Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! .......

Happy Friday!

Welcome to March.  I know ........ what happened to February?!!
This last week or so has flown by although I did have a funny few days.  I really wasn't well .... I must have been bad, because I actually went to the doctors!!  It was nothing serious ........ a course of antibiotics, all the tests came back normal and I'm right as rain again.

March is always a good month though .... it's my birthday for starters!  Then we have Mother's Day in the UK at the end of the month, and Spring is on it's way too!  Although I must say, it felt like it was already here earlier in the week .... the weather was gorgeous.  We had our first Barbeque of the year ..... in February, can you believe it!!  Notice I said 'was' ...... it's all cold and misty again now.  Oh well .... it was nice while it lasted.   At least the clocks go forward again at the end of this month, for us anyway.  British Summer Time begins ...... something to look forward too!

The start of a new month also means new Blog challenges.
As well as all my regular posts/challenges this month, I'm thrilled to say that I have a Guest Designer Spot for the Country View Crafts Blog Challenge .

The March challenge gets underway today and the theme is a real fun one ......

Letters and/or Numbers

To join in with the challenge all you have to do is ..... create a card, a journal page,  ATC's or coins, even a home decor project maybe.  It can be anything you like, in any style, as long as it follows the challenge theme.
You can find all the details on the Country View Challenge Blog along with lots of fabulous inspiration from their amazing Design Team.

Here's a little look of what I've created ....... you can see I've gone for Letters.

EDITED :  You can find out more about how this came about by clicking here for all the details

Watch this space for a closer look at how it came about.

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day and have a lovely weekend!
Let the birthday celebrations begin!

Cheerio until next time .....

The important stuff's packed ......

Happy Wednesday everyone,

Hello and welcome to my latest followers.  Thank you for taking the time to join me on my crafty journey.

It's time for a quick coffee, and a break from all the sorting and packing that's going on here at the moment.  The house is begining to look like the day we moved in - stuff everywhere!  I'm washing and ironing for England, and there's going to be nothing left in my cupboards by the time I've kitted Chris out with all the stuff he needs.  We've already had one shopping trip into town, no doubt there'll be another.

There's not much going on in the old craft room this week I'm afraid, apart from me packing up my craft trolley ready for the trip across to the UK on Friday.  That, and my suitcase is the only thing that's all ready to go.  Hmmm ....... there's still a little bit of room left in there........ what else am I going to need?

  
Stephen keeps reminding me that we're going across in the car NOT a removal van!  It'll all fit, it always does!

I have spent a little time at my workdesk, I'm trying to get the rest of the month organised ...... it's sort of going ok.   I managed to make another birthday card, for that special little man who's 3 in a few weeks .....

Even though Uncle Chris might not make the birthday bash, he won't forget to send a card.
This was really quick and easy, using the 'uplifting' die again, from Penny Black.  I used my trusty old hand cut cloud to ink around for the background, and then added some faux stitching around the edges - job done!

I've also been trying to get my DT projects done, or at least started before we leave - yes, I will be blogging as usual whilst we're away (hopefully!)  Here's a sneaky peek at something that's coming up later in the month  .....

Speaking of blogging, it's my day on the DT Blog over at IndigoBlu.   I'm afraid it's another Christmas design, my favourite one actually, out of the last lot of samples that I sent to Kay ......

You'll find all the details over on the DT blog.

Oh well, I can't make the coffee break last any longer, my cup's empty.  Back to the ironing board it is then.

Enjoy the rest of your day, and I'll see you again soon.

Cheerio for now

Linda

xx