Pretty in Pink and a Random Comment Giveaway!

I know ... I know ... I am not going mad ... this IS my project from Monday for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Red Letter Day Challenge ... but bear with me ... there is a method in my madness! Well ...
I get about a gazillion requests to try products and write a review on my blog ... seriously ... they come in thick and fast and quite often I send a standard Thanks but No Thanks response because I either don't have the time or the product is some techy computer programme that I have no hope of ever installing let alone using!!!!
Anyways ... aaaaaaaaages ago ... I gets an email from Scott ... a lovely chap ... very efficient ... he is the Marketing man at 3M. Anyways ... he asks me to write a review on the totally unbelieveably LOW priced PINK ... oh yes people ... PINK ATG package that his place are doing a deal on until 14th February! Now ... I thought about this one for all of two seconds ... especially when he offered to send me one and said yes! Obviously a pre-requisite is that I can be totally honest ... would n't dream of telling you guys it was a bargain at £9.99 and fabulous to boot ... if it ... erm ... was n't!

Now ... I have a yellow ATG ... LOVE it ... but sadly ... it is ... erm ... yellow! So when I gets the pink one ... I am immediately head over heals in love and expecting the same results ... you know  like ...erm ... making all my craft sticking easier ... perfick for cards and mini books and any manner of things ... easy to use with a trigger that controls the really smooth application of super sticky double sided tape ... no lumps or bumps because the bond is clean and very neat ... a short time to reposition if neccesary ...
And that is exactly what it delivered ... but the most important thing is ... it's PINK and not yellow ... Did I mention that already???
In the kit you get 1 tape glider in erm ... PINK and 2 rolls of Acid Free/Photo safe 1/4 inch tape and all for the bargain price of £9.99 ... just click here and be magically transported.

It's a big fat thumbs up from me ... if I had five stars I would give them to Scott ... and his PINK gun package ... but sadly I don't ... and why did I show that mini book again ... well guess what I used to stick all my paper and card down with ... seriously ... guess ... I will pick a random comment at 8pm on Friday and the winner will get a new set of Tim Holtz mounted Travel Labels Stamps ... you know Tim ... the man that walked across the Atlantic Ocean to help the GB Gymnastics team to qualify for their own Olympics while performing heart surgery on a butterfly with just a dot of Wild Plum Alcohol Ink and a 1" square of Cut 'n'Dry foam.
I must away ... I have stuff to ... erm  ... stick ... don't forget to check out Scott's deal ... What's to lose?
Laters!

In My Pocket ...

... There is Art! The pocket challenge is back this week and this is my take on it!

If you have never had a go at this challenge ... you really should! No really! You should!

It is good to work on a different shape and apart from the shape there are no other rules so it is quite liberating! The theme is set each Wednesday on Hels' blog ... I just know you will enjoy it!

Summer has truly been and gone then ... we have outbursts of torrential rain in Cambridge. Actually I am prone to a bit of exaggeration ... torrential may be a bit strong but when you are on holiday planning to do lots of outsidey things ... well that is what it feels like! So no seaside for me today and no Craft Stamper yet either ... but that is a whole 'nother story!

I do have some news. I have joined a challenge design team ... which is rather exciting! The challenges can be found here and are set the first Friday of every month ... so tomorrow is the day! Wish me luck and be gentle with me ... tis my first time!

In my pocket ....

... there is n't a stamp in sight! Most unusual for me - you all know how addicted I am to wood and rubber!

The theme on the In my pocket challenge this Wednesday was birds. I did n't set out not to use a stamp but I had these lovely owl rub-ons from one of my very neglected Scrapagogo kits and decided to put them to good use.

I was n't right outside my comfort zone .... I managed to cover the pocket in my favourite paper first :0)

I should have been walking 6 miles for charity tonight, sadly my feet have n't healed properly from the last 10 mile walk, so I had to pull out at the last minute. I feel really bad about that and I know my friend Frances pops in here from time to time! I just wanted her to know that I was thinking about her ..... right about now ..... and I hope it all goes well.

Coining it in!

The theme this week on Hel's pocket challenge is coining it in!

I have gone for Euros and a lot of copper too :0) Pardon the pun!

I love making these pockets. I don't know what it is about them that make the end result so tactile. I am going to have to scour the craft shops and sites for different ways of closing them though - what a chore :0)

In my pocket ....

... there are buttons!

Another fab challenge from my mate Hels!

I read the instructions on her blog to make the pocket .... I thought I can rustle one of those up in no time!

Do you know I had such fun that I have been at it for ages!

Yup those cute little flowers and that cute little pot were buttons .... I have the shank lodged in my eye to prove it! I am lethal with button backs and pliers!

As for the outside of my pocket - it looks like this! I rounded the corners on mine - I think that is in the rules!

So if you feel like doing something a bit different - check out this blog!