Here at last!

Just a quick message to give you all a little bit of advance warning that our Greeting farm stamps have finally arrived after an extended stay in customs!
I am going to be popping them on the website now so make sure you don't miss out on your favorites! Our Greeting farm section is here

Bryony

More Greeting Farm coming soon!

Whoohoo, little bird tells me there will be more Greeting Farm stamps in stock soon. One of them will be this 'never ever' set.

Stash:

• Images: the girl and the little fairy in the corner, plus the sentiments are from the 'Never Ever' Greeting Farm stamp set (the other main stamp in the set is a peter pan type character and he is fab). Stamped main image twice and have decoupaged her.
• Colouring: Stamped with Memento Tux black ink and coloured with Copics plus some sakura clear glaze and stardust pens on her glasses, book, wings etc
• Papers: Buzzcraft A4 design papers
• Others: EK success edger punch, swirl punch and retro flower punchs for the flowers, MS twig punch, Kanban pearls (think out of stock at moment) for centre of flowers, thread and bells I found in my stash (wish you could hear the card as it jingles!)

I'm sure Bryony will post on here when they are in stock, so keep your eyes peeled as I know these cuties always sell out fast.

Made for you

Another card using Greeting Farm stamps - I just love them and can't wait for some more to be in stock! Here's one of the current in stock sets, 'Chef Ian' and some of the pretty new papers from Buzzcraft.

Supplies (highlighted products are from the shop):

• Images: All images including the sentiment are from 'Chef Ian' Greeting farm stamp set. The set has loads of little stamps which come seperate from the main Ian stamp so the possibilities are endless. His little chef hat is seperate too. I've stamped the cupcake lots of times and made my own cupcake tower and added a flower to one.
• Colouring: Copics but also paperpierced his hat and top with the dp and used lots of different stickles on the cakes.
• DP: A4 sized papers by Buzzcraft which I've not heard of before but there are some really sweet designs perfect for spring and have matching cardstock with embossed dots already on it (might be able to see if you click on photo for close up)
• Others: MS and Fiskars border punches, SU word window punch. I used the doily lace edging as it reminded me of cake paper doilies which goes with the cupcakes - funny how my brain works huh?!

Close up to show dimesion to the card as I've raised his hat and tray of cakes with 3d foam (I love using microdots when sticking fiddly little bits, like the stack of cakes together and the paper piercing) :

and an even closer one to show you the cupcakes. The 'chocolate sprinkles' are actually the punch waste from the doily punching I did :D (the pink cake has the distress stickles on it. It's still wet in photo but once dry it doesn't have the glittery sparkle like the regular stickles which I love as it just looks like a crunchy topping. I've used 'antique linen' on the brown cupcake to the side of the card and I think that looks like crunchy sugar coating!)

Fran xx

And the big winner is.....

It is finally time to draw the winner of our March prize draw, we had 145 entries so get your tickets at the ready ..... it could be you.

We have used random.org to pick out the lucky ticket and the result is
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.


Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:34
Timestamp: 2009-03-31 23:08:03 UTC

So lucky ticket number 34 drop us an email to admin@sillymonkeycrafts.com and we will get your prize out to you ASAP.

Well done and thanks to everyone who took part.

Bryony

Gorgeous buttons, Pink Cat Studio and bargain tria markers

We have had a fabulous weekend playing with our gorgeous new buttons and i have loved admiring these beauties whilst we have been weighing and packaging them ready for you lot!


I would love to show you a picture of my favorite set but i just can't decide, they all look ultra yummy. I would love to know which ones are your favorites so please leave us a comment and let us know!


As i have been indoors all day playing with buttons I think this one sums up how I imagine that lovely sunshine today has been for all you who have been out and enjoying it.






Our super cute Pink Cat Studio new releases are also now on the website, alongside some more PCS goodies - these sweetpea stamps are too cute to be around for long.


We also have a whopping 25% off all out Letraset tria marker sets so grab one while they last here







Finally, don't forget you only have until midnight on Tuesday to be in with a chance of winning this 'little' lot

For more details see this blog post

Bryony

Nurse Anya

Love this Anya stamp for get well cards and the fab 'prescription note' stamp goes perfectly with her too.

Recipe:

• Images: Nurse Anya, Greeting farm stamp. Presription note (including the little circular sentiment and the pill one in top right of card) is Maya road clear stamp.
• Colouring: Copic markers (or promarkers will give same vibrancy)
• DP: DCWV spring stack '08 plus some cardstock to match. blue piece has been embossed with cuttlebug script folder then sanded.
• Others: Scallop rectangle nesties, Fiskars 'apron lace' border punch, stethescope & medicine bottle are decorative buttons from stash which I have coloured with copics to match.

Think there may be some more Greeting farm stamps due in soon so you may want to keep an eye out, I know I will!

10% off sale weekend

I had hoped to be having a day off this weekend to go and visit my new nephew but, alas, he is going for the fashionably late approach and is overdue.

I figured that if i start a sale this weekend it would mean we will be very busy so it will be the most unsuitable time for him to arrive, hence sods law dictates he will arrive this weekend and put my SIL out of her misery!

I hope to be back showing you a new arrival card very, very soon but for now there is 10% off everything on the website until midnight on Sunday

Bryony