Long time no blog!

Well it really has been a long time since I blogged but hey life has been busy and currently so are our bees which were the inspiration for my guest designer spot at through the purple haze challenges.......it is the first time I have been brave enough to say yes to doing one so am a little bit anxious.  Everything on the card is just ink of varying kinds and a little mica powder and some embossing powder for the middle circle embellishment and the stamps were free from a magazine earlier this year....... I seem to like the things I make with very little far more than the ones I use loads of different elements for.

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Congratulations it's a hybrid.

Yup I have astounded myself as I am sure I will do everyone who knows me...... by using a craft cd.... is there any stopping me now. This has real life gems on as well as flowers I made from the same disc so it's a hybrid and it has gone to my favorite person I make a card for during the year...... my Justine's friend Nikki....... she always appreciates the cards I make her and keeps them all on her wall...... It was her birthday on Valentines day and she is now 22 EEK. Entered to the Through the Purple Haze challenge

The big reveal!

It really is the big reveal for me..... Through the Purple Haze Challenge for this week is use a digi...... and a die cut....... those of you who know me know that a die cut is no problem but a digi image well....... you might as well have asked me to plait fog. However with the help of Lucy Gregg and the encouragement of Erin Fairclough I have actually taken the first steps into a new technological crafting era...... Not sure what I think of it so far but my effort for the week are the ATC's below which have the flowers as the die cuts and the Alice in Wonderland images are my digi's........ I was a little concerned about posting them as I haven't learnt to watermark yet which is something I really must learn if I am to post anything I have bought digitally. The cards are now winging their way to a new home in the USA.

Lets start as soon as we mean to go on :)

I hope it is anyway....... a  12 x 12 layout of my birdtable ...... no birds in sight ...... the squirrels were there in abundance though for a good feed :) x  they are always more than happy to pose for pictures. I love having them around and they are the reason for my blog name. I am entering this for the first through the purple haze challenge of the year...... which is aptly entitled anything goes....... it certainly does where our squirrels are concerned.