arte y pico award

Joanne Wardle and Inka Heaton from Inka Stamps both awarded me the Arte Y Pico award.

When I was first nominated by Joanne I thought I really don't deserve the recognition and then forgot about my obligation to fulfill the requirements until Inka nominated me this morning.

First, my apology to Joanne for dropping the ball and not continuing to pass this award on to others.

I am humbled to think that each of you would put my name in the hat, so to say, and I am honored. So it is time to follow the rules which are:

1. Pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.
4. The Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte Y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules.

There are many blogs that inspire me and motivate me to try new techniques and processes and it is extremely difficult to select only five but here are some of those I frequent often:

Julie in Taiwan
Heather on the Oregon Coast
Jen who lives in Colorado but travels often to other states to teach
Wanda who has inspired me for a very long time with her artistic talent
Belinda whose blog I also read regularly for inspiration

Being nominated for this award prompts me to thank others who have inspired me along the way and there are so many it would be impossible to name them individually -- first, the members of the Oriental Stampart Group who supported me from day one when I had to ask, "What is a RAK?" Secondly, the local gals, my friends who meet monthly to compare, share and support one another. AND, to Inka and her Design Team who welcomed me with open arms -- what a driving force they are and their talents are unbelievable. I couldn't be in better company than with those who love to create and share their tools and expertise with me. How fortunate we are!

Thank you!

Carolyn