Giveaway reminder - and late for ....

.... my brother's birthday again, but this time, it wasn't my fault!

He was to come to us for birthday dinner on Sunday.  I scrambled around all day - went to the supermarket in the morning, came home, baked a cake, started on his card, prepped dinner and put it in the oven, back upstairs to finish the card - then the phone rang.  He was still at home and the wipers weren't working on his car.  The weather was too changeable to risk a journey sans wipers, so he had to stay home.  So, I finished the card the next day and posted it, and ate the cake!!  Here's the card (I didn't take a picture of the cake, too busy eating it!):

I used the sketch from this week's Deconstructed Sketches and I'm also entering this into the following challenges: Created with Love and ABC Challenges ("Lots of Layers"), City Crafter ("Birthday Banners"), Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and Brown Sugar ("Anything Goes").

Here's a side-shot of all the circle layers and the strip banner on the card.

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey "Granola"

Other: Hairy String

Thanks for looking - and don't forget my giveaway - HERE is the link to the post.

Three ....

.... hundred posts exactly.  That took a while, didn't it?!!

Details of my giveaway are further down this post, but first I wanted to show the fruits of a recent workshop.  Mixed-media artist and Prima designer, Anna Dabrowska, who blogs under the name Finnabair, moved to Ireland last year - and she's done a few workshops here since then.  Friends of mine had gone to one and raved about it, so I eagerly booked a place at an all-day workshop a few weeks ago.  I had an absolutely fab day - Anna encourages everyone to go really freeform and get mucky and painty.  I had to shatter a few of my usual habits - like measuring and planning - and just go crazy with the paints and the mists and the embellishments.  Here is the layout I made in the morning session (it didn't photograph so well, though):

And here's the altered canvas from the afternoon:

I loved these classes - if you ever get a chance to take one of Anna's workshops - go for it!!

Now to the giveaway - I've put together a pink and girlie set of bits and pieces - paper, stamps, baker's twine, embellishments.  Here's what I'm giving away to one lucky blogger:

To enter, please follow my blog (if you're not already a follower), put the pic of the giveaway in your sidebar, link it to here, and add your name to the linky.  I'll draw a random winner this day fortnight, Tue 10th June, and will post anywhere in the world.

Good luck!