Well I haven't got round to posting any cards this week, the garden is taking over at the moment, and as it's another beautiful day here, I'll be out there digging and planting again.
But.. I have received two lovely awards and thought I'd make a quick post about them..

The first one is the Inspiration Award from the lovely Vikki, thank you so much Vikki, I really appreciate it. If you haven't visited Vikki yet why not pop along and see her fab blog and while you are there maybe you would want to join in her blog candy.

"The Inspirational Award" you can nominate as many blogs as you would like to receive it, put the award on your blog and leave a comment,.. BUT, this is the twist, you have to tell a fact about yourself that no other bloggers know and put it on your blog,
....well I don't think I've told you this before but I am a hoarder of memories.., I keep everything, to name but a few..I've got theater, film and concert programs with the tickets and some from clubs/disco's..going back years & years,.. beer mats, book matches, & serviettes from all the places we've visited, I keep all close family cards that I receive, so I have boxes and boxes of them. My Mum started me off on this., so I've even got some of my first Birthday cards, and of course I keep all the handmade cards I receive, I also keep drawings, letters and poems from my hubby and family, and I've still got all our old records..45's , LP's and some 75's .. just to name but a few of the memories I keep.....
and as there is no limit to the amount of people you can pass it onto I'll only name a few
Nicola...Nicola's Creations
Debs..Debs Bat Cave
Lisa...Lisa's Stampin Weblog

and I'm also giving it to everyone who reads this and would like to take it, as I think you all deserve it...I would pass it on personally but the sun and garden all calling.
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The 2nd award is the Lemonade Stand award. From my lovely blogging buddy Lisa..It’s an award for bloggers that show great attitude and gratitude, Lisa certainly fits the bill perfectly.Thank you so much Lisa, I so appreciate you thinking of me for this ....please go and have a look at Lisa's lovely blog and while you are there why not enter for her gorgeous Candy.

Decisions, I am so bad at making them...but I'm passing this onto
Vikki....Vikki's Albums
Bea.. My Little Piece of Heaven
Sylvia...Craftycuttlebug
Liz..Lace Ribbons Buttons & Bows
Shell..Shells cards and things
as I don't think they have received it yet..and who all have beautiful blogs, with great attitude as well as gratitude.

The rules for this award are:make a post about it....cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog, nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude..link to your nominees within your blog post....comment on their blogs to let them know they received the award...link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation

Now I've just got to pop along and let you lovely ladies know you've got them.
Have a great weekend, I'll be back with a card soon.

I'm so chuffed, thanks Bea for the Gift of Love Award

Look what the lovely Bea, from My Little Piece of Heaven has given me "The Gift of Love Award". Thank you so much Bea, I really appreciate you passing this on to me, well I'd really like to pass it onto everyone who pops onto my blog, but it seems like I've got to choose 5 people, so very difficult, and as the oven buzzers going, which mean dinner is ready (I know we eat late), I'll have a think and come back to it another time. Meanwhile if you haven't visited Bea yet , please pop along to her blog and take a look at her gorgeous cards.

I'll be back...

Well I'm back......I find this so hard picking blogs to pass awards on to as I love all the blogs I visit, I don't think the blogs I've picked have received this one yet, so I'm passing the Gift of Love Award onto

Joanne

Louise Emma

Myra

Joanie

Kirsten

Sent with love from me to you..

Thanks for the lovely award Liz

Liz who has two lovely blogs gave me this award, thanks a million Liz, I really appreciate it. Please go and check out her blogs, the first one is for an ATC swap. Liz runs the Drayton Lady ATC swaps on the Trimcrafts forum, and has set up this blog to showcase them, maybe sometime I'll get round to making some ATC's, when I do, I know I'll find lots of inspiration here . Liz's other blog is for her card making and ATC's why not pop along and have a look here to see all her lovely creations.

Well as usual this award has got rules, here they are copied from Liz's blog.
You have to give it to a new blog that you have recently come across.
Let them know they have an award, then they must mention your blog when accepting the award .
Now here's the hard bit....you must pass it onto 15 other new blogs that you have just recently come across.
......Well this is going to take me a bit of time, but it's going to be fun finding all those lovely blogs..I'll post the new blogs here as I come across them and pass on the award,.. if I give you the award I'd love you to leave a comment to let me know you have accepted it.... they will be in no particular order, ...so I'd better get a move on and start looking...

Here goes....

I've have found a truly beautiful blog, if anyone reads this then you should really go and check out Anias' Blog, Poddasze her work is absolutely stunning and very different, it's all in Polish but who cares the photo's say enough, I just hope she can understand that I've passed the award to her.

No 2... I've found another lovely blog, fab cards and very entertaining , you've probably already found this one but it's new to me, why not go and have a look at Stefs, Glitterbabe Greetings, you won't be dissapointed.

Been Busy.. and thanks ladies

Haven't had much time to keep up with blogging lately, I need to catch up on all the lovely blogs I follow and post some new cards, which hopefully I'll be able to do over the weekend.
Can you imagine my surprise to find that I've been given two lovely awards.

Lisa from the Ruberstampinzone, sent me this award, isn't it pretty. Thank you Lisa, I really appreciate it, go and check out Lisa's blog, I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I do.

Anyway this is hard but I'm going to pass it on to

Louise Emma The Lou-natic Asylum

Shell Shells Cards & Things

Joanne Crafting Joanne

and to Everyone else that takes the time to visit my blog, bloggers and non bloggers, please take it, it's for you too.

Well the award says it all....really.. Thank you all..

The Uber award was given to me by Louise Emma, thanks Lou,
Now I've got to pass this on....it states that

Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award is a blog award given to sites who:~ inspire you~ make you smile and laugh~ or maybe gives amazing information~ a great read~ has an amazing design~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:
Copy the badge and put the logo on your blog sidebar or post.
Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing!
Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.
Come back and comment here so that your link could be added to the masterlist of awardees.

Well I'd like to give this to all the blogs I follow, how can I choose just 5.... very difficult..I know that some of the blogs I'd pass it onto have it already, so I'll try not to double up this time....anyway here goes....
I'm passing it onto
Joanne Crafting Joanne
Nicola Nicola's Creations
Joanie Joanies Corner
Karen KJ's Sumer Wine Corner
Carol Paperplay
All these ladies blogs fit the criteria perfectly & I love visiting them, so why not pop along and checkout how... Amazingly Uber... they are.....

Wow, I got another 2 awards, from my Blogging buddies.

Shell passed this one back to me thanks Shell, you have got to go and look at Shell's Cards & Things.. her latest card is just beautiful, it's her first attempt at parchment craft, and it looks like she has been doing it for years. I love visiting her blog for both inspiration and to see what else she has been getting up to.

As I've already given this award to my best commenter's, I'll delay passing it on, you never know someone might just get it in the future.

Joanne, has given me this lovely award, thanks for thinking of me Joanne. You really should take a bit of time to go and look at her creations, I never miss checking out Crafting Joanne she always has something new and inspiring to see and her blog certainly makes my heart smile.

Sorry Joanne, you're getting it back.... also I'm giving it to

Shell, Louise Emma & Val as I love everything they do and always have to pop along to see what they have been up to.

Peejay for her beautiful flowers, her cards & her tutorials they are not to be missed.

Joanie not only for her lovely cards, but Joanie also shares some of the beautiful sheets she makes and gives us great PSP tutorials.

Joolse I've only just discovered Joolse blog , if you've got a Robo then you should go check it out, she shares her designs, has great tutorials, and has some super cards

Jak, Karen & Bev.. well what can I say.. except how can they not be in my top 10, if you have never visited their blogs you don't know what your missing, everything they do is just so stunning.

The rules:

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3. Nominate 10 blogs.

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees.

OK I've done 1-4 just off to complete number 5.

I got an award

My blogging buddy Louise Emma, has given me a Best Blog Comments Award, thanks Lou. I never thought when I started blogging that I would enjoy visiting all the blogs as much as I do. I wasn't sure about leaving comments on peoples blogs, as I didn't know them, now I know better... and I try to find time to leave a comment as often as I can. Now I've got to pass this on to 5 other people, well this is a bit difficult for me as I don't have many who leave me comments regularly,

So I would like to pass it to

Joanne

Shell

Val

Back to Louise

And I don't think Myra x has a blog but I would like to give it to her anyway.

Thank you Ladies for taking the time to comment, they are really appreciated.

Who's a lucky blogger then

Me, I've received 2 lovely awards

This one from my blogging friend Val, thank you Val. Please go and look at her blog Valscraftroom she makes wonderful cards and always has something new on there.

This award states:

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbon of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.I would like to pass this onto the following people for their friendship and Inspiration.I would like to pass this award to...

I think it's amazing the friendship crafting and blogging create. I class all my fellow bloggers as my friends, even though we have never met. I know most of my blogging friends have probably received this award, so as I class everyone who takes the time to visit my blog a friend, please help yourself to this award.

This one Shell gave me, Thank you Shell. Go and have a look at her blog Shells Cards & Things, here you will find her lovely cards but she will also keep you amused with some great photos and a little look into her life.

I'm going to pass this onto Solent Annie, as she has just started her blog and already has loads of lovely cards on there so check it out.

Wow.. I got 2 awards in a week

A BIG THANK YOU...to Joanne and Val,

who both sent me a Proximity award... they are really appreciated.... especially as they came from two very talented ladies. If you haven't visited their blogs yet, why not spend a few minutes and go and have a peek at some of their lovely work, just click on their names above and you will be taken to their blogs.

This award states that:

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

The award also states that I have to award it to 8 more blogs,

Now being a bit behind at the moment, I know most of the blogs I visit probably have this award already, and no doubt I'll be doubling up the awards to some of them.... so I'll have to put my thinking cap on and will let you know who I come up with....

Oooo... I've got an Arte Y Pico Award

Liz has kindly given me an Arte Y Pico Award, my very first award, thank you Liz, I really appreciate it.

Now I have to send this to five other bloggers who I think deserve an award, and hopefully they haven't received it before.

so here goes ummm........

OK, Here's who I've decided to send it to

Joanie ..PeeJay.. Nettie.. Carol.. Karen

Just found out about the award and rules from PeeJay......

The "Arte Y Pico" (Art & More) is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogger world.

The rules

1. You pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of the Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules