Crafty Monkey's - Christmas

The new Crafty Monkey's challenge has just started. Thank you to everyone who joined in our spooky challenge.

For our challenge this month we would love to see your Christmas cards or festive projects. Maybe you could make a special card for a family member or best friend.


This challenge we have a mystery stamp prize ;-)


I don't know who the image is by on my card - if you know please leave a comment. It was in a pile of stamped images from friends. I coloured the cute elf with copics and added some stickles to his hat. The papers and snowflake brads were from Mum's stash. I added some half backed pearls to his buttons and to the corner of the image. I think I might give this card to my Nanny and Grandad. I hope to be back with some more cards soon as I want to make one for my friend Sophia and also my teacher.

Please tell your crafty friends about our challenge!!!

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Crafty Monkey's - Halloween

For our challenge this month at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your Halloween cards or other spooky projects.

This challenge we have a mystery stamp prize ;-)

I found the Magnolia Edward image and sentiment amongst my stamped images. Edward is coloured with copic sketch markers. I don't like the black copic marker so my Mum showed me how to use the Prismacolor pencils with sansodor and paper stumps for his cape. The spooky stickers are by K&Company.

Please tell your crafty friends about our challenge.

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Crafty Monkey's is back!!!

Hannah and I are so happy to be back from our break. There is a change to our future challenges at Crafty Monkey's in that they will now be monthly. Starting with October our challenges will be on the first Saturday of each month.

For our challenge this month we are asking you to create anything but not a card. My Mum had some empty button bags lying around so thought it would be fun to decorate one for Halloween. I have made this treat bag for a friend. The image used is from the cute new C.C. Design release and is called Halloween Kitty. I have coloured Kitty with copic sketch markers. The spider and sentiment were stickers I bought at Ally Pally last year. I also added some co-ordinating buttons and ribbons.

We have a fabulous prize this Month which has been given to us by my Mum owner of Bunny Zoe's Crafts. One lucky player will win the below Vampire Riley Stamp and some spooky charms.

Don't forget that our challenge is for under 16's only. Please tell your friends and children so we have lots of players!

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Card for my friend

I made this card for my friend Sanne. I have wanted to make her a card for a couple of weeks but had lots of birthday cards to make. The cute image is High Hopes Heidi and Madison. I have coloured with Copic sketch markers. This is also my guest designer card for Paper Temptress. I just love the colours of the cardstock which Patricia sent me. The cardstock used on this card are Pop Tones Banana Split, Razzle Berry and Cotton Candy. The ribbon, flowers, flower gems and buttons were in my stash and sent to me from friends.

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and the winner is....

Thank you to everyone who entered my blog candy and for all your lovely comments. I put all the names in a hat and the winner picked is:

Kathleen

Congratulations Kathleen. Please email me with your address details. zoe.fairbairn@googlemail.com

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Guest DT card for Paper Temptress

I made this card for my Nanny as it was her birthday on Tuesday. This is also my guest DT card for Paper Temptress. My Nanny's favourite colour is purple so knew she would love the Pop Grape Jelly cardstock. I love embossing so used the cuttlebug birthday embossing folder. I also used the cardstock Pop Gumdrop Green and Basic Magenta as I thought the colours went well together. My Nanny is always ironing so I liked this image. Riley Moose is coloured with copic markers. I love buttons so picked out some to match my cardstock.


I received the above award from Angela. Thank you for thinking of me. I would like to pass it to my friends: Hannah, Benedicte, Sanne, Ansley, Honorine and Didi.

Don't forget my blog candy which is being drawn tomorrow.

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Guest DT.... and 10,000 blog candy!!!! - NOW CLOSED

I am excited to tell you that I have been asked to be a Guest Designer for Paper Temptress for August. Patricia owner of Paper Temptress has some fabulous papers in so many great colours and textures.

I made this card for my friend Sophie's Birthday. She is 9 today! The image is by The Greeting Farm and I have coloured my princess is copic sketch markers. The gorgeous papers are Cotton Candy, Grapesicle and Double Duty Violet. The papers have such yummy names too!

The embellishments used on my card are K&Co stickers.

When I looked at my blog today I was surprised to see I had reach 10,000 hits! I asked my Mum is I could have a blog candy to celebrate.

My lucky winner will win the above cute new stamp Belles 'n Whistles - Sisters. I always where plaits in my hair and my Mum thinks this stamp reminds her of me and my sister Danni. You will also win a bag of mixed charms. These items are available to purchase in my Mum's store Bunny Zoe's crafts.

To enter my candy please leave a comment on this post and then tell your friends about my candy on your blog too. My blog candy will close on Sunday 16th August.

I have loved making so many friends on my blog over the last year.

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NOW CLOSED

Thank you Miss Andrews

I made these cards for my teacher and teaching assistants. My Mum made my sister Danni a folder using School Riley and I wanted to make a card with a similar design. My Mum helped me with the sentiment. I love Pink Cat Studio Kiki Kitty so used these for my teaching assistants cards.

Only 1 more day at school and then 7 weeks holiday. We have lots of fun things planned so will show you some photo's during our break. I am excited that I have been asked to be a guest designer for a craft store too so will be back in just over a week to tell you all about it :-)

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Let's Celebrate!

Today is Crafty Monkey's blogoversary!!! Yes, we are 1 years old today!

Hannah and I have had a fun year. We would like to thank all our players, sponsors and guest designers for your support!

As we are celebrating this week our challenge is open and you can create any card or paper project as long as it's for the Crafty Monkey's challenge only.

For my card I have used this cute Rock Anya from The Greeting Farm. Anya is coloured with copic markers. The fun paper was part of the DCWV Grade school stack. This card is for my best friend Sophie's birthday and I found the best ribbon slide in my stash. The sparkly ribbon I found in my Mum's ribbon draw and it matched the sparkle on Anya's alice band which I added with stickles. I added some gems around my image to finish.


This week we have a mystery prize

Hannah and I will now be having a break for Summer. We will be back next week at Crafty Monkey's to announce the winner of our Mystery prize.

Wishing you all a fun Summer!

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Crafty Monkey's - Buttons

For our new challenge at Crafty Monkey's this week we would love to see Buttons on your cards. My Mum got me this cute Greetings Farm stamp for my Birthday. My cute cheerleader is coloured with copics. The papers were also for my birthday from Kelly - Thanks again Kelly! I added some buttons to the corner of my image and also down the side. I have used sticker letters to make a persoalised birthday card for my friend Grace.

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Whiff Of Joy stamp as a prize. Thank you Kathy and we really appreciated you sponsoring us.


Next week is Crafty Monkey's blogoversary and I can't believe it be 1 years old!

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Didi's sweet candy!

My friend Didi is celebrating 2000 hits. Congratulations Didi! She is giving one lucky person the above sweet candy. Her candy ends on 30th June

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Crafty Monkey's - That Summer Feeling!

For our challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your Summer Creations. You can use any image, papers or embellishments that gives your card that summer feeling!

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Sugar Nellie stamp as a prize.

The cute Hula girl on my on my card is High Hopes Leilani. I have coloured her with Copic Sketch markers. The bright papers are by K&Company. I didn't have much time to make my card this week so I added a sticker sentiment. I hope you like my card and will join in our challenge this week!

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Sanne's blog candy

My friend Sanne has the below wonderful blog candy for one lucky person. Congratulations Sanne on having 400 hits on your blog. I love visiting your blog and admiring your pretty cards. Sanne's candy ends on 17th June.

Crafty Monkey's - Citrus colours

For our challenge this week at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see Citrus colours on your card. I loved this blue paper for my Mermaid but added lots of zingy colours for my card base, fibres and dewdrops. This cute mermaid is by High Hopes. She is coloured with copics and I have added some stickles.

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Kathy. Kathy is giving the below cute Hamish stamp as a prize.

We also welcome my good friend Sanne as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Sanne for your beautiful card! I love the sweet girl image. Please do pop over and visit Sanne at her blog.

Have a great weekend!

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Crafty Monkey's - Let's get buggy!

For our new challenge at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your buggy creations. You can use a bug image, any image as long as it has a small bug - butterfly, ladybug, bee etc or bug embellishments.

I coloured in this cute Penny Black image which I received in a swap. I have coloured with my Whisper pens. The flowery paper was sent to me from my Mum's friend Renata. Thank you Renata! The flowers are Jolee's and I have finished my card by adding some button butterflies. I thought the little hedgehog looked like he was starring up at something.

We have a fabulous prize this week which has been kindly donated by
Denise from Whimsy stamps. Thanks so much Denise!

We also welcome Kimmie as our Guest Designer this week. Thank you Kimmie for your beautiful card! Please do pop over and visit Kimmie at her blog.

I hope you get time to join in this week!

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Crafty Monkey's - Sketch by Didi

For our challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we have a great sketch for you to follow by the very talented Didi. Thank you so much for this wonderful sketch Didi! My cute image is High Hopes Crissy's Snuggle bear. She is so sweet! The sentiment is also HH. The paper was from my Forever Friends stack. The pretty flowers, ribbons and gems were sent to me from my crafty friends for my birthday. My Mum showed me how to chalk the edges of my image and sentiment to soften the edges.

We have a great prize for you this week which has been kindly donated by online craft store - La Boit'a Scap. We also thank Didi for arranging this wonderful prize!

We hope you will join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to visit Crafty Monkey's EVERY Friday for a new fun challenge.

I will be back in the next couple of days with another card which I need to make tonight. I am going to my friends Hannah Montana birthday party tomorrow. We have lots of fun things planned next week as we have a weeks holiday from school starting today.

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Crafty Monkey's - One for the Boys!

For our new challenge this week over at Crafty Monkey's we would love to see your creations for boys/men. An ideal time to get organised and maybe make your Father's Day card. I have made my card for my Grandad's birthday which is at the end of May. The cute image used on my card is from The Greetings Farm. I coloured Ian with Copic Sketch Markers. My Mum showed me how you can tear paper which gives a good effect. The letters, papers and buttons were from Mum's stash. My stash is very girly with lots of pink!

We have a fabulous prize again this week which has been kindly donated by Boni. Thank you so much Boni for your beautiful prize.

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. Also today is Emily's birthday.

"Happy 6th Birthday Emily!"

We hope you will join in our challenge and we look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to pop back EVERY Friday for a new challenge.

We are looking for Guest Designers to join us for our challenges. If you would like to be a Guest Designer please email me: zoe.fairbairn@talktalk.net

If you have already been a Guest with us before we would love to have you again!


Before I go I would like to thank Linda for the cutest award. I will be back later today to update my post to pass it on. I don't want to be late for school.

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