NO NOT ANOTHER POSTAL STRIKE

Oh no - its official then - yet another postal strike and this could affect us for nearly a week!

Don't they know we have CJ's to post, and inchies and atc's and stash to get hold of!!!

What a bleak week it could be! Thank goodness for the internet!!!!

BLOG CANDY GET WELL COMPETITION

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MAGICKDIVA THURSDAY CHALLENGE - IN THE PINK

Well I guess the last challenge proved far too challenging then - so here's something a bit easier.

The clue is in the title IN THE PINK - show us anything you like, a layout, card, atc, with the main colour being pink!

That's it - quite simple

Rattytatty's Blog Giveaway

Take a trip over to http://www.rattytattysblog.blogspot.com/ and join in her give away blog candy. She's offering some gorgeous looking Christmas papers from The English Paper Company.

She also offers some of her own papers for downloading - how generous is that! (ps mention you saw it here when you go! he he!)

TANDA STAMPS COMPETITION - AUNTY'S FORUM

Over on Aunty's Forum - Tanda Stamps are running a Halloween Competition. I love Halloween - one of my favourite times of the year - with Yule close behind!

Sorry I didn't have any Tanda Stamps to use for this but hopefully they won't mind this time! Fingers crossed! lol!!!

Arty Girlz challenge

Here's my offering for the Arty Girlz challenge this week - something with flowers.

Feeling poorly

Sorry bloggers but not much from me the last few days - I've been feeling very poorly - hopefully I'll be back to normal soon.

Tuesday Inchy Challenge

The challenge this week was to do an inchy about what you see when you look in the mirror.

Here's mine - I see ME when I look in the mirror.

ROSIE'S BUDDY BUS - CHARITY CHRISTMAS CARDS

Well, I managed to find a bit of Mojo but it was hard work - but then I do love making Christmas Cards. These are for a special person Rosie who is going to try and sell them for her charity - find out more about Rosie and Nick on Rosie's blog http://alteredartandstuff.blogspot.com/ Here are a few I've made today - I hope you manage to sell them Rosie!

ANYBODY FOUND MY MOJO?

Well, I have a day of crafting ahead of me as I have no car so can't go anywhere and, horror of horrors, I've lost my mojo.

If anyone finds it can they send it back to me so I can do something productive with my day today.

Thanks!

Technique Thursday Challenge

Here's another Thursday Challenge site I've found - this one asks you to use buttons as a technique

THURSDAY CHALLENGE - PATRIOTIC

One of the things that hit me when I lived in Texas was how patriotic every American is. Most houses have the American Flag hanging outside, every morning in the schools the kids start the day by reciting the National Anthem - even if they are first generation, they are proud to be Americans. I don't think we have that sense of patriotism in our country, well our four countries to be exact! Unless its a sporting event!

So my challenge this week is to make a patriotic card - it could be used for any of the Saints' Days, David, George, Andrew or Patrick or just generally celebrate what you love about the country you live in!

The stamps I've used are from a company called Scottishbordersstamping which is run by a Scottish lady living in Houston, Texas.

WEDNESDAY STAMPERS - MOO CARDS !!!

When I first saw this I thought I haven't got any stamps with cows on them!

But that's not what MOO cards are - they are fiddly little things roughly 1" x 2" . I had a look at some of the fab examples and thought, right I'm up for a challenge.

Here's what I came up with - I'm going to have another play and see if I can do better.

What's your favourite glue?

I've just been getting in a right strop with the glue I'm using. It's useless to say the least - got more of it on my fingers than on the card - I was trying to stick a piece of ribbon down and I ended up getting the stamped image dirty and having to do it again!

Just wondering what everyone's favourite glue is?

4x4 CHALLENGE - FRANCE

Exactly 21 years ago this week I was in Paris for my first Wedding Anniversary - my hubby had arranged it as a surprise trip and I had absolutely no idea we were going there. We walked and walked and I loved everything about the city! I can't believe I haven't been back in 21 years!!! One of our most memorable meals was buying a bottle of wine and some bread and cheese and sitting on the banks of the Seine overlooking Sacre Coeur so I chose Vin as my theme for this 4x4!

Tanda Stamps

I've just bought myself some Tanda Stamps - I never used to like unmounted stamps but since using and selling Cherry Pie Stamps I've become a bit more adventurous! These are the sets I have just bought - now all I need to do is cut them all out (!) and get creative!

I just love these inchie sized ones - what a fab idea!

TMTA - SMILE

Think Monday Think ATC challenge was a smile - I couldn't help but use this Cherry Pie stamp - a perfect choice me thinks!!!!

Alphabet Challenge - M

Up to letter M this week on alphabet challenge - the extra challenge was to not use any stamps and to use the colours pink and brown - Not use any Stamps??????? How do I do that? LOL!

SATURDAY STAMPERS - TREES

Saturday Stampers challenge this week was trees. I love the idea of this stamp but am never sure whether it really works or not. It can be used as a Christmas card also.

Caardvarks Challenge

Thanks to Crissi for finding this challenge site - the challenge was to use Chipboard on your card. The Christmas Tree Stamp is Cherry Pie Art Stamps -http://www.blogger.com/www.stores.ebay.co.uk/CHERRY-PIE-ART-STAMPS-UK the word joy stamp is Stampin Up. The Chipboard Letters are K&Co

Saturday Stampers Poetry Challenge

Saturday Stampers set the challenge of using poetry on a card. The poem reads:

"It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm, a happy and auspicious bird of calm." by Shelbey Shelley.

ALPHA CHALLENGE - LETTER 'L'

The Alpha challenge letter this week is 'L'. I chose not to do the extra challenge of the waterfall or the birds - I used La Luna and Light as my inspiration for the letter L. All stamps are Cherry Pie! http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/CHERRY-PIE-ART-STAMPS-UK

I'm still not happy with the inks though - they are not as intense as I would like.

WEDNESDAY STAMPER

Wednesday Stamper's Challenge was to use a fish. I always find fish very difficult but here's my attempt.

THURSDAY CHALLENGE

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS TO PRODUCE A HALLOWEEN INCHY. LET'S SEE HOW MUCH SPOOKINESS (!) WE CAN GET ON A SMALL PIECE OF CARD!!!!!

Magickdiva String Challenge

Here's a great submission by Storm for my String Challenge. Thanks for joining in!

INCHY CHALLENGE

The Challenge over on Inching Artists was Little Wings.

I used Cherry Pie "MAGIC" stamp for the background word and Cherry Pie Fairy stamp for the image. http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/CHERRY-PIE-ART-STAMPS-UK Edged in gold and added sparkle glitter to the fairy. I think you can just make out her delicate wings.

4 x 4 CHALLENGE

4x4 Challenge this week was to use a flourish on your art work. I don't really have any flourishes so hope these work - the ART stamp is from Cherry Pie Stamps and the flourishes are Stamping Up.

Arty Girlz Challenge

I'm up to the Challenge Arty Girlz!!!! Here's a card for a cat lover - all stamps used are Cherry Pie Art Stamps - I love the swagger on this cat!