A Stormy Sketch and a Blog Award

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I decided to collate a few challenge sketches, colour combos and trigger pictures onto a word document and print them out, because I can then pin them up in the craft room as I always seem to forget about some challenges until they close !
As a result I was busy crafting last night and I have a card to share with you,  it's following the Clean and Simple Sketch.... a challenge I haven't played along with for ages !

This would have been great for the Lawnscaping challenge 'Stamp a Scene' but I missed that deadline yesterday, see what I mean? 
I used my two newest Lawn Fawn sets called 'Partly Cloudy' and 'Critters in the Burbs' ...... aren't they cute little characters, I just love how the brolly handle curls round the cats tail :)

I received this Blog award a few weeks back and thought it was about time to pass it on

Thank you Suzarte for handing me the award, please hop over to her blog here and you will see Suze has a 'Blogging is for Sharing' giveaway running for the next 6 months in which you could win $100 of PTI vouchers

The conditions of this award are....

1) Create a post on your blog and post the award.
2) Link back to the person who gave you the award and say if you accept.
3) Choose 3-5 of your favorite blogs to tag, link these in your post too and tell the lucky people they have won the award.

As the aim of this award is to bring unknown good blogs to light, please don't tag somebody with 3000
followers

.... so I'd like to pass this award to

Alison - Creations by Alison
Jen W - Jenerally Speaking

and
Sarah - Little Snippets

I always find this part hard, choosing people to pass the award too as I follow lots of wonderful blogs but with a few more awards to blog at some point, I'm sure I will share them with you :)

If your still with me at this point, I'll say goodbye and thanks for looking X

Fathers Day TV

Hi Everyone ,

I'm back ..... I had a mojo dip , probably due to my head feeling like it's stuffed with cotton wool :(  Yep it's hayfever season and this year it's back with a vengeance and later than usual which is why it caught me unawares too , I thought I'd dodged it this year !

Still , I'm getting on top of it now although the anti-histamines take the stuffing out of me too ..... it's the old "devil and the deep blue sea" situation , right ???

I have a Fathers Day card to share today using the Paper Smooches 'Boob Tubes' set , this'll be for James to give to dad because he'll like the interactive part of this card .

I love the retro TV images in this stamp set so I found some groovy wallpaper in my DCVW retro prints stack and a piece of fawn vivelle to make the carpet .

I'm sure you've probably worked out that you turn the wheel at the side of the card to scroll through the three messages . I've had to chop and change with words from a few different sets and  FATHER'S is made up from selectively inking different letters from sentiments  :)

The TV aerial disguises the brad that holds the spinner in place which is sandwiched inside the card ...... this'll have to be a 'picture' style card with a card stand to prop it up .

I think I'll pop over and enter this into the GDT search at Paper Smooches too , the link closes today :)

I have been a bit slack in passing on an award from Stephanie at my-ink-well so I'm going to do it now .

Thank you for this lovely award Steph , it's heart warming to know you like what I do , I love visiting your blog too and in fact that's the hardest thing about these awards .... choosing who to pass it on to :)

...... so 5 things about me ( inc a crafty fact )
1. My craft room is only approx 7 foot sq but built on the 'use of vertical storage space' ethos at Ikea :)
2. I started horse riding at the age of seven but gave up in my late teens ..... never gone back as too many bits wobble now , lol
3. I had a pretend dog called spot when I was a child .... he was very real to me :)
4. I've never broken a bone in my body ...... perhaps I shouldn't have written that one , quick touch wood ;)
5. Oh I'm not superstitious at all , so scrap the touch wood thing :)
5a. I hate ironing - put in just for Stephanie ;)

I love all the blogs that I visit so this is hard to pass on so I've decided to leave it open for anyone I visit to take the award , your all so deserving :)

Thanks for keeping awake through that marathon post I'll hopefully be back again tomorrow X

I've got an Award

Hi everyone ,

Over the weekend I received a Versatile Blogger Award from Karen who is a very creative , talented lady and a busy Mum and Stampin Up demonstrator as well , see her blog here and her SU blog here . Thank you very much Karen :)

                             

To accept this award I have to tell you some facts about myself so here they are -

1.) I'm 6ft tall .
2.) I'm a qualified Veterinary Nurse .
3.) My birthday is the longest day of the year...and I share it with a certain young Prince who's getting married this week .
4.) I've never been on an aeroplane... ever !
5.) I'm a volunteer at my local RSPB reserve .

 I want to pass this award onto these 5 marvellous blogs -

1.) Just add Glue to...   - I love how Diane's Eco ethics carry through in her craft projects :)
2.) Crafting Clare's Paper Moments -  Such an inspirational blog :)
3.) Less is More - this lady makes amazing cards and my inspiration to start a blog :) 
4.) Crafty Musings-  A blog full of amazing cards :)
5.) KingstonMama Crafts - I love this ladies clean and simple crafting style :)

I hope you enjoy visiting  the blogs as much as I do :)

Thanks for stopping by today x