Blog Candy

*****This post will remain at the top until 9th Dec, please scroll down to see new posts*******

I've been dropping a few teasers about this candy recently and now you can finally try your hand at winning it! Candy closes on 9th December and I will pick a winner using Random Interger Generator shortly afterwards.



Candy contains:

• Pink Petticoat CD - personal collection chosen by me! Includes papers and images
• Pink Petticoat Happy Hauntings and Spooky Doodlies - kindly donated by Liz
  
• My Minds Eye - Wild Asparagus button box
• Penny Black - set of 6 wood mounted stamps
• For the Boys - black and white photo toppers
• Craftworkcards - Oh My Word Birthday messages
• Craftworkcards - Oh My Word Rescue words birthday
• Craftworkcards - 3-D Christmas tree cards
• Doodlebug - paper potpourri blue jean paper assortment stack
• Dovecraft - dual tip peel off markers
• Papermania stamp duos - reindeer and tree
• Quickie glue pen
• Papermania - signature vinyls
• Paperchase - packet of 10 funky flower badges
• Paperchase - novelty cupcake stickers
  
• DCWV - Once upon a time adhesive ribbon
• Papermania - 3D stickers
• Papermania - 3D elements flower toppers x 2 packets
• Papermania - 3D elements sentiments stickers
• Card Toppers - Christmas sentiments
• Card Toppers - mixed messages
• Pink wooden card easel
• Dovecraft - pink grosgrain ribbon
  
• Core'dinations - Potion No.9 card stock stack
  
• DecoArt - Glamour Dust
• K&Co - remake red alphabet box

CANDY UPDATE!!

I'm getting lots of entries and tons of stuff arriving via the Postie - thanks so much :)
The candy has now been added to!

My friend Sally-Ann is donating a £15 online gift voucher to the lucky winner to be spent at Silly Monkey Crafts! When the winner is selected, she will purchase the voucher in their name, how very lovely is that? Thanks hun, you're a gem.

I'm giving away this candy to raise funds for a charity very close to my heart, SANDs Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity:



Many of my regular followers will know that 3 years ago, my first baby Flynn tragically died when he was just two days old following birth complications at 42 weeks. I don't know how I would have coped if it hadn't been for the love and support my husband and I received from this wonderful charity.

The death of a baby is a devastating experience. The effects of grief can be overwhelming and parents, their families and friends can be left feeling dazed, disorientated, isolated and exhausted. It can be hard to take in information, to make decisions or to imagine how you are going to cope. Our son died in our arms and we left hospital with a blue memory box and a funeral to organise - all our hope and dreams for our sons future in tatters.

'At Sands there are people who understand what it's like because many of us have been through this experience ourselves, and we are here to help offer support and information when you need it'.

In the UK alone, 17 babies are born asleep or die shortly after birth every single day.

How to help and enter:

I'd like you to send me your handmade cards and gifts wrapped with envelopes in a saleable state. I will then pass these on to SANDs who will sell and keep 100% of the proceeds to help set up new SANDs groups across the UK. I will post back at a later date how much money is raised.

1. Create a card or handmade gift. Cards can be for any occasion or theme.
   
2. You can create as many items as you like, each item = 1 entry to my candy
   
3. Email me at bluejellycandy@sky.com for an address to post your items to
   
4. Pop your name down on Mr Linky for each item sent. E.g. 5 cards = 5 entries. No limit to number of entries per person
   
5. Post a photo of my candy along with a link on your blog please to help raise awareness
   
6. Candy closes 9th December 2009

As this is for charity, I need to clarify some rules:

1. You may include your business or personal details on the reverse of your items as you would normally
2. Your items must be wrapped in good condition for sale - e.g. cards with an envelope in a cello bag please
   
3. I will cross reference all items received against entries on Mr Linky so please don't cheat
4. No need to follow my blog - please only follow me if you enjoy looking at my creations
5. Candy is open to bloggers worldwide
   
6. If you are posting from overseas, please take in to consideration the time for items to arrive in the UK. You must mark your envelope 'gift'.
7. I will draw a winner using Random Integer Generator approximately 1 week after the closing date to allow additional time for items to arrive
8. Sorry but any items that arrive late will not be considered for the draw, however the items will still be passed to SANDs

Good luck everyone and remember to check back to see if you're the lucky winner.

Thanks
Victoria
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Paperplay

Fab news - the Dr said that Blake's lungs 'are a million times better' so not more drugs and my boy's on the mend! Phew.

So on a happy note, here is my DT card for Paperplay this week. We have a fab sketch for you to follow.



I'm also joining these challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday - Card for a younger boy
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Christmas
• Colour Create - Green, red, white and Christmas
• The Treehouse - Old olive, Real red, black (sentiment!) and white
  

My patterned papers were free with a magazine, not used to working with shiny papers but worked out OK! I had to add a glitter gem for his nose too.

Got to blog and run or I'll be late for fat club tonight. I have received loads of cards and gifts for my Charity Candy and will make sure I email those of you who've sent them over the weekend so you know they've arrived safely. If anyone wants a chance to win and haven't entered yet - there's still plenty of time - look here.

Thanks
Victoria
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P p p pick up a penguin

Ooh almost forgot to post this today! I'm two steps forward 3 steps back at the moment!



These are some of the cards I've made for my nephew to give out to his classmates this Christmas. I've made 30 in total.




Very therapeutic shading in all those penguins last night it was.
I'm popping my name down for these challenges:

1. Papertake - Christmas crackers
2. Everybody Art - Christmas
3. ABC - Indigo blue (bit of artistic licence here as it's on some but not all the cards!)
4. Simon Says - Winter Love

Blake had a much better night last night, Dr's tomorrow to get him checked out.

Don't forget to have a go at winning my charity candy, still plenty of time to enter.

Victoria
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Merry Kiss-Mouse

Morning - I'm posting this with bleary eyes as I've been up most of the night with Blake. Not so much his chest infection which seems to be improving, just he didn't feel like sleeping and wanted to chatter away. So I went downstairs with him and whilst he lay chatting in his rocker chair at 3am, I was cleaning the kitchen!

This is my DT creation for Creative Card Crew where this week we challenge you to 'use your favourite things'! The DT were also given some fab digi images to work with, aren't we lucky? My favourite things are buttons, ribbons, bows, glitter gems and glitter to name but a few! Pop over to see what the rest of the DT have created.



I'm having a go with these challenges:

• Copic Buzz - Red
• Quixotic - Kraft and red
• C.R.A.F.T. - Inspiration from photo - I chose red
• PaperPlay - I missed the DT deadline for 'read all about it' - sorry ladies!
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch
• Pollycraft - Christmas
• My Grafico - PIE recipe - I used, Papers, Inks and Embossing
• Little Paper Shop - Kraft, red and brown
  

I used red and kraft card for my layers, and embossed the kraft layer for texture before topping with noel text patterned card. The cute little mouse is shaded with Copics and I added a red glitter gem to his nose to make him more Christmousey (ho, ho, ho). Lots of glitter and a button and a bow and a computer generated sentiment to finish it off.

Right, chores to do and a friend is bringing her little fella for a play date with Zac so I need to create some space!!

Victoria
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GIft Card Holder and Workshop News

This is my GDT creation for Cupcake Crafts Challenge where we challenge you to make a gift card holder.



I followed a tutorial off Splitcoaststampers for this. I didn't have any money envelopes, so made my own. I'm entering this for these challenges:

• Tuesday Morning sketches - 3 decorative papers, 1 flourish, 2 embellies
• The Treehouse - Treat Holders
• Hand Full of Stamps - No plain ribbon
• Creative Inspirations - Want to see a pocket (I won last week - yey!)
• Chorrosive Challange - Let's go to the Movies (I picked 'The Gift')
  

View of the inside - you'll notice a lack of gift card in mine as I don't have one!



And the stamped card that also fits inside:



Opened out view:



All products are by Stampin' Up except the ribbon and glitter gem. I used Pink Passion and Only Orange card stock which I stamped with Baroque Motifs stamp sets. I used a Versamark ink pad on the outside and went over the images with Stampin Pastels in orange using a cotton ball!
I hope the inside with the stamps around the edge counts as my third patterned paper!

I'm also running my first Stampin' Up workshop on Saturday December 12th, so if you're in the Nottingham area and fancy making a Christmas gift, a few cards and some gift tags, please drop me an email. My email address is in my profile.

Thanks
Victoria
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Die Cut Dreams Puppy Love

Our challenge at Die Cut Dreams this week is 'Puppy Love'. Susie is offering up some fabulous snowmen and snow globes as a prize too. Take a look at all the lovely DT creations here.



I'm entering this card for these challenges:

• Allsorts - Christmas carol (I've used a song!) Fairytale in New York
• Caardvarks - Colour it
• Papertake - Sketch
• Simon Says - Animal antics
• Flutterby Wednesday - fairy, angel or butterfly
  

I shaded this sweet image and added loads of sparkle. Thought she looked best left delicate.

I'm going to try and play catch up this week if I can so hopefully I'll be looking at all the lovely stuff you've created. I'm starting to feel much better, I just need Blake to be better now.

Victoria
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Another Fake Cake

Afraid I have to blog and run again today. I made one of these cupcake gift card holders before and a friend ordered one from me to give a friend for her 40th with a matching card. So yesterday evening whilst the rest of the UK was probably tuned into Strictly Come X-Factor with a TV Burp, I was leaning over my hot glue gun!



I used really glittery pink ribbon, glittery card and a glittered glass bead - you'll have to take my word for it as the photo doesn't show it all up.



I'm entering this for these challenges:

• Stampavie and More - Brown plus one (pink for me)
• Alphabet Challenge - F for flowers - used loads cut in half as icing on here, as well as the punched ones.
• Sassy Designs By Susie - Pink and Sparkly. Susie also has some fab candy up for grabs!
• Polka Doodles - Sketch and not for men
• Sunflowers and Dragonflies - Let them eat cake
• Lots to do - Open theme
• Pile it on - Rub ons
• Die Cuts R Us - Girly project
  

This gave me a good excuse to use another of my Stampin' Up stamps, the cupcake stand is from the Crazy for Cupcakes set (which you can get from me!). The glittery cupcake is a rub on and so is the '40'.

Thanks for stopping by, promise I'll catch up soon.

Victoria
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