2nd Birthday..........

Today is my Grandsons 2nd birthday so after work today we're off for cake and balloons, (when I say cake and balloons I mean eat cake and pop balloons as balloons are a bit rubbery to eat). Ethan is into Chuggington, I might have mentioned this before ......he's having a Chuggington party and I think most of his pressies will be Chuggington trains etc.God knows where those 2 years have gone, hes grown so fast and is now chattering away and telling us what to do.....bossy boots.
I was going to do a Chugginton card but being as everyone else is sending him one I thought I'd make him something different, the image is from Penny Black and the papers are from Papermania and I've kept the colours shades of brown.....so its quite a grown up card for a 2 year old but I love the image, nostalgic.

Challenges

ABC Challenge......E for easel.

Spoon full of Sugar......spots and stripes.

Pixie Cottage.......sketch.

Paper play.......Hidden extra.

Sweet stampin......use punches.

Secret Crafter.....easel card.

Lots to do .......vintage

Gingersnap creations.........punches

Crafty Calendar......Autumn Birthday

Yesterday I went to the Artisan show, I must admit I usually go to shows with my daughter and make a day of it doing the workshops and having a good shop unfortunately they changed the days of the show this year and she had to work so I met up with my blogging/crafty friend Annette.....she told me it was her first show, I bet it won't be her last, it was nice meeting some of the ladies who have great blogs......did a workshop with Jennie from The Artistic Stamper........we altered a suitcase, I did another workshop with Annalise from The Artist Trading company........she showed us different techniques with alchohol inks and the final workshop was with Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals.....we made a sweet little hanging and the flower brooch was a make and take at Paper Artsy

Have a great weekend