New Award...

I was delighted to receive the above award from my great friend Irene at http://alloccasionscards.blogspot.com/.

The rules for the award are...

Link the award back to the person who gave it to you.

Nominate 5 blogging friends and leave a message on their blog to let them know they have been given an award.

Write down 5 things on your blog that you are addicted to.

Five things I am addicted are:

1. Paper Craft and Rubber Stamping.

2. Entering Challenges

3. Blogging

4. Buying stash for crafts

5. Ebay

My 5 nominees are:

1. Beryl at http://bikshome.blogspot.com/

2. Elaine at http://elainesden.blogspot.com/

3. Wendy at http://craftblog.craftybutterfly.co.uk/

4. Ann at http://craftblogspiritofcreativity.blogspot.com/

5. Jude at http://crafts-international.blogspot.com/

Please do visit these amazing blogs where you will find some really great art work and inspiration for your own cards.

Small art...

Well today had to be small art as like everyone else I was certainly small on the amount of time available. A trip to Argos to buy Christmas lights ended up being a major shopping spree and I returned home with all manor of things that I never knew I needed. Why did I buy a laughing Santa? Is hysteria setting in?

Anyway I have loads of presents to wrap so my small art for the challenge at http://artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ is a gift tag made using a Wizard tag die and my new Cuttlebug tree embossing and cutting die and folder. The tree with the holes has gold gems added but they are not showing up very well.

Ah well only another - phew too many to think of - presents to wrap now!! Hmm have a feeling they may not all get handmade gem embossed tags on them. LOL!!

Feeling under the weather...

Not me fortunately, but eversince seeing the challenge of 'underneath' at http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ I was thinking along the lines of under an umbrella. I don't know why really, but I ended up with this card to keep in my box for the next time a friend needs cheering up.

The stamps are from a clear set by My Favourite Things and I absolutely love them. The whole sheet of stamps has the most perfect sayings for making cards like this and lots of accessories.

I stamped the central image and the boots on to pink paper and then paper pieced them on to the main stamping. The rest of the image was coloured using Derwent Inktense and Lyra Aqua Colours.

I was thrilled to find just the right colour of pink ribbon in my stash for the bows and as the challenge at http://wednesdaystamper.wordpress.com/ is bows this week my card fits the criteria for that challenge too.