I've been awarded

One of my newest blogging friends has just honoured me with an award..... the Spreader of Love. The rules are you must post the award on your blog, name your bestower, then bestow the award upon 6 other bloggers and leave a message on their blog that they've received the award. So thank you Julz (from Meanderings by Julz ) for honouring me with this award. It is now my privilege to pass it on to some other wonderful bloggers so that they too can spread the love: Annette Husband - Annette in Oz - an amazingly talented Aussie who is so sharing with her knowledge Robyn Kirkman - My Inspirational Journey - for being such a great student (who enthusiastically puts into practice everything she learns in my classes) Zeb Loray for her incredible artistic talent which she shares so generously through AM Stamps Yahoo group and also her blog Roz Veevers for her tireless efforts in spreading friendship in the stamping world Bec Lennox - Wild and Precious Art - Bec's enthusia......

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Star of Wonder

Today's eye candy comes from the latest issue of For Keeps Creative Paper who were good enough to publish my Star of Wonder card set. These cards feature scrapbook paper from Karen Foster Designs, wooden stars from Kaisercraft, metal shim and my absolute favourite painting medium, Lumiere . You can see the full version of the cards in Issue 72. Want a FREE subscription to this magazine? For a limited time, Creative Living Media is offering a 6 month digital subscription to Creative Paper (or any of their other magazines) just for signing up to receive their newsletter. Now you won't get a better bargain than that!...

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Shiny chain links

I seem to have a growing collection of fancy chains... I don't know how that happened, but every time I see a length of shiny chain that is out of the ordinary, it goes into my shopping basket. I'm like a magpie collecting shiny things! I'm so attracted to those lovely links: squares, rectangles, marquis shapes, ovals and twisted circles. Have you seen them? Aren't they just gorgeous? I first spotted them earlier in the year when I was in the US and of course that lovely shiny length of twisted silver links went straight into my shopping basket. I was so excited to bring it home and I prized that length of chain, only using it on special pieces. I was definitely miserly with it, worried that if I used it all up I wouldn't be able to get any more. Well I no longer have to worry because they're now available in Australia too. Now every time I see a rack of lovely shiny chain links in fancy shapes, I'm immediately drawn to it - I'm a magpie, remember! And w......

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