A late blast of summer (and some exciting news)

Well summer seems to have returned to the South of England and the last few days have been glorious. Billy has been allowing his friend Blackie to play in the garden.

I have enjoyed some studio time with the door open listening to the sound of the garden...bliss.

I have been able to harvest some of my home grown veggies which have been totally delicious.

This year I planted runner beans, tomatoes and a new variety of chillies

Gorgeous fresh beans, from grower to plate in 10 minutes...none of the shops can boast that can they ;0)

Ripe sweet tomatoes, this variety is called Gardener's Delight and they are my favourite. Just delicious

This is my new variety of chilli. My Mum bought me the seeds at Christmas. They are called Friar's Hat and are pretty hot!

They are an heirloom seed from a grower who is trying to keep alive old varieties of plants and vegetables. 

My exciting news part of this post is that I have been asked my blogging buddy and owner of Ladybug Crafts Ink to be a Guest Designer for their upcoming Christmas release blog hop! I am really honoured, this a "first time" for me and I do love challenges in life. 

                                                

I have been given one of the digi images from the upcoming Christmas release to make a card with. There is a slight twist to this as we have also been given an inspiration photo to use for our creation.  You will have to come back on Tuesday to see my work. It was great fun and really took me out of my comfort zone! Thank you for inviting me Kerry.

So my card challenge today just has to be one from Kerry's stamp range...this is the gorgeous Martini Nikki.

I coloured her with my Promarkers and highlighted her with my Prismacolor pencils. The backing papers are Nitwits and I used sentiments from Lili of the Valley. The charm has been stolen from my jewellery making stash ;0) I also added some organza ribbon and gems to the corners.

I would like enter my card into the following challenges;

Make it Monday Linky challenge #105

Papercrafting Journey Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Anything Goes #73

Divas by Design Friendship #51

The Paper Shelter Tag you're it #80

Cupcake Craftroom Pretty pastels
Forever Friends September challenge Use ribbon
4 Crafty Chicks Use metal #106 and a blog hop I have used a metal charm on my card.





I will be back with my GD post on Tuesday which will be my last for a week or so as yes it's September and yes for Hb and I that means we will be on that plane jetting off to ...................................
.................................................................o yes!!...................................

with lots of this.......................

and of course..

Roll on next Wednesday ;0)

See  you all soon, enjoy the sunshine for the next few days, it's due to reach 28c here in sunny Surrey on Sunday..wahoo!

Jane x