Steampunkery Layering... PLUS Candy Winner!!!

....cor blimey and thrice! It is a week since I had my 5th Bloggy birthday and I have a winner of the candy I had up for grabs. More of that in a mo though (tee hee) I have had lots of fun playing with my Snazzy DT package for August - those Choc Baroque Steampunk stamps have been well used... and today is my final offering, a card! I have made four different things using the stamps, I wanted to show how cool stamping is, no matter the size of the stamp. HERE is Snazzy's blog and HERE is a linky to the shop, you know, in case you fancied a little treat. Ah yes, a sneak peek of my card too....



And... when I had collected together the four projects I have done, I thought to myself how different each one was. I mean, who can forget the over-excitement that meant I blogged a week early with my Steampunk Loco... tis a good job that the lovely guys at Snazzy's realise how daft I can be lol And the first piece that was the shadow box. So, I have two altered-y kind of things, a painty/spray kind of thingy and then a card. Here they all are....




Ok, so enough keeping you all in suspenders... time for the winner of the blog candy to be announced. So, I had 102 lovely comments - thanks everyone for your lovely kind words. There were a few double-ups where the same comment was posted twice (or three times in one case!) So I got rid of those so it was fair for everyone.... fed the numbers into Mr.Random.org and he chose... NUMBER 70 which tallies with a comment left by Patricia Howarth. Congrats Patricia, please can you email me with your address so I can pop the candy into the post for you :O))


Well, I promised yesterday that I would have pics of our day out to the seaside. It was a toss-up between Skeggy and Sarfend (said in my best Essex accent) Southend won because the weather forecast was better. We let the train take the strain and of course, there has to be an obligatory shot of a train station - here is the St Pancras Hotel, which fronts St Pancras International, in all her glory - isn't she a beaut? And yes, the sky really was that colour - they call it London Blue - very apt, being as this is London :O))




And then, naturally, a pic of Grim on a train - I have hundreds of pics like this... I am useless with a camera as you know so I was rather chuffed that this one turned out nice.


I had my donut (ok, I had two and a half - couldn't manage three whole ones, the holes in them were just too big for me *snort*) And, it is customary to NOT lick lips when eating said sugar encrusted donuts... hence me looking ever so slightly deranged.. I even have sugar on my shoulder and you don't want to know about the cascade that hit the bedroom floor when I took me bra off when we got home rofl I know you won't tell anyone, I can trust you with that right?



Here is Southend Pier... the longest pier in the world - or something like that... I was utterly distracted by the train... and yes, here it is ... and yes, we went on it lol **well, we had to, because I started to moan and whinge after about three paces down the pier, my feet were aching, my back was aching and it was hot!** We were very lucky with the weather - it was lovely and warm and I am now sporting a red shoulder... sunburn... in September, well I never!



I did manage to do a smidge of shopping in Southend too... never one to miss an opportunity and all that. Well, I managed to get a fabby pair of shoes... and because they were the only ones left, I got a discount too! Result!



Right then, I shall away... can you hear that noise? That is my bed, it is calling my name... and I am longing to fall right into it and snuggle my lovely duvet up around my neck and slide off to the Land of Nod. I may be some time - all that sea air has me fair pooped! Thanks for looking... as ever, thank you for your continued support, means loads to me. TTFN

Hels x