Simply Betty Stamps Victorian Beauties Blog Hop

YAY - today is release day over at Simple Betty Stamps for the Victorian Beauties range of digital stamps - these gorgeous beauties have been brought to life by a new artist Gretchen Flores . We're having a HUGE hop to celebrate as we've invited The Burtonesque Dolls DT to join the Simply Betty Stamps DT.

And this release is no ordinary release - Betty is one amazing lady and would like to help out a charity near and dear to her heart - you can read the whole story on the SBS blog. Once Betty makes over 100 sales of all six of these beauties (check out the discount below too) she will be donating HALF the money from those sales to her nearest Ronald McDonald House. So why not grab yourself some of these beauties and help out families in need!

You should have arrived here from the amazing Catherine's blog - but if you didn't you can start the hop at the Simply Betty Stamps blog.

These digis are now available in the shop, and will be made into rubber in just a couple of months along with the Summer Emos! So please check back for rubber updates. And what's a hop without prizes and discounts right? So here it is...

Buy all six new Victorian Beauties for $12.00 using code 06VIC12! Code will expire Sunday August 8th at 11:59 PM PST.

Prizes:

Three lucky winners will win 2 New Victorian Beauties Digis of their choice by simply leaving a comment on one of our Lucky Blog Hopper's Blog. There is nothing you have to do, just simply comment, and one winner will be randomly chosen. Of course you won't know which are the lucky blogs until we announce the winners!

Two lucky winners will win 3 New Victorian Beauties digis of their choice by leaving a comment on any of the blogs! These winners will also be chosen randomly!

 AND

One lucky winner will win all six New Victorian Beauties digis by leaving a comment on your favorite card and why on the SBS blog. This winner will also be chosen randomly.

For my card I've used the gorgeous Elaine and some DP from my Kaisercraft Le Chateau paper pad. The birdcage was also from the paper pad - one of the die cuts at the back - I did re-shape it slightly with my nesties so I could put the border around.

You're next stop on the hop is Eulanda's blog and I'm sure she's got some amazing eye candy for you!

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Joining the Fun at Lil Lolita Boutique Challenges

Because today is a very special day Kellie asked all of her Tickled Pink Ladies to join the Lil Lolita Boutique gals to launch their new challenge AND celebrate the first ever limited edition sale of the Lil Lolita's as DIGITAL STAMPS!!! Now of course Kellie didn't know we were having an extra special surprise blog hop just for her birthday - so you get to see TWO Lil Lolita cards from me today - LOL. You can check out the rest of the DT's cards on our blog HERE.

The new challenge at LLB is "BLING" - and boy do I wish you could see this gal sparkle IRL.Each piece of white CS has stickles around the edges - and the eye of the skull has glitter over it. The skull and sentiment are part of a fabulous set that are coming soon to Tickled Pink Stamps - our very first sentiment release designed by the very talented Heather Rolin - woohoooo.

I've used the gorgeous Willow here - from the original release. My son wasn't too sure about the green hair but it think looks great with her violet eyes - but then green IS one of my favourite colours - LOL.

Hope you can come along to The Boutique and BLING IT UP - especially now you can grab yourself a digi starting from NOW until midnight Sunday (Melbourne time, AEST) from Tickled Pink Stamps - the direct link to the digi section is HERE.

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It's Da Boss Lady's Birthday Bash!!!!

Today is our fabulous boss lady aka Kellie Winnell's Birthday! We've have had soooo much fun planning a suprise hop for her, and believe me when I say SUPRISE - we have such a great surprise up our sleeves for this amazingly talented, kind hearted and generous boss/friend of ours.

The Pink Ladies have joined forces with the Lil Lolita Boutique gals for this fun birthday hop day! If you get lost along the way I have the complete hop list at the bottom of the post!

Now to explain the SURPRISE!!!

A few weeks ago I hatched a dasterdly plan and tracked down the totally awesome Christina, the designer of our gorgeous Lil Lolitas.On the sly I asked her if she would design an image for us of Kellie as a Lil Lolita - a KELLITA! Once Christina got back to me saying she would love to I let Kristy in on the secret and asked if she would like to help, of course Princess said yes! So together we've been plotting behind Kellie's back - sending photos and ideas of what "Kellita" should look like....... So lets begin the hop so you can see our fabulous Kellita Birthday cards and join us in wishing Kellie...

 A very happy and totally tickled pink birthday!

As instigator of this dastardly hijacking of Kellie's designer I get the honour of starting the hop!

Soooooooo - meet Kellita!

I'm not going to go into too much detail about my card - I just wanted to say the DP is from the fabulous Kaisercraft Utopia paper pad - a birthday present a special person sent to me and was the perfect choice for using for this wonderful lady! Kellie loves her tassles too - so I snuck a tiny one in here for her!

Now of course what is a hop without prizes??? 2 lucky commenters will get the chance to win this SPECIAL EDITION KELLITA!!! All you have to do is comment on each card. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, 11th August on the Tickled Pink Blog.

Your next stop on the hop is the Amazing Jane's blog - hope you have enjoy it - we've had a BLAST putting this together!

{Please note Kellita is a limited edition image and is not for sale at this stage}

Debbie {ME} - I haven't linked me 'cause you're already here - LOL

Jane

Nicole

Kylie Blonde {K}

Stephanne

Carisa

Debra

Amy

Karen

Kylie Brown {C}

Angela

Patricia

Fran

Maya

Bronwen

Jodie

Eulanda

Jackie

Kristy {Princess} - Last stop on the hop and saving the BEST.......friend for last LOL hahahah you thought I was going to say just BEST hehehe.

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Time for a Makeover

Stop looking - I don't mean my blog and I can only dream of a makeover for myself - LOL. This makeover has to do with a little treasure I found at my local Op Shop. Here it is in it the state I found it....as you can see a real bargain!

And here it is after a bit if TLC and the addition of a fabulous image by Mo Manning.

As soon as I saw this frame I knew this image would be perfect for it - it's called Mummu's Nissu and can be found in the store HERE. Isn't she just perfect for this setting?!?! And the good thing about digis - you can size to fit your project!

As any crafter can tell you embellishing often ends up where it's needed not only where it looks good. My hubby was wonderful enough to take the rotten old hinges off the window, sand it to fit snugly and then buy me some new hinges. But when I was attaching them on the left I didn't realise the new screws were longer than the old ones and they went right through the window AND the picture in the frame!!! Grr - never mind - a little bit of embellishment fixed up the unsightly mess but has made the windows have to stay permanently open! But I hate to say this - I prefer it this way - LOL.

It was  fun project to do - it's always nice to try something different! Now to hunt out my next bargain at the Op Shop - LOL.

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Digital Stamp Blog Hop Winner

The winner of the digital stamp by Just Inklined is...

MARGREET

"congrats on your GD spot....great card with this Mr. Bumblethorpe..lovely colouring"

xxx

Congratulations please email me at rdpam @hotmail.com to claim the Aubery Bumblethorpe Digital Stamp

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Burtonesque Dolls Challenge #14 - A Victorian Burton Babe

This week at The Burtonesque Dolls we are asking you to showcase one of the female characters from a Burton Movie. We are being sponsored this week by Simply Betty Stamps and the new range of Victorian Beauties. These fabulous images aren't being released until Friday, August 6th when the SBS and TBD DT's are coming together for a blog hop - we can't wait! In the meantime you get to have a sneak peek at these beauties with this challenge.

I've used the gorgeous Darcy here. I thought she reminded me a lot of Sweeney Todd's fair daughter Johanna who is brought up by Todd's arch enemy. She yearns for freedom which I've symbolised with the gate and key!

The gate was cut using my craft robo while the black cat is a laser die cut from Scrapmatts. The mesh ribbon and gold key charm are from Tickled Pink Stamps. I also used 2 new toys that I got for my birthday - my Tim Holtz brick wall embossing folder and my MFT Die-Namics rolled flower die. The DP is from the Kaisercraft Le Chateau paper pad - I've been using this one a lot lately - I LOVE browns with blues!

Don't forget to pop over the The Dollhouse and check out what the rest of the dolls have come up with to inspire you.

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Just INKlined's Very First DT Blog Hop

Welcome to Just INKlined's very first DT blog hop. This month's blog hop is hosted by the amazing Jak Heath, and she's asking us to get dotty - LOL. Yup the theme is DOTS, large or small - this could be dotty ribbon, design paper, diecuts, embossing, pearls or gems, brads or any other dotted variations.

You should have arrived here from the lovely Lydia's blog. The complete hop list is below should you get lost!

Obviously I've gone for dotty DP - it's a retired pattern from Stampin' Up. My image is Aubery Bumblethorpe and can be found in store HERE. When I first saw Aubery I thought of Jolly Saint Nick - with his big belly for laughing and his beautiful snowy white beard he just needs his red suit on and he'd be set for Christmas - LOL. But here he is with his Black Sabbath t-shirt and workpants on so he must be giving the sleigh it's annual service so it runs smoothly on Christmas Eve - right?!?!?!?! Oh OK - it may be a stretch but it IS a fun idea isn't it and would be a great card for a bloke who doesn't like Christmas frills. I've given his glasses thick lenses with my crystal effects and the wrench has some Christmas sparkle on courtesy of my silver spica pen. the sentiment is computer generated.

Now what's an inaugural hop without a prize?!?! Each DT member on the hop will randomly select one person who comments on their blog to receive the digi image that they've used for the blog hop, no alternatives to the image will be offered - so I'll be arranging for Aubery to go to some lucky person!

Since I'm the last stop on the hop you need to make sure you haven't missed anyone so head back to Jak's blog.

Hop Order - Jak, Toni, Mina, Karen, Lydia and ME - last but not least - LOL
 
Hope you've enjoyed the hop and I'll be announcing the winner of the Aubery image soon!
 
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Spesch Stamps DT Call

Tracey over at Spesch Stamps is having a DT call for the next 4 month cycle starting September. If you're interested in learning more about it check out the post HERE. Tracey has several different artists so there is sure to be something you'll LOVE.

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Many of you asked and Kellie listened!!!

Kellie has gone a little birthday nuts and has decided to listen to the pleas of her customers. Next weekend she is selling her Lil Lolita girls as digi images! Thats right - but this is a one time only deal. You will not want to miss this if you're into digital images as there's only a limited number being released per image!

Starting this Thursday 5 August at 5pm AEST until midnight Sunday 8 August these Lil Lolita ladies are venturing into the world of digi. There are some very important conditions which you will need to read prior to purchase, and this is available to check out on the Tickled Pink Stamps store and blog now.

So mark it in your calendars and do not miss this very special, limited and exclusive offer!
 
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Magnolia Down Under #57 - It's Birthday Time

Da Boss Lady has her birthday coming up so when she was setting the challenges she decided to use that as inspiration for this week's theme at Magnolia Down Under Challenges. We all need a birthday card or 2 in our stash for those last minute birthdays - so why not join in and get one done! Mine is actually not going in my stash - I've actually made it for someone special - can't tell you who 'cause she may guess!!!

This little Tilda is actually from last year's Halloween collection - but I've chopped off her broom - I don't think she should be cleaning for her birthday - LOL. I've also used the fabulous Magnolia cake slice - everyone needs cake on their birthday!!! I had intended on adding some real taper candles to the cake - but when I thought about it I wondered how they would travel in the post! So I had to improvise.....and after much fossicking in my "disaster zone" I had a brain wave! I was going to stamp out candles and cut them up - too small and I didn't have any - strips of paper - boring - so how about my thin white ric rac! It added texture AND interest! The "flames" were cut using one of my CB alphas - they are actually the apostrophe's - LOL. I glittered up the flames for some birthday sparkle too!

Aaagh - have just realised I forgot to trim out the CS over her shoulder - how frustrating!!! The soft blooms from Websters are FABULOUS - it's the first time I've used them and they add soo much interest but will squish down for posting - AWESOME! The DP is fascinating too - it's from my Kaisercraft Le Chateau paper pad but has a wonderful texture - the little dots are all velvety - too cool!

Now don't forget to pop over and see what the rest of the DT have come up with over at MDUC - they'll be sure to inspire you!

Happy Birthday to ALL the August babies out there!!!

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