Flying in...

with a very quick card made using the sketch 129 at CPS. The stamp is one from a clear set by Inkadinkado and after stamping onto white I cut the image into 3 sections and mounted on black. There are gems on the bird and the flower, but they are not showing up too well in the photo.

I like the sketch, but my card is not blowing me away - it's not even rustle my feathers so I think I'm going to have another go. Watch this space!

My card is also for the challenge at One Stop Craft where this week's theme is to use the colours pink and black.

Blog award...

I am delighted to be given this award from the lovely Elaine at My Creative Corner. Thanks Elaine, I really appreciate it!

In doing so, these are the rules which come with it!

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog
3. Link the person who nominated you for this award
4. Name seven things about yourself that people might find interesting
5. Nominate seven Kreative Bloggers
6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate
7. Leave comments on all seven blogs letting them know you nominated them

Right so now I must tell you 7 things that people might find interesting- Elaine's 7 things were fascinating - goodness knows what I am going to put!

1. I've just taken a year off work and called it my 'gap' year - well I didn't have one before or after college. I haven't done any hitch hiking though as I didn't fancy the idea of staying in hostels, etc. Unfortunately my year is up and I do need to think about returning to the work force, but not in a rush.

2. My mum has alzheimers and needs me nearby most of the time.

3. I have some amazing card making/blogging buddies that help to keep my sanity on a daily basis. I'm not going to mention names, but you know who you are and I love you all.

4. My favourite alchoholic drink is red wine and I suppose the favourite place to drink it is in the place where the grape is grown - hmmmmm line from one of favourite films sneaked in there. Love the film 'Shirley Valentine'.

5. If you happen to be the one person that I haven't told yet I was recently asked to make samples for Joanna Sheen and I'm still floating on air about it.

6. I have a multitude of kidneys - 3 at one side and 2 at the other. I'm not sure whether that makes me a good kidney donor or not, but I'd prefer to stay alive rather than find out.

7. My favourite treat is ginger - ginger anything - wine, icecream, chocolates, biscuits - love them all.

So there you go lol! Now on to my Nominees for this award :)

Max at Max's Craft Creations
Irene at All Occasions Cards and Papercrafts
Lorraine at Lorraine's Loft
Chrissie at Chrissie's Card Creations
Wendy at Pixie Days
Rita at RMG Design
Lorraine at Crafty Coo

Now just got to pop to their blogs and tell them the good news.

Christmas in August...

Just a very quick card using Kanban Christmas paper and images. The penguin, sentiment and snowflake design were already packed onto one sheet of card so all I really needed to do was find some matching green card and decide on a layout. A nice easy task which was what I needed as I have so much to do after being away.

I'm entering the card for the following challenges:

Fab's Big Christmas Card Project - make a Christmas card using one of the kits you have stashed away.

The Creative Card Crew - Christmas in August

Dutch Dare Christmas in August

Our Creative Corner - Christmas in August