My Big News

Sorry I haven't been blogging regularly lately - I am just a little bit busy at the moment, packing up and organising things here, as my husband and I will be moving back to New Zealand at the end of the month !!

At this stage, we have not decided where exactly in New Zealand we will be living, so I may be "missing" from my blog for a little while. But will try and keep you updated with news and some photos when I can.

Until next time, try and make time for some art everyday !!!

I will be trying to do that, even if it's just a few lines in my art journal !!!

smiles Wendy

CRAFTER'S CAFE GIANT BLOG HOP!!!

We are having a GIANT Blog Hop to celebrate our new team at 

The Crafter's Cafe.

First stop on the blog hop was

The Crafter's Cafe

You should have arrived here from

Jennifer, JLJ Designs

At the end of the Hop, you have a chance to win a prize package from Fresh Brewed Designs

While you're here, you'll need to pick up your "Clue" for a chance to win the FBD prize!

My Clue is:   Y

We're having a big, grand opening party at 

The Crafter's Cafe 

all day tomorrow

with lots of games and sponsors, including 

LIMITED RUN'S DIGIS company

They have let me use this image for my project today.

SUPPLIES USED:
Digi : seashell cupcake (Limited Runs Digi's)
Copic markers
Purple, yellow and pink Bazzill cardstock
Printer paper - white
Patterned paper - floral
Photo of beach
Coloured brads
Corner punch
Wish you were here (computer generated)
Doublesided tape


Come over to the party for a chance to win all kinds of great prizes

from all of our amazing sponsors... get to know our new team... and check out the new look!!

All the games and events will be listed

HERE AT THE CRAFTER'S CAFE 

Look forward to seeing you at the Chat and Craft !!

Your next stop in the Hop is

Christine Garner

Until next time, keep smiling !!

Wendy

BLOGVERSARY WINNERS !!

Thanks for all the lovely comments about my four year blogversary.

I wish I had enough money for postage to mail each and every one of you some craft goodies but alas I don't so I have used random.org to pick 4 lucky winners.

If you are one of the winners, you will need to contact me within 7 days via email
( wpettifer@gmail.com  )

and let me know your mailing details.

Drum roll please ...........

The winners are

#44 sopranoannie 

 #8 Alicia

#40 Lynn

#33 Clara

Congrats to the winners and stay tuned to my posts as I am having a major declutter of my craft room, so will have more giveways soon !! Look forward to hearing from the winners within 7 days so I can get goodies in the mail to you

Happy crafting everyone,

Smiles Wendy

SO ARTFUL CHALLENGE #1

So Artful Challenges  

The theme for the current  challenge is based on the following 2 pictures

or

Optional Color Schemes: turquoise, red, yellow, or blues

I decided to go with using both pictures 

on an art journal page

the base for the page is from an old book

I then smeared ink over it with an old credit card

added the graphics 

typed out the wording on the computer

and drew around the lady and the wording with a black pen

Hope you will take a peek at the other DT members creations

and take up the challenge and come join us at

So Artful Challenge blog this time around

smiles Wendy

 

SKETCH CHALLENGE

The challenge over at Robyns Fetish Challenge blog this week is a SKETCH CHALLENGE

designed by one of their DT members Cindy

Here's the card I came up with using the sketch as inspiration

Oh yes, Valentines Day will be here before we know it !!

It's hard to believe we are half way through January already

 - seems like Christmas was here only yesterday.

I am also entering this PINK card in the following challenge:
DYSU CHALLENGE BLOG - #54 THINK PINK

smiles Wendy

HAPPY BLOGVERSARY TO ME

EDIT
thanks for all your lovely comments
Don't forget I will be randomly picking FOUR winners on 15th January !!

Today is my FOUR YEAR blogversary !

Hard to believe it's been 4 years since I started this blog - so much has happened over those 4 years.

But as always I am so blessed to have been able to share my art and my life through my blog with you all.

The coming year I hope for us all, will be a year filled with love, happiness, laughter, good health and lots of creative time.

As a thank you to anyone who visits my blog - if you leave a comment on this post - up until 14th January, I will select FOUR names at random and will mail you some craft goodies. You will need to come back on 15th January to see who the lucky winners are and if you are one of them, 

email me within 7 days to redeem your prize !!

smiles Wendy

CLEAN & SIMPLE CHALLENGE

Friendship's Garden challenge blog 

 for their first challenge for 2012 is having a "Clean and Simple" challenge, which spotlights a sentiment. Also this blog is a NON stamping blog which means you can not use a stamped image as the main focus on your card.

I incorporated into my card for the matted background a piece made using the bargello technique (details of which can be found on the Splitcoast Stampers site under Resources )

SUPPLIES USED :

Purple and green cardstock

butterfly 3d sticker

Wording from quotes book (HOTP)

Patterned scrapbook papers

Nestabilities die

Come take the challenge over at Friendship's Garden blog too !!

smiles Wendy