Its been a while...

So I'm guessing you thought I'd lost this blog or that I'd given up so soon after my first wind - well maybe I did a little, maybe I thought that the bits I was doing were not really the sort of thing people would like to see, things of little interest to others.  As a member of a team on UKS I do layouts every week for the challenges which are set, some I absolutely love, some I just do not seem to be able to get to grips with and although the challenge is completed there is often very little I like about the page.  I have been a bit out of sorts over the last couple of weeks too which probably has not helped my mojo.  Suddenly becoming the mother of a 21 year old son makes you feel quite old - older, funnily enough, than I felt when I turned 50 !!  But then again I am!!
So I finished the CJ I was doing for last month, thought I could post a photo of it, but having just 'shuffled' through several files of photos on the laptop, seem not to have taken photos - brilliant.  
Here are a couple of the challenge layouts I have done though

I have also just sent off some cards for the March card swap on UKS - the theme was vintage and not to buy any new stash and to use some downloads from the Craft Stamper site (never knew they were there so that was exciting!), and also card sketches from CS too.  I confess I did not follow the sketches very closely - hope Sian and the others forgive me for that, and it was the first time I had ever attempted 'vintage' and also I am pretty useless at making cards as I am a bit messy!!! But here they are

I am still waiting on my next CJ to arrive - should have been here at the beginning of the month - but never mind.  I have also joined the next tag swap, and am eagerly awaiting the return of the inchies and twinchies!
I'm glad I came back to see you, I'm glad I felt able to put on some more bits. I thank Sandie for this, she had posted a link to Julia's Push-Up Bra Bloggers Workshop and I read a bit and thought - hell yeah - I can do that - so here I am - doing it as best I can, as a beginner, looking for her voice! xxx