New sweetpea challenge blog and blogcandy/giveaway

Kym - one of the DT members of sweetpea stamps has taken the initiative to open a new challenge blog for sweetpea stamp lovers. The new challenge blog is called in a sweet pea dreamand will run on a bi-weekly basis starting on september 15:th. Isn't the name wonderful? I think it captures the sweetpea stamps so well!

AND - there are prizes to be won for the first 100 followers:

 Be one of the first 100 followers and your name will be put into a drawing for one of a - 10 piece grab bag to be given out!!!!!   On top of that if you grab our banner and place it on your blog (we will check) your name will also go into another drawing for a $20.00 gift certificate to be used at the Sweet Pea Stamps store!!!  I don't know about you but with all the new sheets being added, I am sure you will have no problem spending it   So grab the banner and spread the word!!!! Isn't it a perfect opportunity to win yourself some free rubba and start joining the challenges?

Check the challenge blog often. As soon as we reach that 100th follower the prizes will start flowing!!!!!

Docrafts creativity wanted

I'm looking for back- and new issues of the docrafts creativity magazine - the more the better. If someone wants to sell me your collection or know where I can get them (as docrafts own shop doesn't ship internationally) let me know! I have found a couple of shops here and there, but they either only have 2-3 issues or take way too much than I'm willing to pay for them. I looked on ebay too, but there aren't many there either. Any tips would help as I have read a couple of them and think they are brilliant!

If you're interested we could make a swap where I get you hÄnglar stamps for example.

Be the world to one person

Woohoo, I'm back! I'm so happy to be showing you today's card. I'm also very happy because I'm getting some of my strength and mojo back. I will post at least one sweetpea project/week on my blog to fulfill my DT commitment, but I'm hoping to extend it to one sweetpea and one other as I have many stamps that haven't even seen ink yet. Poor things.

I'm also planning for a candy as my blogoversary is this month, I'm launching a new blog called crafter's guide and hopefully will put up a bunch of things in my etsy shop. Phew, so much to do...

Today's card is a distressed one - one of the things I'd like to be better at. I used spring spread from sheet 13 plate 42. The text is also a sweetpea stamp from sheet 7 plate 29.
All of the papers are from Basic Grey, but I'm not sure about the name of the lines. One of them in blush, but the background with small flowers and the beige one are from one line I can't remember the name of.

I used a LOT of challenges for this one and I had so much fun. I think this is my record. Here's the list:

ABC - charms
Bunny Zoe's - vintage
By the cute and girly - indian summer
Crafty Emma's store - floral frenzy
Creatalicious - vintage
Cowgirls - anything goes
Cuttlebug challenge - pink
Dutch dare - vintage summer
Fab n funky - material world (I used lace)
Friday sketchers - sketch
Fun at fairy knoll - vintage glam
I love promarkers - myth and magic (check out her fingers)
Magical monday - flowers
My partner in crafting crime - vintage
Papertake weekly - one (I used one charm or brad)
Pile it on - layers
Resonable ribbons - flowers (+some kind of ribbon/lace)
Simon says stamp - pearls and lace
Simon says stamp and show - layers
Stampin for the weekend - shabby/vintage
Stamptacular sunday - distress it
The shabby tea room - something old (papers) and something new (stamps)
Totally papercrafts - charming

Sweetpea candy/giveaway

Connie - one of sweetpea's DT members is having a candy on her blog that ends today. She's giving away a WHOLE SHEET of sweetpea stamps and it's one of the newer ones. Hop on over to her blog and enter today. There are very few participants so you have a huge chance in winning some free rubba.

September blogcandy/giveaway

I'm back with more giveaways. Lately I've been spending some time looking for lots of candy and look what I found for you!

I've also been contacted by the givaway scout if I'd like my blog to be on their list. What they do is they search the internet for giveaways and present them to you, both on the web and by newsletter if you'd prefer that. They have different categories you can look through and the sire is updated once daily. You get it all served on a silverplatter. Great, huh? So if you want to get more (or different) candies make sure to visit their site. I've also placed their widget on my sidebar under my candylist so you will find it easily. I'm off checking it out.


Diny - early september

*Amy 2:nd

*Bev 2:nd

*Fuzzy wuzzy - new challenge blog starting september 3:rd. Candy ends 2:nd

*Karen midnight 3:rd

*Elaine 4:th

*Jacqui 4:th

*Leanne 4:th

*Maria Therese 4:th

*Susie 4:th

Debs 6:th

*Stine 6:th

*Mary Lou 8:th

*Val 8:th

*Cheryl 10:th

Irit 10:th?

*Purplicious 11:th

*Sylvia 11:th

Dawn 12:th-

DeeDee 12:th.-

Diana 13:th-

Lisa 13:th-

*Denise 14:th.

*Lori 14:th

*Susie 14:th

*Helen 16:th

(*24:th)Lindsey 16:th

*Lynsey 16:th

*Claire 17:th

*Debs 17:th.

(*25:th)Denise 17:th

(*25:th)Pauline 17:th

*Squirrel 17:th

*Claire 18:th

*Trisha 18:th

*Bonnie 19:th

*Bibi 21:st.

*Janet is having a candy to thank her followers and visitors even when she's been a bad blogger. Her candy ends 22:nd

*Kate 23:rd

(*)Cor 25:th

*Mina 25:th

*Zoe 25:th

*Karen 26:th

*Ying 27:th

Cadie 29:th

*Chrissy 29:th

Christy 29:th

Cuddly buddly 29:th

Kona kid krafter's 29:th. For kids up to 17 years old

Mandy1 29:th

Michelle 29:th

Squirrel 29:th

Jacque 30:th

Karen 30:th

Kari 30:th

Lothian crafts 30:th

Mandy2 30:th

Marielle is having an autumn surprise candy. Ends 30:th

Prima product pick 30:th

Randi 30:th

Robin 30:th

Sparkle dreams challenge blog 30:th

Jolanda, create 4 fun - when she reaches 1250 followers

(PS. If you're wondering why I have pics under some names and some without, it's because whenever I find a giveaway I put it on this list; by date and alphabetically. When I enter that person's candy I add a photo so I know which ones I've entered. Some names have (or will have) a * in front of them. Those are the candies that I've checked to see if I won or not. So basically this is for me to keep track of. I think this way of spreading the word is very good because it saves me a lot of time and doesn't clutter the sidebar with old giveaways. You can find a direct link to this candy by checking the sidebar - "september" under blogcandy. If you have found any other craftcandy that's not on the list, please let me know, by e-mail or by commenting under this post. Thank you.


All you have to do now is click the names and you will be taken directly to that person's candypost. Enjoy!)