Look!

I just clicked on the Pollycraft challenge blog to find out what this weeks challenge is when I saw that my card is one of the top 3 from last weeks challenge! woohoooo!
It's such a rush to see that your card is liked and chosen, so i'm delighted!
Thank you to Paula and her talented team xx

This weeks Pollycraft challenge is 'Recycle'

Thank you Karen xx

Thank you to Karen for passing on this lovely award to me, The Love Blog Award...

I'm really touched by this, especially as there are so many deserving people who have wonderful blogs, full of stories and inspiration.

There are a couple of conditions to the award...

Create a post where you add the LOVE BLOG AWARD. (check!)

Choose 3-5 favourite blogs which you also link to in your blog and then each blogger will let you know they have been tagged. (check! see below)

The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light, so I would ask you not to blog to fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers.

It's hard to choose just 5 bloggers , because so many deserve this award.
I've decided to pass on this award to...

Jilli  makes scrummy cards, and always matches the perfect image to its equally perfect sentiment. This talented lady makes her own confectionery too, (her turkish delight is totally yummy!) she even hand makes the gift boxes for them too!

Jeanette  such a talented cardmaker, Jeanette knows how to lay out her cards, i'm in awe of her colouring skills, and whenever I look at her work it makes me say "WOW!"

Terry  is one of the happiest and upbeat people I have the pleasure of knowing, she is a busy working wife and mother, but always finds time to sit and craft with fabulous results

Mrs A  Extremely talented lady, who can make just about anything, she must have a love affair with her sewing machine because everything she makes is perfect.

Faye,  Mrs A's daughter, affectionately named 'Fluff', who has one of the friendliest, funniest! and always inspiring blogs that I know of, if you haven't visited her yet then I urge you to, you'll definately go back for more tales from Faye's World ;)


Ladies... thanks for the sharing your wonderful blogs with the world!

Over the Top!

With thanks to my new friend & fellow DT member Terry for passing this onto me,

I enjoyed reading her answers too.... boobtoob!! LOL! :D

The only thing I have to do is to answer some questions and pass on this award to 5 lovely people......

1: Where is your cell phone? here, next to me & the pc
2: Your hair? is on my head, (oh you mean colour?... it's dark brown with added (unwanted) grey ones!!)
3: Your mother? is named Mom and lives with Dad
4: Your father? is named Dad and lives with Mom ;)
5: Your favorite food? Hmmmm, difficult one, I like many different foods, but I do love anything with veg or pasta in it
6: Your dream last night? about my daughter, Emma
7: Your favorite drink? Diet Pepsi
8: Your dream/goal? to have a dream that will come true one day
9: What room are you in? dining room
10: Your hobby? cardmaking
11: Your fear? fast or buzzing insects
12: Where do you want to be 6 years? in a truly happy place
13: Where were you last night? right here
14: Something that you aren't? making my SS card because of a cut finger
15: Muffins? yes please! i'll bring the coffee :)
16: Wishlist item? more money to buy more craft stash!! ;)
17: Where did you grow up? Dudley, West Midlands, UK
18: Last thing you did? this questionaire ;)
19: What are you wearing? clothes! (they lock people up for asking things like that you know)
20: Your tv? is switched off at the moment
21: Your pets? a chocolate tortoiseshell cat named Tickle
22: Best friend? my husband
23: Your life? is ok, could be better
24: Your mood? good
25: Missing someone? yes
26: Vehicle? I don't drive
27: Something you are not wearing? I've told you about asking questions like that before haven't I? LOL!
28: Your favorite store? a craft store (I bet every crafter says the same lol)
29: Your favorite color? green
30: When was the last time you laughed? when I read about Terry's Boobtoob!! LOL!
31: Last time you cried? yesterday
32: Your best friend? still my husband, I promise I didn't lie first time I answered.
33: One place that I go to over and over ? my parents house
34: Facebook? No
35: Favorite place to eat? Home




Phew! a lot of questions!
Ok, I'd like to pass this onto some lovely friends from Auntys...

Julie
Fi
Jan
Karen
Sian

Circle of Friends award

Special thanks to my friend Sian for this award.


THE RULES

1. Make reference to the award and publish it on your blog
2. Share 5 things you like to do
3. Share with 10 blogs..or as many as you wish to!
4. Notify those you choose.


Here are 5 things I like to do...

1. keeping my little boy happy and healthy
2. designing blog backgrounds, making logos etc on Paintshop Pro
3. cardmaking, giftmaking, jewellery making - generally being creative
4. chatting to my friends and family for support, advice and laughs
5. finding/buying a bargain! ;)


The friends that I'm passing this award onto are...

**Gill** **Jeanette** **Ria** **Sandra**
**Tracie** **Coco** **Debbie** **Mandy**
**Emma** **Karen**

Thank you!

Isn't this such a lovely, special award?

Huge thanks go to my lovely freinds Tracie and Debbie, who have both passed this onto me (Thanks Girls! I'm honoured that you thought of me. xx)

Here's what the award means...

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind blogger's 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! Deliver this award to eight blogger's who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

Isn't that a lovely sentiment?

I would like to pass this onto all of you, because you find the time to stop by to leave a comment, I thank each and every one of you, because I know I'm a big let down in that respect, I never have as much time anymore, yet you all FIND the time so are much more worthy than me for this award.

So I know this is a bit of a cop-out, but I think you all deserve this award, blogging has made so many friends for all of us, and we all give our friendhip freely and expect nothing in return. So please award this to yourselves if you haven't already received it........ because you're worth it!! ;)

Thank you Kerry!

Many thanks to Kerry for passing this fantastic award onto me :)



I'm thrilled to bits! what a lovely, kind and thoughtful gesture. Thanks hunni! xx

Happy Autumn Award

I love autumn, it's my favourite season, full of gorgeous browns, reds and gold colours everywhere. The air feels crisp and clean and fresh.
So to receive this award not once, but twice is fantastic!
My friends Tracie and Pauline have both passed this award onto me - Thanks ladies! Happy Autumn to you both! xx
I now have to pass this onto 6 more people...

Sue
Emma
Gill
Marlene
Bev
Linda

Happy Autumn Ladies! and Happy Autumn/Fall to the whole of blogland! xx

Tracie has given me TWO awards!

and 2 fabulous awards they are too! Thank you so much Tracie, you're so kind and i'm honoured that you thought of me even though I feel that I don't truly deserve them, I have been really busy lately and I haven't had much time to post, to blog-hop and leave comments and not even had much time to craft! - so thank you for thinking of me xx

Thank you Mariska, and congratulations!!

My new friend and fellow DT member Mariska has awarded me and the rest of the DT this wonderful award. Thank you so much hunni, I'm thrilled to bits! and honoured that you think i'm worthy of this award (((hugs)))

Rules for the JAVABLU AWARD:
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4.Before listing the nominees give a brief reason why you chose them
5. Put links of those blogs on yours.
6. Leave a message on the blogs you have nominated.

This is gonna sound like a cop-out, but I too would have chosen my fellow DT members, after all that is why they were chosen in the first place, they are all so talented, full of creativity, friendly, and I'd like to thank them all for giving me and countless others so much inspiration.
so girls, please also accept this award from me too xx


now for the Congratulations!

Mariska is celebrating 1000 blog hits in just a month! wooohooo! wtg!!
thats quite an achievment, but not hard to see why people stop by her blog, her work is awesome!
To say thank you to the many visitors to her blog she is giving away 2 wonderful stamps,
I'm not going to say too much more on here, as I want you all to go see her blog for yourselves to find out what you have to do to win ;)
Good luck everyone! xx

Wylde Women Award!

Isn't it a work of art in itself? This has been awarded to me by the very talented Tracie. Thanks so much hunni for thinking of me and honouring me with this award xx



Here are the rules for this Wylde Women Award :



1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.
2. Link back to this blogsite (http://www.tammyvitale.com/) so Tammy can go visit all these wonderful women and remember the Purpose of the Award is to send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.



I'd like to pass on this award to everyone who reads, passes through and comments on my blog, You all deserve this award, you inspire me, support me and generally make blogland a wonderful place to be.



On a more personal note, i'd like to pass on this award to Carolann, this lady has had to cope with so much lately, including the loss of her dear Mom, yet she always finds the time to go blog hopping, commenting on everyone's work, taking part in challenges and generally being a wonderful woman and a great friend. Her strength is amazing and I admire her a great deal.
Also to Inspirational, thanks to Julie and the rest of the inspirational team, we get to see amazing works of art from all over blogland.
And also to Sue, her creations are always outstanding, her blog is a fab read and she often pops over to see what i've been upto, when i'm ashamed to say that I don't often have the time to go catch up with what Sue has been upto (sorry Sue, but I do appreciate your visits here).

There are so many more of you that i'd be happy to pass this onto, but if I did there'd be nobody left for them to pass it on to! lol.

Blog award!

Woohooooo! I've received this award from my new friend Pauline, she has only been blogging since last Thursday and has already received this award herself! wtg Pauline! *claps*

and it's not hard to see why when you look at her beautiful cards, they are lovely!

I have also received this award from Jane, a fellow auntys forum member and lovely friend,

she never fails to support all of us and makes the most wonderful creations herself

Thank you ladies! xx

The rules for this award:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

i'm going to cheat (sorry) and give this award to each and every one of you, i've made lots of lovely new friends since blogging and it would be hard to choose just 7 of you anyway.

So please feel free to add the logo to your blog if you wish, and say Jo awarded it to you ;)

Arte Y Pico award...

WOW! I can't believe that I have been given this award, by THREE lovely people, especially as I haven't had that much time to blog hop lately.
Kerry, Tracy and Tracie have chosen me to receive this fab award, Thank you so much ladies! xx

The Arte Y Pico Award is given to those who share their art and creativity and for making their contribution to the blogging world.


There are 5 rules attached to this and they are -
1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes 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/her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.
4. Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte Y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules.



So now I pass this on to 5 people for their creativity and inspiration...

firstly, I just have to choose Rosie... she is the first person that came to mind when thinking of creativity, design and interesting material, she constantly blogs her art work even though she is one of the busiest people I know.
I also want to send this award to Sally, if it not for her creative designs there would never have been Bootiful Stampz.
Karen, for making gorgeous cards and magnificent cakes!
Little Cotton Rabbits, I've only recently found this blog and absolutely love the little toys and stamps that have been made by this very talented lady.
I'd also like to nominate this award to all of you that visit my blog, I really appreciate your comments and although I don't have the time to visit you all and leave comments as i'd like to, I'd like you all to know that I often get inspired and amazed at your lovely creations.

Thank you Jane

WOW! another award!, thank you to my lovely friend Jane who has given me this award.
I know Jane through Auntys Forum, although we've never met, we have been online buddies for about 2 years now. In fact there is a strong friendship between all of us on this fantastic site, theres always someone to share a laugh with, to get help from, to support each other, even to cry with if you need to.
Thank you for this award Jane and thank you for being my friend xx

And I dedicate this award to ALL of Auntys members ;)
It was my birthday on Saturday and I received the most beautiful birthday cards and gifts. Thank you all xx

Wow! I've been given TWO awards!

How lucky am I?
I have been given this award by Inspired Crafter, who have featured my pirate charm on their blog! woohoo!
I'd like to say a big THANK YOU and say I'm honoured that you liked my charm.





Also, My friend Sian has given me this fab award. Thank you Sian, You've made my day too! xx



Now I choose 5 other people to give this award to....

Julie - just love her style!
Rosie - has the ability to make awesome work from almost anything!
Jan - makes spectacular cards using different techniques
Kerry - makes the prettiest cards and is so supportive of others work
Sarah - when I saw Sarah's fab skinnys I knew that I must give these a try myself, watch this space!


Here's what you have to do:

1) Write a post with links to 5 blogs you find of interest and that inspire you.
2) Acknowledge the post of the award giver.
3) Display the logo 'You make my day'.
4) Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news.