Craft Stamping Quartet: We have an Award!!!! (posted by Lesley on behalf of the CSQ girls)

Friday, 25 February 2011

We have an Award!!!! (posted by Lesley on behalf of the CSQ girls)

Hello Everyone,

First of all I had better apologise for the lack of posts recently. I think we're all a bit bogged down with lots of things at the moment - life has a habit of getting in the way sometimes doesn't it. I know the other girls have been working hard on their journal pages recently in spite of the fact that they have been under a fair amount of pressure but I am fairly certain that I am not going to make it at all with this month's project. As well as DT commitments and the usual demands made on a Mamma, mother, daughter and not to mention wife, I am in the thick of making lots of things for our Daughter's wedding which is coming up in May and I seem to spend half my life at our Daughter's either childminding so she can sort various things out for the wedding or going with her. It's all very exciting but very time consuming as she lives over 60 miles away. Weddings were much simpler when her Dad and I got married over 38 years ago, lol! Anyway, I do hope I'll be forgiven for missing out on this particular project.

Now on to the the real reason for this post! We have been given an award by a lovely blogging friend and wonderful crafter, Lynne (Creative Lynks). How special is that! We are really pleased and honoured to get this award as Lynne herself makes beautiful creations so please pay her blog a visit and feast your eyes on some wonderful artwork. This is the award.

Now, we are supposed to tell you a few things about ourselves but hope you will forgive us if we pass on that one and we are also supposed to choose five blogs to pass the award onto. I always find it impossible to choose from all the wonderful blogs I visit regularly so to all who visit us please feel free to accept this award as a thank you from us for your kind support. Your visits and any comments you make mean such a lot to us and are very much appreciated.

That's it for now friends but keep your eyes peeled as I think my buddies will have something to post for you soon and many thanks to Lynne for the award.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Congratulations on your well deserved award!!!!

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Jill
x; 25 February 2011 at 11:48
Miranda said...: Hi Lesley,finally become a follower of this blog, it's never too late he, LOL, warm greetz, Miranda; 25 February 2011 at 21:12
Marita Soutar said...: Congratulations on your award! I always foloow your blog with avid interest as the standard of your work is amazing! Keep up the good work.; 3 March 2011 at 19:02

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Welcome to Our New Blog!

Elaine, Jo, Judith and Lesley are four crafters spread across the country, united in their love of crafting. They met over the Internet through the Graphicus Guild, a group set up for crafters by Glenda Waterworth owner of Graphicus and manufacturer of Elusive Images rubber stamps. After some discussion, they decided that they would like to 'craft together' in spite of the distance between them. To accomplish this ambition, they decided to choose one project each month from Craft Stamper magazine, and allow themselves the following calendar month to complete the project. Each person would take it in turn to choose a project. The four participants would then post 'sneaky peeks', progress reports and mini tutorials throughout the month. At the end of the month, they would then post their projects, hopefully producing four very different finished items.

Elaine

Elaine lives in the rural South of England, in a small house with a huge, wild garden and many of her craft projects are inspired by the natural world. She has been crafting for several years, mainly making cards and some mixed media projects with a strong focus on using rubber stamps. She now also enjoys making book based projects and is just starting to dabble in art journals. Elaine is a bit of a perfectionist, with many of her projects never seeing the light of day, but she is working on being more relaxed about her artistic endeavours!!!Elaine has a serious craft stash addiction and treasures the precious times when she can meet up with her distant crafty friends.

Jo lives in the East Midlands. She loved papercrafting as a child, but only rediscovered it as an adult in her work with children, and then again when she had children of her own. She'd promised herself that one day she would try some grown up 'cutting and sticking'. So when her work pattern changed in 2006, it seemed an ideal time to find a new hobby. She started a major collage project, (still unfinished of course), and then got sidetracked into playing with polymer clay. This in turn led to her watching rubber stamping demonstrations on television, and stamping has been her passion since that time.
She loves to travel to craft shows around the country and still hasn't lost the sense of wonder at what can be achieved with ink and paper. At one time she may have gone home from her job in child care with messy hands, now she is as likely to arrive with them looking that way!

Judith

Judith lives in a Norfolk village with her husband and son, while her daughter is at University. She keeps chickens. She has always been a crafter in one form or another, knitting, sewing, etc, being taught by her Mum growing up, and finding inspiration from others as an adult. She has been making cards for about eight or nine years, and runs a small card making class from home. In the last year, she has discovered mixed media, and her focus has moved very much towards dimension, layering and texture. Rubber stamping is her passion and she is a serious stamp collector! She also makes jewellery which allows her to indulge in a love of all things shiny. She enjoys blog hopping, and keeping in touch with her crafty friends.

Lesley

Lesley lives in Nottinghamshire and has always crafted in one way or another from about the age of 7. At one time she took a City and Guilds Fashion and Design course (just for the fun of it), which involved quite a bit of Art in different forms, as well as designing and making garments.
She discovered cardmaking about three and a half years ago, and after seeing Glenda Waterworth, the owner of Graphicus and Elusive Images on a craft TV channel about a year later, became hopelessly addicted to rubber stamping. A closer association with Glenda and her company in the form of workshops and open days over the past couple of years, has led to a growing obsession with different media that can be used in conjunction with rubber stamps.

Lesley is thoroughly excited to be a member of this little group of friends whose enthusiasm is so infectious. She is also very grateful to be around in this age of technology that enables a group such as this to come together with such ease to share ideas and give each other support and encouragement.

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Friday, 25 February 2011

We have an Award!!!! (posted by Lesley on behalf of the CSQ girls)

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