Well my dear blog friend has sent me an award. Thanks Hels!
But in order to display it there are some requirements to fufill.

1 Express gratitude to the blogger who bestowed the award unto you. Thanks Hels.  I have had to use my grey matter to play here!

2 Display the picture on your blog proudly.
3 Be nice and provide a link to the person who gave it to you.

Thanks you so much. I am not really lazy although I have copied and pasted  most of the instructions. Lol.

Here is Hels blog link. 

Hels, Hels, Hels.......

4 Tell up to six outrageous lies about yourself, and at least one outrageous truth, or switch it around and tell six outrageous truths and one outrageous lie.

5  Nominate seven creative writers who might be into doing this. I am passing this one on to Bloggers who make me smile, laugh, emote in some way or another. (direct copy)

6  Post links to the seven blogs you nominate and let the owners of those blogs know:
So here are my Lies &/OR Truths....

1. I can fly and am not scared of heights.
2. I have the most amazing singing voice. Far to good for Britains got Talent. Have to give everyone else a chance.
3. What is an IQ and what is Mensa? (this only makes sense if you read Hel's blog-this is for you Hun-Lol)  But I can do the Times Crossword in 10 minutes! Does this count?
4. Don't know how anyone can drink cold dry white Sauvignon Blanc?
5. I can scuba dive and have spent many hours enjoying the Bermuda reefs.
6. I cannot understand how anyone can think Johnny Depp is lush?

True or False?

And without further ado here are my nominees. Hope you don't mind.

Artyjen

Lesley

Gezzy

Carol

Shar

Ali

Lynn

Crowns; Trinchies with Something Completely Different

It is our last week of Birthday Celebrations over on SCD. It has been a very fun month and I have been blown away with the fabulous makes everyone was been creating. I have visited some tremendous Twinchies!

This week the theme is Crowns. This has been interpreted by the SCD team in different ways so why not hop over and take a look. There are some more prizes too!

With this Stampotique image, available from The Stamp Attic in the UK, I have been playing with Sakura pens again and using them in places with a waterbrush. They are water soluble so this works great and it softens the colours and makes them work more like paints. I like this element of the pens. This speaks someone who has never got into Copic or Promark pens, although I love what other people do with them!

Paris Twinchie with Something Completely Different

This week on SCD as you can see the theme is Paris. We also have the wonderful guest designer, Artjen, or Sioux. Sioux is the well deserved winner of Craft Stamper of the year. I was so happy when it was her that won. I have a great fondness for Sioux in my heart as she was my very first blog follower, and my very first blog friend. I sort of feel she discovered me in Blogland. I know Sioux has been having a really bad time recently and I think of her often and how she is coping. I am so pleased she was still able to join us this week. Thank you Sioux and for the prize she has donated that you could win if you enter a Twinchie on the theme of Paris.

Take care Sioux.

Quotes with Gingersnaps

This quote from Mae West always makes me chuckle. Also I thought as we have just had an election over in the UK it was very apt. There are some fabulous creations over on Gingersnaps. Well worth a look and lots on inspiration.

Spring is in the Air: Play Date Cafe 29

I just love the colours this week at the Play Date Cafe. Just my type of colours. Scrumptious. Time was running out so when I came hoe from work I thought I simply must create something for this weeks challenge. Out came the paint daubers and I had fun creating the background for the stamped image. Another great image from Paperbag Studios. 

And now I know how these cards are meant to go, one of these came out again to mount it onto.  The "Remember" I felt was such an apt wording for this imagery which is all about memories.

So glad I could join in the fun.

Stampotique Challenge No: 7

Over on the Stampotique challenge this time we are asked to use a template in our work. So here is a template I have designed myself. I thought with this stamp I could have a little fun. I must admit it has been a very useful image and I have been able to use it time and time again. I hope you enjoy the it!

Flower Twinchies with Something Completely Different

Happy Birthday week at SCD and what could be more fitting than flowers! I have made a bold fairly simple Twinchie this week by using a Wendy Vecchi tulip stamp which I have layered up in a decoupage style. The background was first painted with acrylic paint and textured slightly.
Why not jump over and see what else there is to see. We also very lucky to have the fab Guest Designer, Hels, who always creates wonderful things. I hope something will inspire you to join in the fun.

Pencils with Gingersnaps

This is my contribution to the pencil challenge over on Gingersnaps. I was a little disappointed how flat this photo looks. I have actually layered the pencils  and nibs up so that it is far more 3d'ish in real life and I think looks better in real life. Maybe I will try to photograph it again? However it was fun to do and this stamp from Lost Coast Designs just reminded me of a big city skyline, maybe Hong Kong?  I then added the nibs which is a Tim Holtz stamp to gain greater depth and density, just like a city.  I enjoy visual jokes.

Anyway take a look at all the other great creations. Dan has actually used the same stamp but very differently. It is worth taking a look to see how stamps can work in so many ways.

I have added another photo which may show the depth a little better. Still not great but it doesn't look quite so flat.

Play Date Cafe No: 28

This weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge has been based on some very pretty elegant colours, so I decided to do something elegant and up market. No we do not have chandeliers in our house, our ceilings are far to low and we are way too scruffy. But I thought the image suited the feel, plus I wanted to use this image and place little light catching jewels on it to depict the glass crystals that hang down.

Stampotique Challenge

This is my contribution for the current Stampotique challenge. Out of the box.
Must sign off  as I must leave for work now.

Birthday Month for Something Completely Different

Over on SCD it is the Birthday month, this being week 51. SCD started with Twinchies so the theme to celebrate this month will also be Twinchies. There will be birthday gifts to give away and Guest Designers helping us to celebrate, which will lots of fun, and great to have their support. Tando Creatives are also sponsoring SCD in their Birthday bash. How fab is that. So come over and take a look and join in the fun.

If you haven't already guessed the Twinchie theme for this week is "Butterflies"

Fill your life with hugs and kisses

Fill your life with hugs and kisses

Yes, you have guessed it the letter this week over on Something Completely Different  is X. I have used it to represent kisses and as you may know by now I rather like to view life through rose coloured spectacles. There is so much anguish in the world which can be very depressing so I do try to concentrate on seeing the good rather than the bad and to enjoy the simple things in life.

I think this letter based challenge has been a superb starting point for creating. When I went upstairs I had no idea what to do and after a bit of stamping and playing this came about. I liked the way the overlapping flaps  created "X's" in their own right. I look forward to seeing all of your creations.

Play Date Cafe No: 26

This is an entry for the Play Date Cafe Challenge No: 26 that I am putting in on behalf of my daughters, Harriet and Ella and their friend Kat. As you can see the colours fit in with this weeks challenge with the biscuit base being the terra-cotta colour. They certainly had fun with the pink and blue icing and little silver balls. I haven't been able to find time the last couple of weeks to join in  so I was really please these fitted the brief. Thanks girls and they taste delicious.

What are Little Girls made of?

This has been on of those rare wonderful times when the make goes swimmingly from start to finish. I have just had a ball with everything coming together just so. I think t helps because I have been thinking about this make and planning it in my head. Hence the Love Hearts. So this is my contribution the the Stampotique challenge. I love the fact it is fortnightly with gives more time to mull over ideas before the deadline.
The loopy border punch is my all time fav. border punch. I love it. Thank you Martha Stewart.

Home is where the Heart is said the Bluebird of Happiness

Home is where the Heart is said the Bluebird of Happiness

The letter this week on Something Completely Different is H. So this is my take on the theme.
A Zetti stamp placed behind an acrylic tag. The bluebird is an Elusive Images stamp available from Graphicus and the letters of course are Tim Holtz grungeboard elements. There are some great makes over on the SCD blog so why not take a look.

Botanicals with Gingersnaps

Over on Gingersnaps this week is the theme Botanicals. So use anything that grows. I have chosen this lovely stamp from Elusive Images, available from Graphicus, of a Hydrangea. I love this stamp with the script behind.

First I coloured some card with some of the new Tim Holtz distress inks. Something called ....velvet and....moss and some Milled Lavender. Then stamped with image with archival black. Then I used the Tim Holtz distress inks to water colour the image further, using ....velvet, spun sugar, worn lipstick and a little Aged Mahogany. Layered it onto an embossed cuttlebug paper and others from my stash. Used my favourite edge punch from Martha Stewart and I thought the ribbon just set the colours off perfectly.

D for Dog

Over on Something Completely Different this week the letter to play with is D. This is my contribution for the week. There are some great makes by the design team this week so why not take a look. We had a great number of you join us last week which was sooooo good. Thank you for playing along. I enjoyed visiting your creations, but must apologize to Aussiekate an Chris Olsen, Glowbug as I was unable to open your blogs.

Party Hats Gingersnaps Birthday postcard

This is another postcard I made to celebrate Gingersnaps birthday. I thought I would post it as at the moment I do not feel like creating anything! It does not feel as if my Mojo has gone as such. I am just not in the mood and there is lots of other things going on. Mojo leaving to me feels more like when you want to create something but nothing flows.

So School hols has something to do with it. Garden demands another. Clutter sorting and designing new bedroom space and ordering furniture for it. Plus fighting bugs and sore throat. These all play a part and I just don't feel I have any spare left to create with.

Hope this re adjust itself soon or I may begin to panic.

The Good Earth with Gingersnaps

It has just come to mind that I had forgotten to upload this. It was for The Good Earth over on Gingersnaps last week. I had made it a little while ago and it had slipped my mind. It is one of the Paperbag Studio stamps which I then water coloured with distress inks. It has a very serene feeling this image which I felt fitted the subject well and depicts some of the beauties that we need to thank the good earth for.

The Letter B with Something completely Different

The letter this week with SCD is the letter B. Make something that relate to this letter. There is more inspiration over on the SCD site. Why not take a look.

The holidays come and I always think I will have more time to spend in my craft room and make more. However it is always the complete opposite. All the makes are more rushed and deadlines seem to pile up. At least i made this one even though we had an all day power cut on the Thursday.