Versatile Blogger Award

OMG!  I'm very proud to say I've been nominated for 

The Versatile Blogger Award

by 

Sharon over at sharonscraftycards

Thank you so much to Sharon.  I've not been Blogging for very long and it's so nice to know that someone out there is actually reading all the stuff I post.

  

To accept this award you have to follow the rules below....

"If you are nominated, you have been awarded
"The Versatile Blogger Award".
First,

Thank the person who gave you this award.

1) Include a link to their blog.

2) Select 15 blogs that you have either recently discovered or follow regularly.

3) Nominate those 15 bloggers for the versatile blogger award.

4) Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

My nominations are as follows, and are in no particular order ..... 

1.   Sally  stampin-sally-jo

2. Diane   justaddglueto

3.  Kath  kath-allthatglitter

4.  Lizy  lizyshouseofcards

5.  Kate  craftybuggersunite 

6.  Sue  craftysuescardsandscrapbooks 

7. Karen  mycraftyplace  

8.  Anne  stampsandpaper 

9.  Sarah  sarahslittlesnippets 

10. Sandra  isthatthetime     

11.  Elaine  wavesofcreativity    

12.  Maria inkymits    

13. Jenny  craftinginthecountry      

14. Kathleen  myplainandsimple       

15. Avril  mrsbsaddiction     

Now for the 7 things about me ......

1.  I've been married for nearly 24 years to my wonderful husband and we have 2 fabulous grown-up kids

2.  I recently became a Grandma for the first time and I'm loving it! 

3.  Not only do I make cards, I used to play cards - No-Limit Texas Hold Em  I actually won the local pub league where we played regularly

4.  I used to have the perfect job - Assistant Manager of a large Craft store in the North of England.  Unfortunately I had to give it all up last year as my husband's job brought us over to the Isle of Man

5.  I like to cook, and have recently started baking.  I'm not that good but practice makes perfect

6.  I love rubber stamping and anything to do with ink.  And I've decided to start scrapbooking, well my grandson is the perfect excuse.

7.  I'm proud to say I was 'Craft Stamper of the Year 2011' in my favourite magazine - Craft Stamper

Thanks again for the nomination.

Linda

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LIM Blog Challenge

Good afternoon and a Happy Easter,
Just a quick post this Good Friday afternoon.
As usual I'm on the last minute with my Blog challenge entry.  I just haven't had time to settle down with it this week, I've been so busy working on other things.  I'm not going into detail at the moment, you'll just have to watch this space.  Hopefully, all will be revealed soon (Hmmm!?)

Over at Less is More it's Week 61 and it's Lucky Dip week. http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/
This week we have a Picture Inspiration to work from.  I love this colour combination, but then I always been a bit of a pink girl.
                                                   


This is what I've come up with this week

I've used a Hero Arts Cling stamp from the Wildflower Garden set and stamped it in the SU inks, Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery.  These are such pretty colours and look really nice together, very spring and summer. After using the Pretty in Pink ink to soften around the edge of the white card, it's been mat and layerd onto matching cardstock (SU again). I've punched a fancy edge to the bottom of the pink card (not very clear in the picture) and added a pretty ribbon and bow.  The sentiment was from a retired SU stamp set which I stamped using black ink, but as I didn't want it to look so harsh I did, in true Barbara Gray fashion, the ink, blot, plot technique. I then made it into a small tag, inked the edges and attached it to the ribbon.
It's quite a simple card for me (I hadn't got a lot of time), but I think it's quite pretty, and it's one of those that could be used for any occasion.
Sorry about the picture quality, number one job for this weekend is to get to grips with my new camera.  We've taken loads of pictures with it, need to get them onto the computer now.  By Monday I will have it sorted!

Hope you have a lovely bank holiday weekend, whatever it is you're doing.
Thanks for popping by.

Linda

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