I LUV YOUR BLOG Award ..

Just accepted another blog award, so thank you Deborah,Cards and Things for this. Also - and this is being really greedy (and incredibly lucky) I have been awarded another Javablu Award from Julie over at SBS24, so I shall post that one next week. I am posting my new one now. You copy and paste the I luv Your Blog logo, and put it on your blog, and you name 7 blogs you love to visit, giving links to their blogs and leaving a comment on theirs.

1. Sue at Sue's Art Stuff because I love her and her blog and because we go way back before Blogland.


2.Patty from Magpie's Nest because even though I just found her blog, I love it!

3.Edna at Another Side of the Moon cuz it's a scrapbook of me and my soul journal and prose I like etc ...

4.Heather from Creative Solace, because I love her ideas...

5.Nancy from Crazy Stampin Women because I love her crazy blog, and I'm stampin crazy as well ..

6.Sandie from Sandie's Sanctuary cuz I just love her work .

Mixed Media Monday - Harmony

The Mixed Media Monday challenge this week is Harmony, and I thought I would give it try for the first time, simply because a small image I had stamped had fallen onto a scrap of gold lace
and I thought Oooo, so I backed it with a small piece of gold woven matting, pinned the lace down with a large gold brad and voila, my Harmony challenge is complete ....

Free vintage photo's

Just a quick note to say thank you to Patty
down at Magpie's Nest for some lovely FREE photos we can download. I have only very recently discovered this blog, it's lovely....

Gothic Arch

We have an open category at Gothic Arches
so I tried to use my imagination - I used an arch peel-off, a tiny Imagina Fairy stamp, an Imagina corner stamp and some pretty little flowers ......hope they all look good together!

Small World of Inchies and Twinchies

There have been some lovely challenges these last couple of weeks, and for various reasons I couldn't take part in many of them, but after seeing all my bonsai tree leaves falling and turning brown, and my miniature ivy leaves turning red, I couldn't resist this challenge. The picture is a Crafty Individuals acetate photo, backed with plain white card, and the tiny leaves are real ones, gathered just now from my garden. This is my twinchie, hope you like it, pop over to the Inchie and Twinchie blog, it's full of amazing tiny images.Here's the Link

Artistic Stamper Blog Candy giveaway..

Just a note to tell you to visit The Artistic Stamperfor a chance to win some lovely blog candy !! All you have to do is visit the blog, leave a comment and put a link on your own blog.

Theme Thursday - Numbers.

Theme Thursday challenge this week is Numbers, and as I had just the stamp (a lovely freebie from Paper Artsy) I thought I would take part. I used a luggage label, a piece of my very favourite Laura Ashley backing paper, my Paper Artsy stamp and Lucille by Impression Obsession. Inks were Ruby Satin and Gold ColourBox and I finished of with a tiny butterfly embellishment.

Chrissy D. Belli Challenge 35/Cupcake Birthday card

A lovely friend gave me a selection of metal edged tags a short while ago, so I chose two for this challenge, it's turned into a cupcake birthday card. if you would like to participate in this fun challenge Here's the Link

Wednesday Stamper - Pattern.

I wondered how I could use my new background stamp which is a grid-like pattern - think it looks ok backing Rose ...she also has a stamped green lace finishing touch !! Sorry about the photo, I had to use my camera cuz my scanner is sick !!

Gothic Arches - Favourite Film..

My favourite scary movie was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - I used stamped images given to me by a friend, embellished with lots of red pen and ink :-) Ooo I am very tempted to make another comment, but I won't !!

Floral Card ..

This was to have been my first challenge card for SBS24, made with Docrafts paper, Papermania flowers and brad and stamped text. Hope it's ok. !!

Edit note: Since I made a BIG booboo by reading the instructions incorrectly, or not understanding them at all, I have changed the title of this post for my OWN satisfaction. Ed. xx

My Mannequin - work in progress ...

After a chat with my friend Sue I took a couple of photo's to show my work in progress. I am using two Decopatch sheets of tissue with gorgeous patterns, and hopefully doing my mannequin, another Decopatch product, justice. Any thoughts of how to finish her off would be most welcome ........

Anna Banana challenge

I am killing two birds with one stone here, I wanted to enter Anna's challenge, and wanted to make a card for a friends birthday, I used a Crafty Individuals Love Letters photo, these are printed onto acetate, so I backed it with a square of gold card, I used Joanna Sheen's Roses backing paper, and a piece of Far East Mat Stack
card. The base card has lovely embossed flowers on it that don't pick up well on the scan, and finally I edged everything with a gold pen, and finished off with a piece of matching ribbon and a bow....

I've been Tagged !!

Well, this is a first for me - had to look up what to do, think I will tag some of my new blogging sisters, that way we will all learn a little about each other :-)plus of course, a couple of new blog friends ..


Here are the rules:

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

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Sally tagged me so here's my answers for those interested enough to read this bit of info......

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1. Over the last 18 months, I have made more than 1,000 cards for charity concerns, local and in Scotland, Kent and Spain (mainly animal, children and cancer charities)

2. I love bananas - and I love Branston pickle TOGETHER on a sandwich (well it is a fruit chutney.

3. I am a nature nut (thankfully so is hubby) we have wild bird feeding stations and plants for bees and ladybirds and butterflies all over our postage stamp of a garden.

4. I HATE admitting defeat and would rather turn something round if at all possible.

5. I also HATE throwing things away - food or craft stuff, would rather find a way to use them or recycle them if at all possible .

6. I really, really, really HATE bad manners and rudeness of any description, be it queue jumpers or just nasty people, a smile uses less muscles than a frown and a simple 'Thank You' costs nothing.

7. I wear my heart on my sleeve, get hurt easily and worry about people and stuff that shouldn't really concern me .

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Right, this next bit is going to take some thinking about, so I will post what I have for now and come back in a short while ...(if anyone smells anything awful, it's my brain working overtime trying to think !!)

Right now for a drum roll dahdahdahdahdahdah~~~~~~~

http://createwithstevie.blogspot.com/ Stevie
http://suesartstuff.blogspot.com/ Sue
http://www.annabananacreations.blogspot.com/ Anna
http://adreamseyeview.blogspot.com/ Lynn
http://stamp2day.blogspot.com/ Wendy
http://juliescraftycorner.blogspot.com/ Julie
http://afrogladycreation.blogspot.com/ Karyn

Challenge Cards ..

Since I am a crafter, and I don't waste anything - I have been making cards with all the elements I use for my challenges - here are three cards wmade with two of my moos and an ATC (don't normally use ATC's for cards, but I thought of the blue floral background and wanted to experiment - think it works too !!