I received this sweet award from Tracy - Thanks Hun! Please go visit her at  Country Mouse and give her some love. 
The conditions for accepting this award are that I give answers to a list of questions and pass it on to 10 deserving bloggers. 

Well here goes with the questions. 
Q1) Name your favorite colour? - Deep Red     
Q2) Name your favorite song? - One? Yikes! Well went to iTunes and Most Played is 'Any Colour You Like' - Pink Floyd.
Q3) Name your favorite dessert? - Black Forest Gateaux (which most of you know by now LOL)
Q4) What annoys you at the moment? - How hard it is for Young People after leaving school. Student Loans to pay back, unable to afford Housing even when working damned hard etc. They have so many pressures, and it should be the best years of their lives!!!   
Q5) Your favorite pet? - I don't have any at moment (sob, sob!!) but Danny whom we lost in March was the most adorable Tibetan Terrier and was part of family for 14 happy years! 
Q6) Black or White? - Black 
Q7) Your biggest fear? - Worms!!!! My brother put one down my Wellie when I was about five and I never got over it LOL 
Q8) Best Feature? - Eyes
Q9) Everyday attitude? - Live every day as if it is your last!  
Q10) What is perfection? - Realising your mistakes? 
Q11) Guilty Pleasure? - Chocolate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Q12) When you're upset you? - Eat Chocolate AND Black Forest Gateaux - LOTS!! :-)                                                                                                                                                         

I know I'm supposed to pass this on to 10 people but I am SO tired!! please forgive me if I give this to all my Followers!

Hope you enjoyed learning wee bit more about me!

Love n Hugs

Sue xx

Holly

Hello all, and a big welcome to my New Followers! This is a Christmas Card with the Simply Gorjuss Stamp 'Holly' and she is part of my CANDY!!! So if you haven't entered already, why not have a go and you could win her and lots of other Christmas Goodies!

This was a kind of experiment with the dark background to Holly and it's not quite right!!! I did it with Prismacolour Pencils but maybe next time I will try with dark Distress Ink to get a more subtle effect!! I also put Glossy Accents on the Holly and not sure if I like that either!!! LOL. My daughter didn't like the card but my mum loved it !!! I was going for a kind of dark 'fairytale' style card, heaven knows why! must be my age !!!! LOL  The gorgeous paper is Cosmo Cricket 'Mitten Weather'. Poinsettia and Holly are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Pearls from Bunny Zoe's. Gold wire from stash.

Colouring:

Skin: E00, E02

Hair: E53, E57, Y11

Red: R24, R29

Green: G82, G85

Prismacolor Pencils for Shading

I bought the Christmas Digi Inserts Set from Bearly Mine Designs. I saw them on Laney's Blog, so thank you Laney for the link. They are gorgeous! Still experimenting with paper to print them out on etc. but they are great if you are in a rush and they look so yummy. I have put some Clip Art of Candy Canes in the left hand circle and some text in the right hand circle.

I am so tired last few days. Went to dentist on Wednesday and picked up a cold !!! Makes me laugh they have all these signs saying 'don't come in if you have a cold!' and 'please use the disinfectant hand wash before entering!!' and I always go in healthy and come out with a cold !!! LOL I suppose there are so many people in Waiting Room and it is warm and stuffy! and cold season has started!! Don't feel with it so am bound to do this post wrong !!!

Anyway, back to my card:-

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:-

Craft your Passion - Challenge 74 - 'Anything Goes with Twist (Flowers)' (ends 11th September 2011) 

Bearly-Mine - Challenge 18 - 'Flowers, Flowers, Flowers' (ends 12th September 2011)

Scrap Creations - 'Winter Wishes' (ends 12th September 2011)  

Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments!
Hope the sun is shining where you are - it's lovely here at the moment!
Love n Hugs
Sue xx

Sue's Christmas Candy!

On 30th September, I will have been blogging for One whole year! Can't believe it has gone so quickly.  I have made so many wonderful friends during that time, so this is some Thank You Candy! and also hopefully a Welcome to some New Followers.

I have put together some Candy with a Traditional Christmas Theme as by the time I draw the lucky winner at the end of the month I'm sure you will all be thinking about making Christmas Cards! :-))

Included in this candy are some of my favourite things. The Wow 'White Flock' is fabulous as snow or fur trims, especially nice if you mix some of the Kars 'Rainbow White' Glitter with it - makes it sparkle. The Simply Gorjuss 'Holly' stamp is adorable! Hope you like my selection...

The Candy is:-
1 x Popcorn The Bear 'Snow Love' Stamp Set
1 x Simply Gorjuss Rubber Stamp 'Holly'
Kaisercraft 6 x 6 'Belle' Paper Pad
Red & Green Velvet Ribbons
Kars 'Rainbow White' Glitter
WoW! Embossing 'White Flock'
5 x Large Red Poinsettias (WOC)
5 x Large White Poinsettias (WOC)
10 x 25mm White Tea Roses (WOC)
10 x 25mm Red Tea Roses (WOC)
20 x mixed Red & White Carnations (WOC)
Holly Leaves, Red Berries & White Berries (WOC)
7 x Silver Christmas Charms
White Lace (WOC)

All you have to do to enter is:-

1. Become a Follower if you are not already.

2. Place a photograph of my Candy in your sidebar linking back to my main blog,
    here at http://suescrafthaven.blogspot.com/

3. Leave a Comment

If you do all three things, then you are sure to be in with a chance of winning. This is the first time I have done a Linky Collection so hope that I don't mess up LOL!!! and just in case I do, please do be sure to leave a Comment as well as linking! Thanks!

Closing date will be 11.00pm September 30th 2011 (London, UK time).

The Winner will then be announced shortly after.

The Candy is open to all, from any country!

Love n Hugs!
Sue xxx

Shabby Chic - 'Dawn with Cake'

Hi all, hope you are having a nice Sunday afternoon! I felt like doing some sewing yesterday (which doesn't happen very often!! LOL) so thought I would do a Shabby Chic card. I haven't got a sewing machine so had to do it by hand and it's my first attempt at Sewing on a card!!! I know it's not brilliant !! Do you think stitches are a wee bit too big? 

The gorgeous stamp is Nellie Snellen's 'Dawn with Cake'. She is such a cutie! Reminds me of my daughter when she was about 3. I have had this stamp for well over 6 months and so thought it was time I inked it up !!!! Backing paper is First Edition and hope you can tell - it is lovely and glittery.

The flourish is from Creatibles. Thank you Sussie for the gorgeous lace and pin!!! :-)) Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Sentiment made on computer and pearls from stash. I've tried to keep the colouring subtle which is hard for me. Think you probably know by now that I like Bold Colours and style !!! LOL

Colouring: Promarkers

Skin: Blush and Pastel Pink

Hair and Shoes: Tan and Cinnamon

Dress: Cocktail Pink and Pastel Pink

Socks: Cool Grey 3, Satin, Blush

Cake: Vanilla for Sponge, Magenta and Ruby for Jam
Icing: Almond and Star Dust Stickle.

Cake Board: Cool Greys 2, 3 & 4

Candles: Cocktail Pink and Cool Grey 3. Flame Vanilla with Kars Glitter 

I was hoping to start my Blogaversary Candy this week, but some of the things were out of stock and delays at WOC. I think they are inundated with Christmas orders!!! already I've noticed Holly Leaves and other Christmas things all Sold Out!! I should have started earlier (groan) Anyway, will have it up very soon. I would rather delay it and get the stuff that I want for it. 

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:-

Passion for Promarkers - Challenge 115 - 'Anything Goes' (ends 5th September 2011)
Top Tip Tuesday - Challenge 49  - 'Shabby Chic' (ends 5th September 2011)
Oldie but a Goodie - Challenge 26  - 'Lots of Sparkle' (ends 6th September 2011)  

I Love Promarkers  - Challenge 81 - 'Anything Goes' (ends 6th September 2011)
Charisma Cardz - Challenge 35 - 'Anything Goes' (ends 7th September 2011)
Creative Inspirations  - Challenge 67 - 'Recipe: Set 2 Shabby Chic, Pearls & Lace' (ends 9th September 2011) 

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 163 - 'Party Time' (ends 12th September 2011) 

Creative Card Crew - 'Anything Goes' (ends 12th September 2011) 

Craft Us Crazy  - Challenge 16 - 'Autumn Colors and/0r Favourite Embellishments (Flowers) (ends 14th September 2011)

Ooh the sun has come out! I love this time of year and I'm glad it's a bit fresher. Oops sun has gone again now! Out again LOL!
Thanks for all your lovely comments!
Take care
Love n Hugs
Sue xxx

LOTV Christmas Giveaway

Only 5 more days until the release of the new Christmas Lili of the Valley Stamps!! To celebrate LOTV are giving away one stamp for the next 5 days over at their Ideas to Inspire Blog. 

So why not pop on over there and enter the draw! Having seen a sneak preview of some of them, I have to say they all look gorgeous !!! 

Good Luck everyone! :-)) 

Hugs Sue xxx

Keeping Warm!

When I saw the fab Sketch by Pauline for the Willow Sketchie Challenge, I thought it would be good to make another Christmas Card as I really need to get going on them. I had a look on the Willow Design Website and they have some gorgeous stamps. I love owls and couldn't resist this gorgeous stamp called 'Keeping Warm'.

The DP is Cosmo Cricket 'Mitten Weather'. Sentiment was made on computer. Ribbon is from Bunny Zoes. Pearls are from stash.

Willow Sketchie Challenge 

Colouring:- 

Copics G82, G85, R42, R49, E25, E53, E55

Oops have forgotten to colour his beak! Trust me on this - going to do it now in a gorgeous Caribe Cocoa!! haven't got time to redo photos. Family want me to pack up for tea and Neighbours LOL!!!!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges:-

Willow Sketchie - Challenge 25th August - (ends 31st August 2011)

Moving Along with the Times 'Birdys' (ends 31st August 2011)

Stamps R Us - 'Anything Goes' (ends 4th September 2011)
Divas by Design - Challenge 9 - 'Christmas in August' (ends 6th September 2011)

Thanks for visiting and for all your lovely comments
Hugs Sue xx