Penny Black Challenge - Romance

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

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

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!

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....

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

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:

Ansley

Georgia

Agnes

Lacey

Paula

I received this award below from Susie Sugar.

I would like to pass this award too:

Chris

Holly

Sanne

Carly

Maddy

I received this award from Honorine.

I would like to pass this award too:

Heike

Deb

Debbie

Susie

Suzanne

I received this award from Scrap Didi.

I would like to pass this award too:

Justine

Ruby and Britt

Honorine

Hannah

Emily

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:

Scrap Didi

Carlz

Amelie

Zoe and Suzanne

Shannon

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

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

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!

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

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!

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!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

High Hopes Challenge 11

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