Zoomz have all been adopted

Thanks for all the entries, there were 22 hopefuls and Harvey pulled out numbers 1, 4, 7 and 16 which were messages from

Julie T
Tracy S
Sharon and Moonstone

I have emailed you lucky ladies and I will send these out to you sometime next week.

Congrats!
Cazx

Its so quiet!

Everyone else is in bed, typical they keep me up half the night (well from 4am onwards) and are no in the land of z's still its been a peaceful start to the day. I have my entire blog list, read all my emails and am about to hit a couple of forums. Then I am off to glitter pot for a day of demo fun.

Speak later and I will unveil the 4 winners of the zoomz!

Photo time

OK so I got of my behind and got the camera, in the meantime Harvey changed his sleeping position and I had to get this on camera too.... how on earth he stayed asleep I dont know but he did for half an hour before Caiden fell over on his legs!











and here is my crafty stash from today :))))))))))






My lovely snowmen from Paula
My Bellas and my Magnolias

WHoo Hoo!

House Mouse Designs

If anyone would like to order any House Mouse Designs stamps contact Kitty at First Class Crafts as she is placing an order Monday. She has also told me that she will be stocking a few of them as well :) These are beautiful stamps, stamp perfectly and for those that like to colour usually have a lot to colour in so they are great. Get your requests to Kitty BEFORE MONDAY!

No cards today

I cant see any cards being done today. Nearly 5pm and I am picking a friend up later and she is staying and coming with me to the Glitter Pot tomorrow. I have 2 days of crafting, tomorrow at The Glitter Pot for their first birthday celebrations and Sunday at Creative Living, formerly Creative Pastimes with a new name and lots of new homey decor type goodies in store. I went there today to see if their bella order was in but it wasnt and it was nice to have a wander around and be on the other side of the table. Paula was there demoing the expressions machine what a fabby machine, Gaynor was there doing her amazing work with decoupage and stamps and a new lady Louisette (i think this was her name, I have a terrible memory) who was demoing Stamping Bellas (lucky thing) would have swapped the boys for a day playing with Bellas :) anyway, I think I will be all crafted out this weekend so I think today I will have a rest. This despite the fact I got my mitts on not one, not two, not three, (come on tell us I hear you shout) not four but 9 new stamps today! 2 new bellas, 3 scrummy Magnolias and a lovely set of 4 snowmen stamps that Paula very kindly brought me from her trip to Canada, isnt that just so kind. I have taken a photo but am too tired to drag my butt off the sofa right now... I really feel like I could fall asleep right now.

Had a nice afternoon at my friend Karens house. She has recently moved and was showing me her new place. Lovely, lots of room inside and the garden is HUGE! The boys are both zonked out. Usually I wouldnt let them at this time but I just felt like a little peace myself and my friend isnt coming til later so it will be a late night as I will have to take the boys out when I pick her up from the station. I did intially think when they both dropped off in the car, Oh goodie I can stamp, but yes, there are some days I just cant be bothered! I am toooo tired.

A fun Tag thing

Samm got me with this one, good one Samm
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Lucy Peugoet

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Mint Choc Chip Hobnob

3. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) CCOU

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Red Cat

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Redhill (no middle name)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Couco

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put "The") The Orange

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Arthur Eric

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) Dont really have one, fav perfume that is. I used to like Poisen, so Poisen Snickers (LOL)

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names ) Anne - certainly sounds mysterious - just Anne - Dad hasnt got one either

OK I have to tag some peeps, not fair as Samm did Kim as well!!

Hmmmm Frances - Stamp Owl
Kitty and one more for luck Julie

Good enough to eat

I made this card for a friend who has just moved house. I havent really got any new home stamps so I had to do something a little different, so I made this little mouse card to say "Enjoy" your new house and the new chapter in your life. I used a cute little House Mouse Design and then added some zoomz for the donuts sprinkles, these kinda look like the ones Harvey always goes for in the shops.

Kitty from First Class Crafts has come to my rescue getting my new House Mouse fix, boy am I excited as I picked some beautiful ones! These stamps are perfect for my colouring fix.

I am much happier with my photos of late. Reason being I think you just cant beat good old fashioned sunlight! Normally I place my cards on the table in the back garden, today as I was taking the photo this morning I had to place it onto the front garden as the sun is there at this time of the day.

Dont ya just love these miceys?

I used to love House Mouse stamps. I still do, but back then I did big time and had well over 100 designs. I have since sold most, I have about 30-40 I suppose and I thought I would dust them off and make a card with one. I love the ones with the fruits, the grapes and berries. So I chose this one for my House Mouse revisit. How I enjoyed colouring this in.

I love strawberries, I love their colour but I dont eat them. I am not a fruit lover, but I have tried to like strawberries at various times just coz they look so scrummy, but I dont. weird eh?

I have used the cuttlebut machine to emboss the "Spots and Dots" and the "Devine Swirls". I used the lovely spotty paper that I got from my demo at Eternal Maker and the used the Rudolphs Nose Zoomz from Stamp Galaxy for the centre of the cuttlebugged flowers.

Hope you like my revist to these cute little mice. I am wanting to get a few of the newer mice and some of the Happy Hopper stamps so if you know of a good place to get these from please let me know :)

Magnolias

If you have missed the boat with these and are longing for some of them a friend of mine who has a craft store will be ordering shortly. I have a feeling she might wait until the new releases which I think will be out in the next week or so. If there are any you would like to add to her order contact her on michelle.bayliss@gmail.com and she will arrange things with you.

Right I am off to make a list.

Two cards from today.. one I like, one I dont

Here are two cards I made today. One, the monkey one I like. I made this using the mega cute stamps that I got from Kitty at First Class Crafts and the second one was the challenge pack that Kim sent. She said it was a struggle and I agree it was!! All the elements (paper, buttons, letter B and ribbon) were nice in themselves but for some reason it was harder to mesh together. With the B I was thinking of BOYS, BROTHER ect but then I had the shocking pink ribbon to add to it.... Hmmm well I sort of tipped my stuff out and the buttons fell next to the letter and made a oo, BOO! That was how it was born. I thought to myself bella certainly would not let a holiday determine what colours to wear and if she wanted to wear a pink cape then she would, so I thought it would go with the ribbon. The idea was there, but I am not sure it worked. And here is the fab cutey monkey from First Class Crafts.

Zoomz have landed! and Zoomz Giveaway

The Zoomz have landed into to my hands and have I taken them outside to take some photos so I can share with you all how pritty they are. I put them on one of my plate and in the sunshine so you can see how they shine :)




Caz's Verdict


These are very much the same size a the Bellas Baubles that I have used before but they are a different material. I guess these would be acrylic and the BB glass. The colours are beautiful, inside the jars the colours are more intense, on their own the colours are more muted (same as BB) These are an amazing price of £2.25 per pot which holds 180-200 of these pritties so there are enough to use and stroke!! I have noticed that some of these have little dots inside or tiny dimples on the top, this I asume is fom the way they are made, this isnt a flaw in them, just a little quirk they have, it certainly doesnt detract from their beauty. I will be using these a lot.

So enough of that, you all know I love them :) not to say I dont love my baublies either but it is quicker for me to get these from the UK and it also means I can promote these in magazine work as I cant do that for the Bellas Baubles as they are not available via Mail Order in the UK. So, onto the Zoomz Giveaway. Stamp Galaxy have given me four mixed pots to give away and I have decided to make 4 people happy by giving one to each of four winners....





Here is a picture to tempt you .




Named : Berry Pie Mixed a lovely bright red and almost clear

Lime Parfait : Lime and Pink YUM!

Gin Sling : Lilac and again another almost clear

and lastly Calypso Mix : Orange and Turquoise

To win these, well one pot, you will have to have a little look around my blog for the answers of a few questions.

I AM SORRY THESE ARE FOR UK OR EUROPE ONLY - sorry sorry sorry other peeps

1/ What did Caiden have on his head the other day?

2/ What class is Harvey now in?

3/ What are my ginny pigs called?
Email me your answers to stampingcaz@aol.com and I will randomly pick from the correct answers.

I will close this on Saturday 9pm

Zoomz just one look and then my heart went boom!

If you like Bellas Baubles you will be pleased to know there is a UK equivalent and I will have a couple of pots to give away on my blog shortly! Stamp Galaxy emailed me and said she was going to send me some to play with and to giveaway on my blog.... so check but real soon! I hope either tomorrow or Thursday to show you what is up for grabs and how you can get it. In the meantime go to http://www.stampgalaxy.co.uk/ look for Zoomz and check these babies out! If you order any please tell them you saw them on my blog :0) Ta Muchly...

Here are some piccys... to drool over....