The Hanglars Have Landed!

Deep joy here at Cranberry Towers!  My hAnglars arrived at the end of last week and I actually got time to make something with them!  They really are the cutest stamps.  I know they are hard to come by but I bought mine on Ebay direct from hAnglar stAnglar in Sweden last Monday and they were with me on Friday morning.  I know that other people are selling hAnglars on Ebay but ...  I don't really want to get on my high horse but people are paying several times too much for individual stamps from sellers who are apparently buying hAnglar kits and splitting them up.  Market forces ...entrepreneurial spirit ... maybe... but in my opinion it's really not on.

Anyway, here's the card.  In my excitement to use this cutie I went completely overboard with the flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts) and my over-exuberance also extended to the liberal spraying of Glimmer Mist, which went pretty much everywhere.  My hAnglar girlie was painted with a mixture of distress inks and Twinkling H2Os and the paper is from K & Co's Madeleine collection.

There are a number of other stamps in this kit and I can't wait to use them.  I also treated myself to a couple of the new Lili of the Valley Christmas stamps and now I can't make up my mind where to start!

Take care,
Tracey x

Bev Rochester and Wild Orchid Crafts/Simon Says Stamp Candy!!!

Wild Orchid Crafts have asked Bev to give away some lovely candy to promote the launch of their own self adhesive pearls and lace.  I have oodles of their flowers and I can assure you, they are absolutely gorgeous!

You can get more details of how to win on Bev's blog.

Bev also has a lovely Magnolia stamp to give away courtesy of Simon Says Stamp.  Look at this little cutie - isn't she lovely?  Again, all the details are on Bev's blog.

A Gift from Dawny P

I've just been having a look at Dawny P's card following the Lili of the Valley Challenge for this week, as mentioned below.  Dawny is my card-making hero - no one does cute quite like Dawny - and her blog is great fun.  Not to mention she has another blog with sketches for those days when you don't know quite where to start with your card.

Anyway, apart from the fact that Dawny has created yet another beautiful card for us to see, she is also offering some delicious Lili of the Valley candy - a fabulous mix of stamps and die cuts!  Thanks Dawny!

Check out Dawny's blog here.

Candy at Cat's Whiskers!

Jacqui over at Cat's Whiskers is offering two Lili of the Valley stamps as candy this week.  It's the start of a new Lili of the Valley challenge, with a sketch provided by Bev at All The Things I Love.  Last week's winning designs were gorgeous. 

Jacqui's candy ends on Sunday 24th July, so hop over to Cat's Whiskers to have a chance to win.

Lili of the Valley Challenge 57

Here is my card for the above challenge.  I've used Basic Grey Kioshi papers and, of course, a Lili of the Valley Stamp coloured with Promarkers.  The lovely flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

More Candy from Kellie!

As I was saying ... there is so much candy on offer out there at the moment.  The fabulous Kellie Winnell is offering a SECOND lot of candy to celebrate her birthday and what a fabulous gift this is...

Yes, it's the whole summer Magnolia kit - how generous is that.  To enter go on over to Kellie's blog (see the link in the sidebar) - you have until 4th August to enter.  Good luck!

Lots of Candy on Offer

I can't believe how much Blog Candy is being offered at the moment.  Rachel at Papercrafts by Rach has not just one, but two lots of goodies to give away and - wait for it - one of them contains HANGLAR STAMPS!!!  Check out her blog by clicking on the link! 

Rachel has also made this beautiful card using Lili of the Valley stamps - I wish my cards turned out like this!

My First Attempt!

This is my first attempt at uploading a card to my new blog.  It's a really simple design using Basic Grey paper and a Lili of the Valley stamp which has been coloured with distress inks.