Tag it with birds - Tuesday Taggers

Its ages since I did cute so I thought id play with some cutie stamps. The theme tag it with birds means it should have a tag and a bird on it somewhere. This stamp is from Sugar nellie - and is the ultimate image of "a little bird told me":0)

The image is coloured with promarkers - so long since I used them I think Ive forgotten how to colour again lol. Papers are by My minds eye, ribbon and brad from stash, a little orange bulldog clip - a pack from Morrisons! and the stamp of so tweet is from imaginesce the scallop punch is stampin up.
Hop on over to Tuesday Taggers and see more Tag it with birds - we have 2 Guest Designers this week and their projects are gorgeous x
Happy Tuesday
Janet

And they were gone!

So that was the Christmas break - both sons now back at Uni. The house is tooo quiet again. Had a lovely trip out to the local craft shop yesterday - the Stampman and saw the lovely Debbie. Always a warm welcome there which we all love :0)
Then today went to embsay for a coffee with Midnight-crafter and saw the fabulous Katy from katysbloggeroo.
Today I have been finishing off some Christmas projects for 2010- but rather than bore you all to death about it I now have a Christmas 2010 blog so you only need to look at Christmas if you are really interested LOL. Its on the side bar.

Here is the card I made for my son James' birthday - Papers are by basic grey - ink adirondack archival library green and the guitar stamp from papermania. Rather apt as he plays the guitar both rock and classical and now owns 5 of them!

So off to do some preparation work for my brothers birthday gift - I wont be able to share until the 19th and i very much hope it will be worth sharing too!!!

Have a great weekend x Janet

Blog hop winners

The blog hop winners have been announced on Jills blog so pop over there to check them all out but just to let you know the winner from my blog is Charlotte who has won a choice of one of the 3 dvds Kay Carley has recently released - whoho sounds fantastic well done Charlotte. To check if you are a blog hop winner - check out The Stampmans blog here

Human kindness

Every once in a while - Im sure you agree that -you are so touched by another human being it makes you glad to be here. Well today is one of those days - a day I feel blessed.

I received this in the post today from Tina - A lady in Slovenia who follows my blog. We exchanged some stamped images a few months ago. Isnt this a gorgeous card? Beautiful card stock and the stamping and embossing is fabulous. To receive the card is enough to make me feel blessed but what she wrote inside makes me go all goose bumpy if you get what I mean.

Tina has written - In the coming year I wish for your world to stop spinning when there is no need for it to spin. That and lots of beautiful cards!

Oh Tina that is soooo beautiful - you have truely touched me with your thoughtfulness and kindness. I will treasure your card always as a symbol of how someone can be thinking of you and hoping good things for you - even when they are far away and dont really know you at all. You have lifted my heart with joy x Huge Thanks xx

I hope everyone reading this feels blessed in some way today just like me x

Janet

Tuesday Taggers - Classic Black and White

I was so pleased to see this combo come up as its one I love. I think it always looks classy! So here Ive done a craft stamper fest - a set of 3 atcs using the freebie stamps off the magazine. The middle one is this months free stamp - wow what a stunner! The right hand stamp I have used 2 stamps on- stamping the oriental flower onto parchment then using a ball tool on the back to give the whiteness and dimension. The left one I have stamped and embossed in white the same stamp as the main image. The middle atc has papermania paper on it and the end one is die cut with a view I think. Ribbon, lace and other bits and bobs from stash!

I just love the magazine and devour every detail when it pops through my door and of course Kate Crane is also running an art journalling article over 3 issues which is enticing me to start before I even get on the art journalling weekend at Art from the Heart! My gorgeous pal Georgina has bought me a blank Journal for Christmas which is begging to be started so as I have days off coming up I think I may decorate the front and backs following Kates clear tutorial!

Here is another project that jumped out at me - especially for the school bazaar at Christmas a lovely small gift for children to buy for mums, granny's etc. Of course the one in craft stamper is much more arty and is designed by the talented Joanne Wardle

but I thought staying with the black and white theme - it was simple to do and not too time consuming so my brother is on the look out for electric tealights now so i can get to work! Black paper punched with martha Stewart punch - ribbon from stash sentiment and oval punches from stampin up available here

My fabulous Team Mates have delievered the goods yet again and produced some gorgeous projects - they are really such a talented bunch! Hop on over to Tuesday Taggers and take a peek!

Hope the New year has begun well for you and you are managing to stay warm in this artic weather!

Janet x

Happy Bloggerversary to me!

Well Here I am at my first bloggerversary! It is also my middle sons birthday Happy 20th Birthday James xx
As promised I have gone through my followers and picked someone who I know has commented many times on my blog. So without further ado the The winner is

SusieJ

Well done Susie - Please contact me via my email with your snail mail address and I will post some goodies out to you x

To everyone else - Thanks for stopping by - I really appreciate your visits and comments x
Janet

New Year - New Make over

Happy 2010 to everyone who visits my blog. Hope its filled with Fun, laughter, joy and peace. It is my Bloggerversary tomorrow - the 2nd January so I will pick a candy winner from my fabulous followers x Wish I could send to you all - you leave such lovely comments and really encourage me to do more so Thank you xx
Janet