Well.. What a lovely surprise!

I have been honoured with a Blog Award!  My first award, How very exciting!

I have received the Liebster award from Carol whose blog truly is an inspiration to me, her work is stunning and her parchment is a dream!  Thank you so much Carol.. I am thrilled by the award!

Now.. there are rules to follow when you get this award (which is all very new to me) and they are as follows..... (copied and pasted from Carols Blog...)


I must pass on the award to five other people, who's blogs have inspired me, It also needs to be someone who has less than 200 followers.

Put a comment on their blog, so that they know about it.

Link back to the person who gave me the award and thank them.

Post the award on my blog.

So. who are my 5?  Hmmm, the key is the less than 200 followers....  so over my coffee I have been looking at the blogs that instantly jumped to mind.... (sadly some of them are just wayyyyyy too talented and popular to fit the criteria! LOL)  But.. my five are....

Angela....  http://owl-lady-crafting.blogspot.com/

Lou P ......   http://l00pyscraftcreations.blogspot.com/

Sue.......   http://sue-hickey.blogspot.com/

Stella.....  http://bellacraftycards.blogspot.com/

and finally, a new blog....  which I am sure will beat the 200 fairly quickly, but at the moment qualifies!    Tis slightly cheating... but, I have seen behind the scenes on her Facebook page, and the artwork and cards produced cannot fail to inspire...  so my final award goes to...

Kelly.....  http://inkedpaws.blogspot.com/


All of these blogs have filled me with ideas, and have registered high on my envy chart due to the quality of work and sheer yummyness they contain!

Right... off to pass on the news.....   hugs all  and thank you to Carol again!
xxxxx

Bit of an Arty Experiment

which worked!!!   Well.. I think it did!! :-)

Hello.. sorry I have not blogged for ages, been busy and well.. busy!!  But I went to a party last weekend, and there must be something in the dishwasher chemicals my friend uses, cos I felt rather fragile the next day...  Must have been the chemicals.. can't have been the wine now can it!!!

Anyway..  I wanted to craft, but my brain was full of cotton wool and I had no inspiration at all... so I decided to play with all my new "Messy Stuff" and see what happened.....  and this did....

(long post.. hope you are comfy!!)

Right.. I took a sheet of A4 card stock, and I randomly spritzed it with misting sprays etc....

The cat helped.....

Then I randomly stamped all over it....

Then I stuck a stamped sheet of ATCs on the back.. which I wrote on AND numbered, so I couldn't cheat and not make the full set!

And cut them all out........

Then I was a Very Big and Very Brave Girlie.....  and I dived into my Crafty Stuff.. and... Shock Horror.. I Used Some of it... It was a shock to the system.. but I have now recovered!!!  Here are my 9 totally random background Artified ATCs

I am sooooooo chuffed with them......  so I made them a new ATC Book to live in  (nearly finished.. promise, but I did tell you it was a long blog!!!)

Outside cover......

Inside cover...

 Inserts.... (I have fallen totally in love with Washi Tape!!)

Assembled....

 and finally all decorated....

Phew!  You will be please to know.. thats all!   Good job I don't blog very often if they are this length!!!

Right.. off I toodles..  Got some more Arty Type stuff to do to so I can fill my new book!!!
Happy Crafting all, and if you stayed with me to the end.. Gold Star to you!!! (and please leave me a comment...  makes me feel like I have friends then! LOL! x)
xxxxx