed reading your comments, and had a good belly laugh at some of them! I'm very glad that Hal will pick the winner and not me, for I couldn't choose.
His birthday is tomorrow - Saturday - and we have a full day planned out. After the initial gift opening ceremony we are going to Bolton to spend the day with his Grandparents, my Mum and Dad.
In the evening we are going out for a meal with his other Nana, his godparents Auntie Tracy and Uncle Tony and their children, and his Uncle Jeff. We don't see much of Jeff as he lives in South Africa, but he's flown in today to spend a week over here visiting family and friends, so it'll be nice to catch up.
My Sunday will be spent catching up on the cleaning/ironing etc, and once the candy has closed at 9pm Hal will sit down and read all the comments ready to pick his favourite. He even wants to write the post himself but I will proof read it before posting!

My congratulations go out to all the new Sweeties for the Sugar Bowl. I didn't envy Gayle's task of picking the competition winners. There were so many beautiful entries that it must've been so hard to pick just 5. But Gayle has done a fab job, as always, and we now have Ali, Erika, Maria Therese, Kiki and Pat added to our happy little family (I will pop the links to their blogs under my Sweetie banner shortly)

Right, I'm off to bed because I will bet my bottom dollar that someone will be up early in the morning. He might be 16 tomorrow but he still gets excited about his birthday.
Have a fab weekend everyone.
Love Elaine xx

Simply Sassy

Boy, am I late tonight! Now we've got the internet back I'm playing catch up and visiting all my lovely blogging buddies, and I'm still working through all the emails I need to reply to. So I'll make this short and sweet. Very sweet actually as I'm showing another Simply Sassy image from Scotlands finest stamp company Sugar Nellie.

I am so loving colouring these beauties! They are now available to pre-order HERE. If you order them now, you pay for 5 stamps and get the 6th stamp free!!!!
She's been coloured with DI's, the DP is Memory Box Gossamer, a few pearls, a punchy flower and that's it.
I've definitely using less embellies at the moment.

I'll be back over the weekend to post the boys birthday candy once I've taken a photo of it.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, and hope that those of you lucky enough to be going to Ally Pally have a fab time spending lots of cash!
Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.
Love Elaine xx

Sugar Bowl Challenge 44

I'm back with challenge 44 at the Sugar Bowl, and the sketch has been provided by the lovely Lilian. I always love Lilians sketches and the option for this challenge is to make a birthday card. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
We all need a constant supply of birthday cards so it's an excellent option.

Now I usually only post one photograph, but because it was supposed to be a birthday card, I thought I'd better show the inside too. Not a very good photograph but these easel cards are a devil to capture.

The image is "Little Miss Attitude" from the Gorjuss girl range, available to buy HERE, and she is my favourite stamp from this range. The sentiment is a Penny Black one that I've had for years.
The DP is one of my purchases from Harrogate , MME So Sophie from Jill at The Hobby House. A bit of lace, a Nellie Snellen punchy flower and a few pearls. Little Miss has been coloured with DI's as per usual.

The prize for this challenge is fabulous - as always - Nestabilities Labels 17 dies plus the 6 new Simply Sassy rubber stamps.
I am loving these new Simply Sassy stamps, they're an absolute dream to colour and I'm really having a fun time playing with them.
All the details for this challenge are on the Blog and please visit the other Sweeties for some inspiration.

On a personal note, we have internet again whoohoo!!
I feel like I've been missing for an eternity, I just need to answer all my emails then I'll be back to visiting all your lovely blogs.

Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.
Love Elaine xx

Another Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy

Since Karen at the Sugar Nellie blog has already shown this stamp made into a beautiful card by Judy yesterday, and also shown my card today then I thought I'd better get it posted here.
When I first saw this stamp I did like her, but she wasn't my favourite out of the six. But once I started colouring her my opinion changed. I love her, such a beautiful and sweet face. Karen obviously has a real talent for picking a design and knowing how good it'll look when turned into rubber.

Again I've kept the card really, really simple in the hope that your eyes focus mainly on the image and not the embellies (cos there are next to none on this card!). As always she's been coloured with DI's, the papers are Memory Box Frond - again. Another pad of papers I adore.
So that's two stamps Karen has previewed, but that still leaves another 4 to show you!

I'll post Hals birthday candy probably at the weekend, I'm waiting for just one thing to arrive yet.
Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.
Love Elaine xx

Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Sneaky Peak.

That's a mouthful!
Not too many sleeps now until Karen at Sugar Nellie opens the pre-order for the Simply Sassy range of stamps. Blimey, these are seriously gorgeous and I've been beavering away in the background....stamping....colouring....and making cards which I can't wait to show you.
I was so excited to receive my first DT package of goodies and couldn't wait to get the stamps inky. These are a little different from the other Sugar Nellie stamps and I love them all, but I had to pick one to colour first and it was this one:

Such a sweet little girl with a kitty in her pocket, and look at those knees! She reminds me so much of one of my nieces. The sentiment says 'Sent with love' and inside reads 'Because you're purrrfect' and I thought this would make a fab card for our cat sitter.
Simple layout, Basic Grey Max and Whiskers papers and coloured with DI's.
I'll be back again soon with another peak and don't forget to keep checking on the Sugar Nellie Blog cos you don't want to miss the pre-order of these beauties.

We're still struggling at home with the internet problems, so please bear with me.
Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.
Love Elaine xx