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The TownScrapper Challenge

2010-05-14T20:09:00.002+01:00

Isn't this girl on my card so cute! I created this card to play along with the challenge this week at The TownScrapper blog. My Mum created a sketch for us to use. The image on my card is called Rockstar Lola and is an exclusive Victoria Case design for The TownScrapper. Lola has been coloured with Copic Markers. The paper is Hannah Montana... you can't see the design very well but it does have guitars on it. Thank you again to Maria and Phebe for letting me play along using the new images :-)

I am so excited as on Sunday we fly off to Florida.

love,

Victoria Case Zeke with Guitar

2010-05-11T19:21:00.003+01:00

Myself and Mum were so happy to be asked to join The TownScrapper this week as their Mother Daughter Spotlight. Thank you so much to Phebe, Maria and the rest of the team for having us. I am so excited as they have also asked us join them Friday for their weekly challenge.

The cool image used on my card is called Zeke with Guitar which is a stamp exclusive to The Townscrapper. I coloured Zeke with copic markers. The sentiment is from High Hopes. The bright paper is from the paper pad Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety. To finish I raided Mum's button draw. Hope you like it and be back Friday!

Love

Pollycraft Critters and Cogs

2010-04-05T10:46:00.003+01:00

Today is Pollycrafts Critters and Cogs release and my Mum's store Bunny Zoe's Crafts is excited to be sponsoring their challenge this week. Not only that but myself and Mum got to play with a couple of the images from the new designs :-)

The fun digi image used on my bookmark today is called Fluffy. Fluffy has been coloured with Copic Markers. I created this bookmark for my teacher who left on Thursday :-( I will miss Mrs Bugeya as she has been my teacher now for nearly two years.

Be sure to pop on over to the Pollycraft Challenge Blog as they have a huge celebration going on!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Love or Friendship

2010-02-01T15:51:00.002Z

Our new challenge has just started over at Crafty Monkeys :-) For our Challenge this month we would love to see your Love or Friendship cards or projects.

I created my card for a new friend. The girly stamp is by High Hopes and I have coloured with copic markers. I thought the words on the paper were perfect for this image and I like the "Girls just want to have fun" writing. The flowers and sentiment are stickers. I added some buttons to the centers of my flowers.

We have a cool prize too of the the below Wags 'n Whiskers - Thinking of You stamp. This features myself with my cat Gemma :-)

This has been kindly given to us by our sponsor Bunny Zoe's Crafts (my Mum).

We hope you will join in our challenge. Myself and Hannah look forward to visiting your blogs to see your creations :-)

Please tell all your crafty friends about our challenge!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Sketch by Hannah

2010-01-01T17:16:00.003Z

Happy New Year!

We are back at Crafty Monkey's with a fabulous new challenge for you. This month Hannah has the great sketch below for you to follow:

We have a cool prize too of the the below The Greeting Farm set "Cute Troop. This has been kindly given to us by our sponsor (my Mum ;-) Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

On my card I have used this cute image which is a freebie digi over at The Greeting Farm blog. Isn't it cute? I coloured with copic sketch markers and added lots of stickles to the hat. This card is for my teacher Mrs Bugeya.

Please tell all your crafty friends about our challenge!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Christmas

2009-11-07T22:34:00.002Z

The new Crafty Monkey's challenge has just started. Thank you to everyone who joined in our spooky challenge.

For our challenge this month we would love to see your Christmas cards or festive projects. Maybe you could make a special card for a family member or best friend.

This challenge we have a mystery stamp prize ;-)

I don't know who the image is by on my card - if you know please leave a comment. It was in a pile of stamped images from friends. I coloured the cute elf with copics and added some stickles to his hat. The papers and snowflake brads were from Mum's stash. I added some half backed pearls to his buttons and to the corner of the image. I think I might give this card to my Nanny and Grandad. I hope to be back with some more cards soon as I want to make one for my friend Sophia and also my teacher.

Please tell your crafty friends about our challenge!!!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Halloween

2009-10-02T22:39:00.003+01:00

For our challenge this month at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your Halloween cards or other spooky projects.

This challenge we have a mystery stamp prize ;-)

I found the Magnolia Edward image and sentiment amongst my stamped images. Edward is coloured with copic sketch markers. I don't like the black copic marker so my Mum showed me how to use the Prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps for his cape. The spooky stickers are by K&Company.

Please tell your crafty friends about our challenge.

love,

Crafty Monkey's is back!!!

2009-09-12T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hannah and I are so happy to be back from our break. There is a change to our future challenges at Crafty Monkey's in that they will now be monthly. Starting with October our challenges will be on the first Saturday of each month.

For our challenge this month we are asking you to create anything but not a card. My Mum had some empty button bags lying around so thought it would be fun to decorate one for Halloween. I have made this treat bag for a friend. The image used is from the cute new C.C. Design release and is called Halloween Kitty. I have coloured Kitty with copic sketch markers. The spider and sentiment were stickers I bought at Ally Pally last year. I also added some co-ordinating buttons and ribbons.

We have a fabulous prize this Month which has been given to us by my Mum owner of Bunny Zoe's Crafts. One lucky player will win the below Vampire Riley Stamp and some spooky charms.

Don't forget that our challenge is for under 16's only. Please tell your friends and children so we have lots of players!

love,

Card for my friend

2009-08-24T19:39:00.003+01:00

I made this card for my friend Sanne. I have wanted to make her a card for a couple of weeks but had lots of birthday cards to make. The cute image is High Hopes Heidi and Madison. I have coloured with Copic sketch markers. This is also my guest designer card for Paper Temptress. I just love the colours of the cardstock which Patricia sent me. The cardstock used on this card are Pop Tones Banana Split, Razzle Berry and Cotton Candy. The ribbon, flowers, flower gems and buttons were in my stash and sent to me from friends.

love,

and the winner is....

2009-08-16T20:44:00.002+01:00

Thank you to everyone who entered my blog candy and for all your lovely comments. I put all the names in a hat and the winner picked is:

Kathleen

Congratulations Kathleen. Please email me with your address details. zoe.fairbairn@googlemail.com

love,

Guest DT card for Paper Temptress

2009-08-15T17:17:00.005+01:00

I made this card for my Nanny as it was her birthday on Tuesday. This is also my guest DT card for Paper Temptress. My Nanny's favourite colour is purple so knew she would love the Pop Grape Jelly cardstock. I love embossing so used the cuttlebug birthday embossing folder. I also used the cardstock Pop Gumdrop Green and Basic Magenta as I thought the colours went well together. My Nanny is always ironing so I liked this image. Riley Moose is coloured with copic markers. I love buttons so picked out some to match my cardstock.

I received the above award from Angela. Thank you for thinking of me. I would like to pass it to my friends: Hannah, Benedicte, Sanne, Ansley, Honorine and Didi.

Don't forget my blog candy which is being drawn tomorrow.

love,

Guest DT.... and 10,000 blog candy!!!! - NOW CLOSED

2009-08-02T08:37:00.007+01:00

I am excited to tell you that I have been asked to be a Guest Designer for Paper Temptress for August. Patricia owner of Paper Temptress has some fabulous papers in so many great colours and textures.

I made this card for my friend Sophie's Birthday. She is 9 today! The image is by The Greeting Farm and I have coloured my princess is copic sketch markers. The gorgeous papers are Cotton Candy, Grapesicle and Double Duty Violet. The papers have such yummy names too!

The embellishments used on my card are K&Co stickers.

When I looked at my blog today I was surprised to see I had reach 10,000 hits! I asked my Mum is I could have a blog candy to celebrate.

My lucky winner will win the above cute new stamp Belles 'n Whistles - Sisters. I always where plaits in my hair and my Mum thinks this stamp reminds her of me and my sister Danni. You will also win a bag of mixed charms. These items are available to purchase in my Mum's store Bunny Zoe's crafts.

To enter my candy please leave a comment on this post and then tell your friends about my candy on your blog too. My blog candy will close on Sunday 16th August.

I have loved making so many friends on my blog over the last year.

love,

NOW CLOSED

Thank you Miss Andrews

2009-07-20T22:49:00.002+01:00

I made these cards for my teacher and teaching assistants. My Mum made my sister Danni a folder using School Riley and I wanted to make a card with a similar design. My Mum helped me with the sentiment. I love Pink Cat Studio Kiki Kitty so used these for my teaching assistants cards.

Only 1 more day at school and then 7 weeks holiday. We have lots of fun things planned so will show you some photo's during our break. I am excited that I have been asked to be a guest designer for a craft store too so will be back in just over a week to tell you all about it :-)

love,

Let's Celebrate!

2009-06-26T15:30:00.002+01:00

Today is Crafty Monkey's blogoversary!!! Yes, we are 1 years old today!

Hannah and I have had a fun year. We would like to thank all our players, sponsors and guest designers for your support!

As we are celebrating this week our challenge is open and you can create any card or paper project as long as it's for the Crafty Monkey's challenge only.

For my card I have used this cute Rock Anya from The Greeting Farm. Anya is coloured with copic markers. The fun paper was part of the DCWV Grade school stack. This card is for my best friend Sophie's birthday and I found the best ribbon slide in my stash. The sparkly ribbon I found in my Mum's ribbon draw and it matched the sparkle on Anya's alice band which I added with stickles. I added some gems around my image to finish.

This week we have a mystery prize

Hannah and I will now be having a break for Summer. We will be back next week at Crafty Monkey's to announce the winner of our Mystery prize.

Wishing you all a fun Summer!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Buttons

2009-06-19T15:30:00.001+01:00

For our new challenge at Crafty Monkey's this week we would love to see Buttons on your cards. My Mum got me this cute Greetings Farm stamp for my Birthday. My cute cheerleader is coloured with copics. The papers were also for my birthday from Kelly - Thanks again Kelly! I added some buttons to the corner of my image and also down the side. I have used sticker letters to make a persoalised birthday card for my friend Grace.

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Whiff Of Joy stamp as a prize. Thank you Kathy and we really appreciated you sponsoring us.

Next week is Crafty Monkey's blogoversary and I can't believe it be 1 years old!

love,

Didi's sweet candy!

2009-06-13T07:51:00.003+01:00

My friend Didi is celebrating 2000 hits. Congratulations Didi! She is giving one lucky person the above sweet candy. Her candy ends on 30th June

love,

Crafty Monkey's - That Summer Feeling!

2009-06-12T15:30:00.000+01:00

For our challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your Summer Creations. You can use any image, papers or embellishments that gives your card that summer feeling!

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Sugar Nellie stamp as a prize.

The cute Hula girl on my on my card is High Hopes Leilani. I have coloured her with Copic Sketch markers. The bright papers are by K&Company. I didn't have much time to make my card this week so I added a sticker sentiment. I hope you like my card and will join in our challenge this week!

love,

Sanne's blog candy

2009-06-07T10:26:00.002+01:00

My friend Sanne has the below wonderful blog candy for one lucky person. Congratulations Sanne on having 400 hits on your blog. I love visiting your blog and admiring your pretty cards. Sanne's candy ends on 17th June.

Crafty Monkey's - Citrus colours

2009-06-05T19:12:00.002+01:00

For our challenge this week at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see Citrus colours on your card. I loved this blue paper for my Mermaid but added lots of zingy colours for my card base, fibres and dewdrops. This cute mermaid is by High Hopes. She is coloured with copics and I have added some stickles.

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Hamish stamp as a prize.

We also welcome my good friend Sanne as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Sanne for your beautiful card! I love the sweet girl image. Please do pop over and visit Sanne at her blog.

Have a great weekend!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Let's get buggy!

2009-05-29T17:06:00.002+01:00

For our new challenge at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your buggy creations. You can use a bug image, any image as long as it has a small bug - butterfly, ladybug, bee etc or bug embellishments.

I coloured in this cute Penny Black image which I received in a swap. I have coloured with my Whisper pens. The flowery paper was sent to me from my Mum's friend Renata. Thank you Renata! The flowers are Jolee's and I have finished my card by adding some button butterflies. I thought the little hedgehog looked like he was starring up at something.

We have a fabulous prize this week which has been kindly donated by
Denise from Whimsy stamps. Thanks so much Denise!

We also welcome Kimmie as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Kimmie for your beautiful card! Please do pop over and visit Kimmie at her blog.

I hope you get time to join in this week!

love,

Crafty Monkey's - Sketch by Didi

2009-05-22T15:30:00.000+01:00

For our challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we have a great sketch for you to follow by the very talented Didi. Thank you so much for this wonderful sketch Didi! My cute image is High Hopes Crissy's Snuggle bear. She is so sweet! The sentiment is also HH. The paper was from my Forever Friends stack. The pretty flowers, ribbons and gems were sent to me from my crafty friends for my birthday. My Mum showed me how to chalk the edges of my image and sentiment to soften the edges.

We have a great prize for you this week which has been kindly donated by online craft store - La Boit'a Scap. We also thank Didi for arranging this wonderful prize!

We hope you will join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to visit Crafty Monkey's EVERY Friday for a new fun challenge.

I will be back in the next couple of days with another card which I need to make tonight. I am going to my friends Hannah Montana birthday party tomorrow. We have lots of fun things planned next week as we have a weeks holiday from school starting today.

love,

Crafty Monkey's - One for the Boys!

2009-05-15T15:30:00.000+01:00

For our new challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your creations for boys/men. An ideal time to get organised and maybe make your Father's Day card. I have made my card for my Grandad's birthday which is at the end of May. The cute image used on my card is from The Greetings Farm. I coloured Ian with Copic Sketch Markers. My Mum showed me how you can tear paper which gives a good effect. The letters, papers and buttons were from Mum's stash. My stash is very girly with lots of pink!

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Boni. Thank you so much Boni for your beautiful prize.

We also welcome Emily as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Emily for your gorgeous card. You can visit Emily here over at her Mum Rhonda's blog. Also today is Emily's birthday.

"Happy 6th Birthday Emily!"

We hope you will join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to pop back EVERY Friday for a new challenge.

We are looking for Guest Designers to join us for our challenges. If you would like to be a Guest Designer please email me: zoe.fairbairn@talktalk.net

If you have already been a Guest with us before we would love to have you again!

Before I go I would like to thank Linda for the cutest award. I will be back later today to update my post to pass it on. I don't want to be late for school.

love,

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 22 - Pretty in Pink!

2009-05-08T15:30:00.000+01:00

Our new challenge over at Crafty Monkey's has just started. This week we would love to see lots of Pink on your cards. You can use other colours but Pink should be the main colour. The image on my card is Hanna stamps Ballet Sophie G Moose. I have coloured Sophie with copic markers and added a little stickles to the edge of her dress. I have added lots of pink flowers, buttons and dewdrops. The sentiment is a glitter sticker.

We have a fabulous prize this challenge of the below yummy Basic Grey brads and cute Pajama Time Emma stamp. This has been kindly been donated by Denise from Whimsy stamps. Thanks so much Denise!

Our Guest Designer this week is Emz. I love your gorgeous pink creation!

NEWSFLASH - Don't forget that Crafty Monkey's challenge will now run every Friday! Yay.. be sure to pop by each week!

love,

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 21 - In the Garden

2009-05-01T15:30:00.000+01:00

For our challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your cards or projects Inspired by the Garden.

For my card today I have used this cute image from the High Hopes new release and also the High Hopes sentiment Hugs and hugs. My image is coloured with copics and I have added stickles for lots of sparkle. I liked the spotty brad flower centre which is like the flowers on my paper.

I will be sending my card to my Great Nanny who is in hospital. I hope she gets better soon.

We have a fabulous prize this challenge of the below yummy cupcake stamp which has very kindly been donated by Nikki from Dewdrop Craftz. Thanks so much Nikki!

I hope you get time to play along this challenge! Please tell your friends or children.

love,

Winner and my new kitten

2009-04-25T21:41:00.003+01:00

My blog candy is now closed and I have run the Random Generator with my Mum...... the winner is.... Bumblebee Creations! Congratulations Rhonda and Emily!

(Timestamp: 2009-04-25 20:38:02 UTC)

Thank you to everyone who entered and I hope to have another candy soon to celebrate 10,000 hits.

Before I go I wanted to show you my new kitten Bella. She is 8 weeks old and is a Bengal cross. She is so sweet and lots of fun.
Here is a picture of me and my other cat Gemma. As you can see Gemma looks very happy and doesn't mind our new family member.

Love,

Blog Candy - Singing Catrina - CLOSED

2009-04-19T13:16:00.005+01:00

My Mum has given me a spare stamp to use on my blog as candy. Thank you Tina for giving my Mum this stamp. You remember my Rock Girl card I posted for the High Hopes Hullaballo.. well I am lucky in that I have a spare stamp for one lucky person to win to celebrate the new High Hopes release today. This cute Hannah Montana style stamp is called Singing Catrina. If you would like to see all the other fabulous releases today click here.

What do you have to do to win? Well if you would like to win this stamp all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. If you don't have a blog you can still leave a comment too to be included. I would love it if you would tell all your friends and visitors about my candy. I will draw the winner by Random.org next Saturday 25th April 6pm GMT and announce the winner that evening.

Before I go I just want to let you know that my Mum also has candy too... here!

Good Luck!

love,

My candy is now CLOSED

Thank You!

2009-04-19T00:01:00.003+01:00

I received two beautiful cards over the last few weeks. The first is a thank you card from Christelle. Christelle also sent Danni and I these cute little easter gifts. Thank you and we loved them!
Also thank you to Karin, Ruby and Britt who sent me the above card with Danni's birthday card and present. They also sent me some embellishments. Thank you and it was really kind of you.

I am looking forward to going back to school tomorrow so I can catch up with my friends.

love,

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 20

2009-04-17T15:00:00.000+01:00

For our challenge over at Craft Monkey's we would love to see your Spring creations. This fun spring stamp is High Hopes Playful Goats. The Spring Fever sentiment is also High Hopes. The papers and chipboard flower were sent to me from my Mum's friend Kelly for my birthday - Thank you Kelly! I added a little gem to my flower to match my papers and also some rub-on stitches. My image is coloured with Copics.

We have a fabulous prize again this challenge and Heather from Children's Charity Incy Wincy is letting the lucky winner choose 3 digital images from the store. Thank you so much Heather for your kindness in sponsoring us!

Our very talented guest designer joining us this week is Fern. Thank you Fern, you card is so pretty and you colouring is beautiful.

We hope you find time to join in our challenge and please tell your friends.

love,

High Hopes Hullabaloo

2009-04-17T00:01:00.002+01:00

I am so excited as I can play along today with the High Hope Hullabaloo. I love this new image which is being released on Sunday, 19th April. I am so happy to also tell you that I helped Crissy the artist design this stamp by advising on her clothes and hair style. I wanted the image to have Hannah Montana's style. The paper is Disney Hannah Montana Guitar and was just perfect for her. I coloured my image with Copic sketch markers.

Here are the links to all the wonderful Diva's playing in today Hullabaloo.

Crissy
Jeanne
Karen
Kimmie
Niki

Tab
Michelle

love,

2009-04-07T20:56:00.002+01:00

Wishing all my family, friends and visitors a Happy Easter!

love,

Challenge 19 - One for the girls!

2009-04-03T09:04:00.008+01:00

We would like to thank everyone for joining in our last challenge and we loved your seeing Easter creations.

For our new challenge at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your girly creations.

I made a birthday card for my friend Britt who lives in Holland. She will be 5 on Tuesday. Happy Birthday Britt! The cute little girl is High Hopes Summer's Sweetness. I have coloured her with copics. I also coloured the little button letters to match.

We have a fabulous prize again this challenge of the below cute Maggie stamp which has very kindly been donated by Kathy. Thank you so much Kathy!

Our Guest Designer joining us for this challenge is Emz. Thank you Emz for your beautiful card. Please pop over to visit Emz at her blog to admire her gorgeous creations.

Hannah and I are also very excited to share with you that our challenge blog has been featured on German blog Wanaba . We hope you will pop over to read our article.

I received the two above awards from Dawn Marie last week. Thank you so much!

Before I go I would like to say Hello to all my friends at Crowlands School! Have a fun Easter break!

love,

Bye bye Mrs Singh

2009-03-30T17:41:00.003+01:00

I made this card for my Teaching Assistant Mrs Singh who will be leaving my school on Friday. I hope she likes my Pink Cat Kiki Kitty card. I coloured Kiki with my Whisper pens and added a little flower to her hat. I also added some stickles to her dotty scarf.

See you Friday when I will be back to show you my card for Crafty Monkey's.

love,

Thank you Kelly!

2009-03-25T10:29:00.002Z

Wow, this has been my birthday month :-) and yesterday I received the most wonderful card and goodies from my Mum's good friend Kelly. Thank you so much Kelly! I love what you have sent me and your card is so pretty and bright.

I have been busy after school with homework and also playing with my little Sister. I hope to have some time to play with all my new birthday goodies at the weekend.

love,

Thank you Tina!

2009-03-22T17:43:00.004Z

You can click the photo for a closer view

Wow I have been so lucky and received a wonderful package on Friday from my Mum's friend Tina. She made me this beautiful book and matching card. Isn't it so pretty and I love all the cute angels and ribbons. Tina is the most kindest person and also sent me lots of goodies including some Mickey Mouse Scrapbooking kits for Mum and I to Scrapbook our holidays to Florida. Thank you so much Tina I love it all and feel so lucky. I hope you are feeling better.

love,

Challenge 18 - Easter

2009-03-20T15:30:00.001Z

For our challenge this week at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your Easter cards or Easter projects. I've made a quick and simple card this week for our challenge using these cute Easter stickers which I received for my birthday. I have been in the garden playing with my Sister Danni everyday after school and making the most of the nice weather. I had lots of fun making my card though as I love using my Mum's nestabilities and cuttlebug embossing folders. My Mum showed me how to make a card using the large scalloped square nestabilities. The pretty sparkly paper is by Smirk.

The sentiment inside my card is by High Hopes. I have also added some more stickers inside.

We have the below great prize for you this challenge which has very kindly been donated to us by Shell. Thanks so much for the gorgeous Smirk goodies.

Our very talented guest designer this week is Georgia. We love your sweet card and such a cute bunny! Thank you for joining us for this challenge. Please pop over to visit Georgia at her blog as she has lots of inspiring work to share.

Hope you get time to join in our challenge!

love,

Thank you Sanne and Agnes!

2009-03-19T09:47:00.002Z

I received a wonderful birthday package from my friend Sanne and her Mum Agnes who live in Holland. It was filled with so many wonderful goodies. Sanne made me this beautiful image holder which had some really sweet images inside.

They also spoilt me with with a HSM Notebook, HSM stamps and a Hannah Montana t-shirt. I love the t-shirt so much and will be wearing it to my cousin's party on Saturday.

This gift below was very special. Agnes decorated the cute tin and inside was a home movie about my friend Sanne's life. She showed me her family and also her dog Balou. Her Dad had filmed her riding her pony Fellow. Sanne was feeding Fellow with a carrot at his stable and also giving him lots of kisses. Thank you so much and I loved watching this! I have seen it three times now already!

Sanne, I hope to speak to you at the weekend on Skype.

See you tomorrow for our next Crafty Monkey's Challenge.

love,

Thank you Crissy

2009-03-16T16:37:00.004Z

I received this gorgeous card in the post today from my Mum's friend Crissy. Crissy is the Artist for High Hopes Rubber Stamps who drew this sweet design. I think you know that this stamp is named after me "Miss Zoe" :-) I really love your colouring and the kittie looks so cute with his little stripes. She looks just like my tabby cat Gemma. Thank you so much Crissy! This really is a special surprise and my Mum will be framing this card to put up in my bedroom. I will cherish this card.

love,

Card for my Uncle

2009-03-16T00:01:00.000Z

I have made this card for my Uncle Steve who's birthday is today. All the goodies on my card where gifts from my friends for my birthday and the cute Edwin was sent to me from my friend Hannah and her Mum Debbie - thank you! My Mum had the idea to put the word Nike on Edwin's T-shirt. Great idea Mum! I have coloured Edwin with my Mum's copics.

I received the above award from Fern, Jasmine and Didi. Thank you so much and I love this pretty award.

love,

Happy Birthday Jessie!

2009-03-15T00:01:00.002Z

I made this card for my friend Jessie. Today she will be 9. We have been friends since we were about 8 weeks old.

Here we are when we were about 16 months old playing at her house.

This picture was taken of us in 2005 just after my Sister Danni was born.

I hope you have a fun day!

All the products on my card were sent to me for my birthday - thank you friends. x

love

Happy Birthday Hannah!

2009-03-12T00:01:00.002Z

I made this card for my friend Hannah. Today is her 11th birthday.

I hope you have a great day!

The paper is very appropriate and is Sandylion Hannah Montana - Hannah's Guitar. The cute image is Rockstar Anya. I added the chipboard H and Star sentiment which I found in my stash. My image is coloured with Copic markers. I hope she likes it.

love,

A huge thank you!

2009-03-11T16:45:00.003Z

Thank you so much to all my friends for all the beautiful cards and gifts I received for my birthday. It was such a great surprise as my Mum had hidden them all when they arrived. You really did make my birthday special!

I have added this slide show so you can admire them too.

love,

And the winner is....

2009-03-08T19:39:00.003Z

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Christelle entry number 31
Timestamp: 2009-03-08 19:51:07 UTC

Congratulations Christelle! Thank you everyone that visited me and for all your lovely comments and birthday wishes.

I had a great time today and cannot wait for my party after school tomorrow. Today I went to the cinema with my friend Sophie to watch Bedtime Stories. My friend then came back to play at my house on my new Wii Fit. My Nan and Grandad also came to visit. It has been a busy day and I have also chatted with my Nanny Shirley, Hannah, Karin, Ruby and Britt and Agnes and Sanne on Skype.

Thank you so much to all my friends who have sent cards and gifts. I will email you all in the next couple of days and will show the wonderful cards I received on my blog very soon.

love,

xxx

My Birthday Candy - NOW CLOSED!

2009-03-06T15:31:00.001Z

Please click here to enter my Birthday Candy. Be quick it ends this Sunday 8th 16:00 GMT!!

Crafty Monkey's - Touchy Feely!

2009-03-06T15:30:00.001Z

Our challenge this week at Crafty Monkey's is called Touchy Feely. We would like you to add some texture to your card. This could be felt, fibres, fun flock, pom pom ribbon etc...

For my card today I haved used this sweet bear which was an image sent to me. He is by Sugar Nellie. The cute paper is by Smirk. I have added some fluffy fibres to my glittery sentiment.

We have the below great prize for you this challenge which has very kindly been donated to us by Georgia. Thank you sweetie!

Our Guest Designer this week is 6 year old Ansley from Florida, USA. We just adore your super cute card Ansley and love all the texture you have given your adorable image. Please do go over and visit Ansley at her blog.

I received the above award from Agnes. Thank you so much Agnes! I love it and will be back over the weekend to pass it on.

Hope you can join in with us.

Love,

xxx

My Birthday Candy - NOW CLOSED!

2009-02-28T18:05:00.006Z

To celebrate my 9th birthday on Sunday 8th March I asked my Mum if I could have some blog candy. I have the above cute stamp "Cheer Anya" to send to one lucky person. The candy will also include a selection of Anya images and red, white and blue ribbons.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. It would be great if you could tell your friends about my candy. On Sunday 8th March at 16:00 GMT I will pick the winners name out of the hat.

This candy is open everyone and if you don't have a blog please email me at zoe.fairbairn@googlemail.com

Good Luck!

love

xxx

NOW CLOSED!

Club Anya Kids contest

2009-02-25T17:41:00.009Z

I made this card using the Rock the Farm Anya to take part in the Club Anya Kids contest. The cute little chick is from the McSplendid Farm Set. I coloured the images with my Mum's copics. The paper is from Me and My Big idea's Sunshine pack which I chose when on holiday in Florida last year at Michaels.

Keep your fingers crossed for me as I would love to win an Anya or Ian stamp of my own.

love

xxx

Party Invites

2009-02-22T15:07:00.003Z

I have made these party invitations to give to my 3 best friends at school tomorrow Sophie, Grace and Jenna. For my birthday we are going bowling and then to Frankie and Benny's for a meal. My Nan and Grandad will also be coming and also my Mum, Dad and Sister Danni.. it should be fun! I have used my Mum's copics again.. I really like these. The gorgeous Smirk products were sent to me from my friend Hannah and her Mum Debbie. I loved them so much that my Mum also got me some more of the stamps from The Range. The die used is SU Top Note.

Hope you like them!

love

xxx

Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge - Shady Lady

2009-02-20T17:26:00.003Z

I made this ATC to take part in this weeks Tilda and friends ATC Challenge - Shady Lady. They are asking us to use shades of one main colour, in addition to hair and skin tones or natural backgrounds. I have used High Hopes "Miss Zoe" which if you didn't know already was named after me ;-) Here I am with my cat Gemma wearing my favourite colours. Apart from her hair and Gemma I used my Mum's copics for the colouring.

This is my second post today so be sure to check out my Crafty Monkey's challenge card below.

love,

xxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 16 - Sketch by Didi

2009-02-20T09:00:00.001Z

Thank you to everyone for joining in our last challenge at Crafty Monkey's and I loved seeing your love and friendship creations.

This weeks challenge is to follow a sketch by our fabulous guest designer Didi. Isn't her sketch fun and Hannah and I loved working with it. If you haven't checked out Didi's blog before pop on over as she is very talented.

Our prize this week was kindly donated by Nikki from Dewdrop Craftz. The winner of this weeks challenge has the choice of one of the below stamps as their prize.

Nikki asked Hannah and I to be Guest Designers this month for Dewdrop Craftz and the stamp used on my card can be purchased in her store. Thanks again Nikki, I was so happy that you asked me.

The circles and stars on my card were cut on my Mum's Cricut Expression. The paper used on my stars is DCWV Grade School. I coloured my image with my Whisper pens. My sentiment was printed from word.

Hope you join in our challenge and if you know someone who is under 16 who likes crafting please let them know.

Before I go I just wanted to show you this card that I helped my 3 year old Sister Danni make for our Dad's birthday yesterday. The cool dragon Danni picked is High Hopes Ace. When Mum and I make cards Danni also likes to colour images.

Love

xxx

Award

2009-02-18T19:39:00.005Z

Hello Everyone, I have got a lovely award from Jasmine. Thank you, it was so sweet of you to think of me.

I would like to pass this award to:
Tracie
Moni
Lolo
Jacqueline van der sar
Claudia
Ila

I just love all their fabulous work.

love

xxx

Friends Award

2009-02-16T16:59:00.011Z

Hello Everyone! I have got an award from Tracie -Pink Angel , Paula , Ruby and Britt, Sanne and Heike Thank you so much Tracie , Paula ,Ruby and Britt, Sanne and Heike.

I would like to pass this Award to:

Fern
Agnes
Ansley
Carly
Dawny p
Didi
Hannah
Heidi
Honorine
Maddy
Ruby and Britt
Sanne
T.j. , Samara and Shaleise
Paula's ponderings
Heike
Georgia
Holly
Emily and Rhonda - Bumblebee creations
Debbie
Karin
Amelie
Lacey

Love

xxx

Miss Zoe!

2009-02-15T08:24:00.002Z

The High Hopes new release is now available to buy on their website and I am so happy to tell you that the owner Tina has named a stamp after me. The little girl is called "Miss Zoe". I am calling the cat Gemma after my cat. Isn't that so cool!

I'm on half-term this week so will have lots of time to make cards. I can't wait to colour Miss Zoe!

love,

xxx

Thank you Sanne

2009-02-12T23:18:00.002Z

I received the above gorgeous friendship card from Sanne. Thank you so much Sanne your card is so beautiful and I just love the sweet image and your colouring. I have been busy this week and had a friend round to play on Tuesday and also my Nan and Grandad came round today with my cousin after school. Tomorrow I am going to the hairdressers after school. I hope to make a card at the weekend. I am on half-term next week so will have lots of time.

love,

xxx

Cute Card Thursday - Metallica

2009-02-09T17:46:00.003Z

I made this card to send to a friend and also to join in with this weeks Cute Card Thursday Challenge. This week they are asking you to use metal on your card. I have used a metal heart brad on my kitties t-shirt and also the friends embellishment is metal. Thank you Karin for sending me this cute stamp.. I love it so much! I had more fun with the nestabilities and cuttlebug when making my hearts. I hope my friend likes it.

love

xxx

Penny Black Challenge - Romance

2009-02-08T08:51:00.004Z

I made this card to join in the new Penny Black Saturday Challenge. This week their theme is Romance. I just love this sweet stamp. I made this card for a special friend. I had fun using my Mum's nestabilities and her punches. The cute Best of Friends stamp is a 99p stamp by Smirk. My Mum did help me with the design and piecing my card together. The gorgeous papers I pinched from Mum's stash and were kindly sent to her from her friend Karin.

Now I will show you some gorgeous cards and gifts I received over the last couple of days.
This beautiful card is from Debbie. Hannah and Debbie sent me loads of cute Smirk products earlier in the week which I just love. You can see some of the Smirk used on my Crafty Monkey's card on my earlier post.
I received this card from Caz with some sweet Panda images. Thank you so much Caz for your gorgeous card and Mum and I can't wait to see you again in April at Ally Pally.

We received a wonderful Valentines package from Karin, Ruby and Britt. This package contained so many wonderful goodies and gorgeous cards Karin had made for Danni and I. She also made my Mum a beautiful gift set containing lots of Valentine stash. Thank you so much and we loved the Smoeltjes!

I am going to start designing my party invitations today using some of the Smirk papers and stamps.

Have a fun Sunday.

love

xxx

Craft Monkeys - Love and Friendship

2009-02-06T15:51:00.004Z

Our challenge starting today over at Crafty Monkey's is "Love and Friendship". We thought this was a great challenge with Valentines day very soon. You can make a card for someone you love or for a special friend.

We would like to welcome my friend Sanne as our guest designer this week. Please visit Sanne at her blog here to admire her gorgeous card.

Remember you don't have to use stamps and we love seeing your hand drawn work.

We have a fabulous prize this week which has kindly been donated by Hannah's Mum Debbie. Debbie will also include some stamped images with the prize

I have used some Smirk products on my card this week which was very kindly sent to me by Debbie and Hannah. As well as the gorgeous papers, ribbons and rub-ons they sent me the cute smirk stamp which you can see on the front of my card. Debbie also sent me a beautiful card so will be back soon to show you along with some other wonderful cards I have received this week. Thank you so much I love what you sent and think the Smirk products are cute.

Inside of my card

Have a great weekend. I'm hoping we will get more snow.

love

xxxx

Card for Dad

2009-02-02T19:37:00.004Z

I made this card today for my Dad's birthday which is later in the month. If anyone knows who this stamp is by I would love to know as I received this cute image in a swap. I coloured with my whisper pens and found some car stickers. I also decorated the inside with stickers.

Danni and I had so much fun today and spent lots of time playing out in our garden and also the front of our house with some neighbours. There is also no school tomorrow so hopefully lots more snow fun!

Love,
Zoe
xxxx

Snow much fun!

2009-02-02T09:01:00.004Z

I was so excited as it started to snow yesterday. My friends Mum rang this morning to say the school is closed. I am so happy that we could go out to play as normally when we have a little snow it has all melted by the time school has finished.

Here is our sweet cat Gemma.. I don't think she was having as much fun as us!

Here is my Sister Danni
I was being cheeky and threw this snowball at my Mum as she was going inside.. luckily for me it hit the conservatory door.

Hope you liked my photo's.

Love

xxxx

And the winner is....

2009-01-31T18:05:00.004Z

Rosette

Congratulations Rosette! Please email me with your address details and I will arrange for my Mum to send your prize. Thank you to everyone who entered and for helped spread the word.

I am already looking forward to 10,000 hits as I would love to do a candy again. Maybe my Mum will let me have another candy for my birthday in March.

Have a great weekend.

love

xxx

Awards

2009-01-27T19:48:00.001Z

Over the last couple of days i have received some awards.

I received this award from Karen.

I would like to pass this award to:

I received this award below from Susie Sugar.

I would like to pass this award too:

I received this award from Honorine.

I would like to pass this award too:

Deb

I received this award from Scrap Didi.

I would like to pass this award too:

I received this award from Scrap Didi.

I would like to pass this award too:

Emma

Karen

Karin

Shaleise , Samara and T.j.

Tina

I received this award from Suzanne.
I would like to pass this award too:

Thank you everyone for making me so happy and I loved the awards! I am sorry if I do not come to leave a message to tell you about your award but it is my dinner time now and I have some homework.

love

xxxx

Thank You

2009-01-27T07:12:00.004Z

I received this beautiful card from my good friend Sanne. Isn't it gorgeous? I just love the colours and the cute Kitty. Sanne also made the below Hello Kitty creations with her Mum Agnes using the new Cricut Hello Kitty cartridge. The card is for my Mum and a cute little note book for Danni and I. Thank you dear friend we love them so much!

I will be back later after school as I have been lucky to receive some awards.

love,

xxxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 14 - Sketch by Hannah

2009-01-23T15:30:00.003Z

We have a great sketch for you to follow this week at Crafty Monkey's created by friend Hannah. This is the first time I have followed a sketch. Thank you Hannah and I loved working with your sketch!

We also welcome Emily as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Emily for your gorgeous card. You can visit Emily here over at her Mum Rhonda's blog.

We have a great prize this challenge which has been kindly donated by Karin. Thank you so much and i'm sure one lucky player is going to love this pretty paper and embellishment kit. My Mum will also include some stamped images with the prize.

I had great fun making my card and didn't use any patterned paper this challenge. I had fun with my Mum's cuttlebug and got a little carried away embossing card for fun! The cute image is High Hopes Chef Pierre. The sentiment is from an SU set for sale-a-bration.

Hope you like our challenge and find time to get crafty and don't forget to enter my blog candy below.

love,

xxx

Blog Candy - Now Closed!

2009-01-21T16:27:00.006Z

I am excited to tell you that today an article I wrote for my school newspaper "Crowlands Crunchers" was published! I wrote the article about my blog and also my challenge website Crafty Monkey's which I co-run with my friend Hannah.

Here is a copy of the page from the newsletter. You will need to click it to read. Sorry for the poor quality but we couldn't get it to scan very well.

I asked my Mum if I could have some blog candy when my counter hits 5000.. Well it's nearly there and with my article being published today thought it was time to celebrate now.

To enter my blog candy please leave a comment on this post and help spread the word by posting about my candy on your blog. My blog candy includes K&Company Brenda Walton Designer Mat Pad, Wooden hearts, an acrylic calendar stamp and the cute fox stamp. I will also make a special card for you and my Mum will stamp some Hanglar images. If you do not have a blog don't worry just email me and I will include you in the draw.

zoe.fairbairn@googlemail.com

The closing date for my candy is Saturday 31st January.

Good Luck!

love,

xxx

My candy draw is now closed

High Hopes Challenge - Embossing

2009-01-12T18:09:00.005Z

I made this card for this weeks High Hopes Challenge. This week they are asking you use dry embossing on our cards. I had great fun playing with my Mum's Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders. I also used her Wizard and nestabilities but they were a little more tricky. The cute fish on my card is called Findley and I have added some other fishy friend stickers. I hope you like it!

I received the above award from Karin. Thank you so much!

I would like to pass it to:

Hannah
Carly
Sanne
Maddy
Bev
Marte

I received this award from my friend Sanne. Thank you and I love it!

I would like to pass this award to:

Debbie
Cindy Haffner
Ila

I love visiting all your blogs and you make gorgeous cards!

love,

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 13 ~ Something New!

2009-01-09T15:30:00.003Z

Crafty Monkey's is back from our Christmas break and hope you all had a fun Christmas and and received lots of goodies from Santa.

This weeks challenge we are asking you to create a card or paper project with the theme:

Something New

Don't worry if you don't have something new as you could always raid your Mum's stash - Sorry Mum's! Remember if you do not have the appropriate stamp we love seeing your hand drawn work.

We have a great prize this challenge which has been kindly donated by Karin. Karin is the Mum of our two regular players Ruby and Britt. Thank you so much and i'm sure one lucky player is going to love this cute stamp set.. I know we do!

On my card today I have used my Mum's new square Nestabilites and also my new "Handmade by Zoe" stamp which was a gift from my friends Karin, Ruby and Britt. Thank you so much and I love it!

I also raided my Mum's stamps and used the cute dragon Albert, Dragon Prints and "Hugs and Hugs" Sentiment. I added some stickles to give him some sparkle and some gems for his flowers. I love using my Mum's Wizard to cut the nestabilities. My Mum did help me put the card together.

I have also made my card this week to join in with the High Hopes Challenge - Torn Edges. My card will be going to California as a surprise for my Mum's friend Tina's Grandfather. Tina is the very kind and generous owner of High Hopes Rubber Stamps and if you too would like to send her Grandfather a birthday card to make his day extra special can find details on my Mum's blog here.

Hope you get time to join in our challenge.

Love

xxxx

Just a little fun!

2008-12-14T16:42:00.001Z

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

High Hopes Challenge 11

2008-12-07T05:00:00.001Z

I made this Christmas card for my teacher and would like to enter this for the High Hopes Challenge. This weeks challenge is Flower Power. I coloured with my Whisper pens and added Stickles to the Mary J Teacher angels hat and wings. My Mum cut the santa hat out for me with a craft knife. The sparkly paper is handmade from Lakeland. I added this little Prima tree and decorated with gems. I thought it would look good if I wrote my message on the whiteboard. I will give this to my teacher Miss Andrews at school tomorrow.

Love,

xxxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 12 - Snow and Snowflakes

2008-11-28T15:30:00.000Z

Here is my card for this weeks Crafty Monkey's Challenge. Our theme this week is Snow and Snowflakes. My Mum bought this stamp for me and is part of a set from The Range. I coloured with my Whisper pens and added Stickles to the robins hat. I punched the snowflakes and added more stickles. I also put red glitter stickers on my card. I then used Mum's new nestabilities. I love the fun red Pom pom ribbon. The sentiment is from the Lily and Tweet set at Pink Cat Studio's.

Thank you to Nikki from Dewdrop Craftz for your kind sponsorship last challenge.

We have the below great prize this challenge of the below goodies which were kindly donated by Bernie. Thank you so much! The prize will also include a selection of images which are not pictured.

Hope you get some time to join in.

Love,
Zoe

xxxx

Awards

2008-11-24T20:25:00.005Z

I have been lucky to receive two awards over the last couple of days. The first was from Heike.
I would like to pass this to:

Kelly
Pops Angels - T.J, Samara and Shaleise
Jaqui
Heidi
Emma

I also received the below award from Agnes.
I would like to pass this to:

Hannah
Ruby and Britt
Holly
Dawny P
Karin
Sanne
Didi
Tracy

I love to visit all your blogs!

Two Challenges

2008-11-23T16:13:00.005Z

I have made this card to enter the Cute Card Thursday challenge whose theme is "Snow and Snowflakes" and also the Penny Black Challenge whose theme is "Funky Christmas". I think this K&Co paper is Funky! I stamped two Penny black characters together and have added lots of glue dots and then added fine glitter. I have also added stickles for snow but this isn't showing very well in the photo. Hope you like it! I chose all my papers and accessories but my Mum had to help me with the Martha Stewart punch as I found this tricky.

I liked my card so much that I have used it for my Christmas banner too.

Love

xxx

Thank You Sanne!

2008-11-23T13:23:00.005Z

Thank you to my friend Sanne for her gorgeous card above which I received with some Sinterklaas treats and a cute Magnolia stamp. I love it and your are so kind.

I thought you might like to see the below picture of my sweet cat Gemma. It is too early for Christmas decorations but she has her stocking ready.

I received this spooky award from Heike in the week. Thank you Heike! I love your blog too.

Love

xxx

Crafty Monkey's - Challenge 11 "Food and Drink"

2008-11-14T15:30:00.001Z

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Monkey's is to create a card or paper project with the theme: FOOD and DRINK

We would like to welcome EMZ as our guest designer this week and thank you for your beautiful card.

We have a fabulous prize this week kindly donated by Nikki from Dewdrop Craftz of the below cute and fun monster stamp called Bernard.
On my card I have used this cute Hamish stamp from Funky kits which I have coloured with my Whisper Pens. I cut the circle in my Forever Friends paper on my Mum's Wizard using nestabilities. To finish I added some fruit punch stickles to the cherries on the cakes.

I received the below award from Shaleise, Samara and T.J. and also Karin. Thank you for so much.. I love it!

I will pop back after school to add the 5 blogs I would like to pass this too.

Please tell your children and your friends about our challenge!

Edit:
I am back to pass on my Kreativ Blogger award.

I would like to pass it to:

Heike
Claudia
Ila
Gill
Sonja

I really love their gorgeous work and love looking at their blogs.

Love,

xxx

Puppet Fun!

2008-11-02T14:43:00.004Z

I had an idea today to colour some images for myself and Danni to play with in our puppet theatre. I hope to make some more soon!

Love

xxx

Craft Monkey's Challenge 10 - Birthdays!

2008-10-31T15:30:00.005Z

Here is my card for this weeks Crafty Monkey's challenge. We have a nice easy challenge for you to follow this week and you just need to make a birthday card.

I have used my Forever Friends stamp and watercoloured with my Whisper pens. I penned onto an acrylic block first and lifted the colour with my brush. The sentiment and paper was also Forever Friends. I cut the words on my Mum's Cricut Expression and then run them though the cuttlebug using an embossing folder. I then added some gems to my bears hat and the corners of my image.

Thank you to my friend Sanne who sent me a very wonderful book she made about herself and her horse Fellow. She also sent me a beautiful Halloween card and HSM bag. I am going to use this for my P.E. clothes when I go back to school on Monday. My sister also loved her mermaid card which was from her Mum Agnes. She was so happy to have a card of her own. Thank you Sanne and your gift made me very happy.

Thank you also to my friend Hannah and her Mum Debbie who were so kind and sent Danni and I a fabulous card, Image folder and treats for Halloween. I love the box you made Debbie and thank you both for all my images! The sweets were yummy and we were eating them within seconds of receiving the package! It was such a great surprise which we loved!
Thank you Karin, Ruby and Britt for the cute Halloween card and gifts ;-) x
Thank you to Christelle, Honorine and Corentin for the gorgeous Halloween cards and yummy treats.

We hope you find time to join in our challenge and we have a great prize of a Sugar Nellie stamp for one lucky person to win. Another great surprise!

Love

xxxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 9 - Halloween

2008-10-16T15:30:00.002+01:00

Our challenge starting today over at Crafty Monkey's is to make a Halloween card/project. If you do not have the appropriate stamp we look forward to seeing your own designs.

We have a fabulous prize this week of the gorgeous stamp below "Tender Fairy". This is a new design by Valerie Wade and has very kindly been donated by Nikki owner of Dewdrop Craftz.

I have coloured this cute Tilda in with my Whisper pens. The image was sent to me by my Mum's friend Jill. Thank you also Jill for the cute images I received yesterday and gorgeous Tilda stamp which I love!

The papers we're in the DCWV Grade school paper pack which was sent to me by Cheri along with the sentiment. I bought the Halloween Stickers from Ally Pally and these are by K&Company. The buttons are from Mum's stash.

I hope you get the time to join in our challenge.

Love,

xxxx

Wonderful Suprise!

2008-10-15T21:03:00.004+01:00

I was so happy to receive this beautiful gift from my Mum's friend Heidi when I got home from school today. Heidi also sent me some cute PB stamps and ribbons. Thank you so much for your kindness Heidi. Mum and I really love your puzzle and would love to try and make one too.

Love,

xx

Card for Mummy

2008-10-11T16:45:00.001+01:00

I made this card with a little help from Dad for my Mummy's birthday. Hope you like it!

love

xxx

2008-10-08T16:45:00.006+01:00

Yesterday and today I received so many gorgeous cards and gifts from my friends. I would love to show them to you.

This first beautiful card is from my Mum's friend Michelle. She is so kind and sent me lots of goodies to play with and a very cute bunny stamp.

My friend Didi sent me this gorgeous card, a photo and images.

My Mum's friend Jacqui sent me this gorgeous autumn card and a snowman stamp.

My friend Honorine sent me this beautiful card and gifts. I love Diddl and am so happy to also find their fun website.

Honorine's Mum Christelle made this gorgeous card.. My Mum thinks you should start your blog soon as she would love to see more of your wonderful creations.

Thank you all so much. I feel like it is my birthday!
love,

xxxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 8 - Travel

2008-10-03T15:30:00.000+01:00

Our challenge at Crafty Monkey's this week is to create a card or paper project with the theme:

"Travel"

For my card I have used this cute Hanglar girl. I coloured with my Whisper Pens. The wooden letters and paper I bought at the Alexandra Palace Scrapbooking Show. The paper is from a Forever Friends paper pack.

We would like to welcome sisters Carly and Maddy from the United States who have joined us for this challenge as our guest designers. Thank you girls for your gorgeous cards!

We have a great prize also of the below Rachelle Anne Miller stamp. This has very kindly been donated by Kathy - Thank you so much!

If you have a small prize that you could donate to Crafty Monkey's we would be so grateful.

love

xxx

Thank you Cheri!

2008-10-03T15:29:00.004+01:00

I received a wonderful package on Friday from Cheri. Thank you so much Cheri you are so kind. I love my wonderful gifts and can't wait to use them. Cheri also sent me lots of stamped images. I am so lucky.

My visit to Alexandra Palace "Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show"

2008-09-27T20:40:00.003+01:00

I had so much fun today and me and Mum went to Alexandra Palace "Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show". Mum met her friend Marlene. Marlene gave me one of her gorgeous little Guardian Angels. Here are some pictures from my day and all my new goodies.

Love,

xxxx

Card for my Auntie

2008-09-23T20:03:00.004+01:00

Here is a card I have just finished for my Auntie who's birthday is on Thursday. I couldn't wait to use my Mum's new hanglars and this girl is so sweet. Thank you Tina for the papers. I coloured the image with my whisper pens.

Love,

xxxx

Award and Friends

2008-09-21T20:01:00.006+01:00

Britt

Ruby

I received these two beautiful cards from my friends Ruby and Britt. They also sent some goodies for us all. Thank you so much and it was such a great surprise to receive your package.

I also received this cute award from my Mum and Karin. Thank you so much and I love it!

I would like to pass this to my friends Hannah, Ruby, Britt, Sanne, Scrap Didi, Maddy, Carly and Honorine.

I will be back in a couple of days with a card for my Auntie as it is her birthday this week.

Love,

xxx

Craft Monkey's Challenge 7 - Your favourite Colour

2008-09-19T15:30:00.002+01:00

Above is my card for our challenge at Crafty Monkey's. This week we would like you to make a card using your "favourite colour". Yes - my favourite colour is Pink! I coloured my image with my Whisper pens and added a little sparkle to my flower with Stickles.

We have a great prize this week which has been very kindly donated by Agnes

We hope you can join in our challenge. I will be back later as my Mum has given me a really cute award which has Sylvester on it.

Love,

xxxxx

2008-09-15T08:00:00.001+01:00

Here is another card I made and this one is for my friend Didi. The little girl is an Alota stamp and I have coloured her and her cute bear friend with my Whisper pens. I have chalked her cheeks. I hope you like it Didi.

Don't forget to come back and visit me on Friday when I will show you my card for our next challenge at Crafty Monkey's.
love,

xxxxx

Fun day at the Seaside

2008-09-13T17:56:00.015+01:00

I would like to thank Renata for sending me this beautiful card and also goodies for me and Mum. Thank you and I look forward to using them when I make my next card.

Thank you also to my friends Karin, Ruby and Britt for your card we received this week. They sent me some bubble mixture for me and Danni which we had lots of fun with.

Today we have been to Southend to visit Adventure Island to play on the rides. We also went on the beach looking for shells for Mums projects. It was a lovely day and the weather was really warm and sunny.

Do you like my t-shirt? This is from Karin, Ruby and Britt. Thank you and I love it!

Love,

xxxx

2008-09-12T08:00:00.003+01:00

I made this card for my friend Honorine. I love this cute Tilda and have coloured her with my Whisper pens. My mum showed me how to use the cuttlebug and it was so easy to run the folders through. I have also used stickles to add some sparkle but I don't think it is showing very well in this photo. I hope you like it Honorine.

Have a great weekend.
love

xxxxx

2008-09-08T14:25:00.003+01:00

I made this card over the weekend. It is a thank you card for someone who has been very kind to me. The image is Penny Black and it is just perfect as it has been raining lots over the last few days. Thank you Tina for this great bright dp. The red card stock and ribbon is by SU and is called "Real Red". I coloured this cute bear with my whisper pens.
I hope you like it.

love

xxxx

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 6 - Pets

2008-09-05T15:30:00.006+01:00

We would like to thank everyone for joining in our last challenge at Crafty Monkey's and we loved seeing your Christmasy creations.

This weeks challenge is to create a card or paper project with the theme: "Pets". If you do not have the appropriate stamp we love seeing your hand drawn work.

We would like to welcome Kelsey from the United States and Honorine from France who have joined us for this challenge as our guest designers. Pop over to our challenge to see their gorgeous creations.

We have a great prize this week of the below gorgeous Rachelle Anne Miller stamp. This has very kindly been donated by Karin at "Het Scrapbook Atelier". Thank you also to Agnes for arranging this great prize.

Here is my card for our challenge:

I am not sure what this image is but it is so sweet. The sentiment is from High Hopes. Thank you to Karin, Ruby and Britt for the wonderful paper and bow. I have coloured with my Whisper pens and added a little sparkle with Stickles.

I would also like to thank my friend Sanne and Therese for passing the below award to me.

JAVABLU AWARD RULES

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

2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4. Before listing the nominees give a reason why
5. Put links of those blogs on yours.

6. Leave a message on the blogs you have nominated

I would like to pass this award to my friends Hannah, Ruby and Britt, Didi, Honorine.

I will be back soon as I have made another card but I need to wait until my friend has received it.
love

Zoe
xxxxx

2008-09-05T11:44:00.004+01:00

Thank you dear Heidi for this gorgeous card you made for Danni and I. The image is just so sweet. Thank you also for our wonderful gift and yummy chocolate.

Love

xxxxx

BLOG CANDY - 2000 hits! - CLOSED

2008-08-25T08:47:00.006+01:00

The winner is Renata.

Congratulations, please contact me with your address details. Thank you to everyone for taking part in my candy.

Love,

I asked my Mum if I could have some blog candy to celebrate reaching 2000 hits in 3 months. I love my blog and am so happy that my Mum said I could start one. I have made lots of friends.

I will draw the winner on Monday 1st September at 3pm GMT. You will receive the above image folder (made by Mum) and you can choose what images you would like stamped. I will also raid my Mum's blooms too ;-) I will be sending you a special card made by me but this will be a surprise.

To enter my candy please leave your details in the comment post below and help spread the word by posting on your blog. If you also tell everyone about my Challenge blog "Crafty Monkey's" I will enter your name in twice. If you do not have a blog I will be happy to receive your entry by email. I am happy to send the prize worldwide.

Good Luck.

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 5 - Christmas

2008-08-22T15:30:00.001+01:00

Here is my card for this weeks challenge over at Crafty Monkey's. Our theme for this challenge is Christmas. If you do not have the appropriate stamp we look forward to seeing your hand drawn work.

We have a great prize this week (see picture below) that has been very kindly donated by Bernie. We also have some stamped images of some Alota kids which have been stamped by my Mum included in this prize.
We would also like to welcome Hollie and Lauren as our guest designers for our challenge. Thank you both for your gorgeous cards.

The layout of my card was inspired by a sketch by Mumur. Do you like my new stamp as this is from a set which my Mum bought for me at The Range this week. The set is called "Christmas Cute 'n' Cuddly. I have coloured my image using my whisper pens and added a little sparkle using Stickles. The paper and fibres are from Mum's stash.

Me and Hannah received this great award from Barb earlier in the week for our blog Crafty Monkey's. Thank you Barb.

I hope you will join in our challenge... please tell your friends and family.
love,

Thank you

2008-08-16T17:35:00.006+01:00

I made this card today to send to someone who has been very kind to me. I won't spoil the surprise and will tell you who when she receives it.

Today I received some fabulous mail from my friend Hannah. She has made me a gorgeous scrapbook and Notebook. The Scrapbook tells me all about her and her family. I love it and such a great idea too. Thanks again Hannah.

On Friday I also received this beautiful card from my friend Holly with some stamped images. I love the cute kitty. Thank you Holly it so nice to receive this from you. I love the pictures of your kitty on your blog. Me and my sister have lots of happy land too.

We are off to see Wall-E tomorrow and my sister and I cannot wait.
Love,

Dressing up fun

2008-08-15T18:52:00.004+01:00

We have just been to town and our Mum treated us to some dressing up outfits. I love HSM and my little sister loves Giselle from Enchanted. She thinks she is a little princess in her costume. As you can see we are having lots of fun on our trampoline.

Hope you like our pictures,
love,

Even my cat Gemma loved my HSM Pom Pom's!

2008-08-11T16:50:00.005+01:00

I received this great new award from Bev, Tracie, Heike, Karin, Mel and Ruby and Britt. Thank you so much.. I love it!

The rules of the award are:
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 of the girls you’ve nominated

Now I would like to give this wonderful award to:

Hannah
Lolo
Ruby
Britt
Sanne
Holly
Hollie

We went for a picnic today with my school friend and her two sisters. We were really lucky in that it didn't rain and had lots of fun.
Love

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 4 - Summer Holiday

2008-08-08T15:30:00.000+01:00

Here is my card for our challenge over at Crafty Monkey's. The theme for our new challenge is Summer Holiday.

I am so pleased to say that my friend Sanne has joined us for this challenge as our Guest Designer. You can see her beautiful card over at our challenge blog.

We have a great prize of a Magnolia Tilda stamp which has very kindly been donated by Jane.

We had a great time in Cornwall visiting our Nanny. Even though the weather wasn't very good we still had lots of fun and played on the beach in the rain with Nanny. We have collected some shells which we have bought home to put in our garden. This picture was taken of us in my Nanny's garden.
Hope you like my card and I love this cute Maggie and Hamish stamp.

Love,

I'm so lucky!

2008-07-31T20:14:00.001+01:00

Look at all the wonderful things which arrived for me today from my friend Sanne. She sent me a beautiful card, photo of herself riding her horse, a wonderful notebook. The cover is made by her very talented Mum Agnes using her new High Hopes stamps. I will have to make sure my Mum doesn't pinch this one! Some pretty papers, High School Musical pens and images. Sanne knows how much I love High School Musical and she can't wait to see the new movie like me. Thank you so much for spoiling me.

Love,

Make a happy card

2008-07-29T08:39:00.005+01:00

My friends Ruby and Britt have some great blog candy to give away and they have asked that to enter you make a happy card. I made my card for my Nanny's birthday which is in a couple of weeks time. I used this cute Hanglar girl as she is one of my favourite stamps.

I am looking forward to this afternoon as my friends Holly and Alex are coming over to play.

Fun in the Sun!

2008-07-27T11:32:00.002+01:00

Today is a beautiful day here in England and thought you would like to see some pictures of me and my little sister Danni having fun in our paddling pool.

Have a great Sunday!

Crafty Monkey's Challenge 3 - Twinkle Twinkle

2008-07-25T15:30:00.002+01:00

Here is my card for our 3rd Challenge at Crafty Monkey's. The Magnolia image was sent to me from Marte, the sparkly sentiment was in a sticker pack from Justine, the crowns were from Ruby and Britt and the paper from Sanne. Thank you all so much.

I would like to thank everyone for joining in our second challenge and I enjoyed visiting your blogs to see your wonderful creations.

This weeks challenge is to create a card or paper project with the theme Twinkle Twinkle. We would love you to use anything that sparkles.

I have used sparkly paper, sparkly gems, sparkly pen for the crowns and a sparkly sentiment.

We have a great prize this week that has been very kindly donated by Bernie.

We would like to welcome Milly who has joined us for this challenge as our guest designer.

I hope you will join in our challenge... please tell your friends and family.