Punked !

I have been playing with one of my new border punches

The butterfly was stamped onto patterned paper, handcut and then adorned with pearls and Stickles

The ribbon was a gift from my dear friend Anita, thanks hon

Next are my Steampunk ATC's for the Stampman swap this month, thanks for the cool theme ladies

The cogs are Gadget Gears by Tim Holtz, they have been die-cut, inked and coated in UTEE. Other metal doodads are from my toolbox and stash, the little white flowers are metal from a pair of ear-rings I saw in a charity shop, they were never intended for my ears ( far too Bet Lynch for my taste lol) but lovely as embellishments for crafty stuff.

The larger metal flowers are Tim Holtz and the watch parts are all from old watches kindly given to me by mum, dad and grandad

A massive thankyou to Deidre for my beautiful flowers, she brought them into the shop and they immediately made me smile, thankyou honey, they are like a little ray of sunshine.

I have been given the following award by the ever lovely Sandra, thankyou honey

 

I now need to reveal something unusual about myself and then pass this along to 8  deserving bloggers

Ok  - for the unusual part - I hate having my hair cut, whilst most women enjoy pampering sessions and having their tresses caressed and teased into lush looking styles, the whole process leaves me cold and I put it off as long as I possibly can, to me it seems a completely unnecessary expense, I would much rather buy something cute for the kids or splash out on some new crafting goodies - Tim holtz will always beat John Frieda to my cash lol

And I am passing the award along to

 Anita   

 Nicki 

Paulien

Helena

 Chanelle 

 Cheryl

 Paula

Anne

 Also my lovely friend Nicki has posted a pay-it-forward challenge on her blog, here is how it goes :

  

 Pay it forward for creative people!! --

I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment on this post. You must in turn, promise to post this and send something you made to the first 5 people who reply. It must be sent within sometime during 2011. It can be anything you have made - Card, Postcard, Atc, etc.

So if you would like something handmade from me, post a comment and the first five will receive something in the post in the next couple of weeks, I will contact you for your address.