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Happy Thursday ...... Yes ..... only one more sleep until we get the keys to the new house.  Don't know if I'm looking forward to the move or not! We've still got lots to pack ..... but the removal men are not here until Feb 6th so there's no rush. We'll start moving the small stuff .... and my craft room this weekend. I took a day off yesterday from all the packing ....... well it was Christopher's birthday and we had to celebrate (another blip in the dry January!)   And, one of my best friends is leaving the island shortly and moving back across to the UK, so we got together for a quick coffee while we had the chance.  I will miss her when she leaves. As I said my little boy was 28 yesterday!!! ....... now that makes me feel old! I did make him a birthday card ....... Silly Birthday Monsters from Your Next Stamp ....... simply stamped, coloured and fussy cut.  There are matching dies to the stamps which I think are about to find their way to my new craft ro...

Happy Tuesday ....... Well .... the To Do list is done! The craft related one is anyway ..... the one for the house move well, that's just getting longer everyday.  Like the shopping list for all the new craft releases .... but that's another story! At least now that all my craft projects are done for next month I can concentrate on packing all my craft stash away (eeeek!!).  I even managed a little play time yesterday ..... and, made a birthday card for Chris.  He's 28 tomorrow!! I've been wanting to play along with Darnell's brand new Blog Challenge .... the Twofer Card Challenge You have to make two different cards, for two different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies, and follow the challenge theme.   Sounds easy enough .... who am I kidding!!  Sometimes I have trouble making the one card, never mind two!! Anyhow .... here they are Using the Clarity feather stamp ...... one for a birthday or a 'just because' card and one sympathy card ....... n...

Happy weekend ...... I hope you're having a good one. I've just realised that I haven't shared last weekend's workshop with you ..... what have I been doing??!! It's been a whole seven days since our little group got together for another fun day playing with simple backgrounds and large sentiment/phrase stamps. Here's a quick look at a couple of the things we got up to. Seeing as it was the first get together of the year I thought a nice simple calendar would be fun.  Nothing complicated, a standard 7x5 cardblank glued together .... easy.   I love the Typografia range of stamps from STAMPlorations ...... and this is one of my favourites No need to do a lot with it .... simply stamped and embossed in silver, then I stamped the camper again in turquoise and fussy cut it before attaching it with foam pads. A bit of co-ordinating twine to hang it with and you're done We used Distress inks to create a Bokeh effect background ...... along with another fabulous se...

Happy Thursday ...... The weekend is almost here ..... have you got anything nice planned?  Me ..... I'll be spending most of it packing I think.  Just a few bits and bobs to finish off in the craft room, then it's time to pack it all into boxes ready for the move. Today, it's time for a quick reminder of this month's STAMPlorations CAS Card challenge ...... The theme, as always, is Anything Goes with the optional colour twist this month of ..... SILVER I've used the colour twist for my sentiment ...... heat embossed one the stamps from the STAMPlorations  Typografia range I do love these stamps, there's some fabulous words and phrases suitable for all kinds of projects.  The one I've used here is called Plan A   ........ I stamped it onto white card, heat embossed in silver and then die cut around it with a stitched circle die from my stash. Leaving the die in place I added a touch of colour over the words using Distress Ink.  Leaving the die means that y...

Happy Wednesday to you ...... It's a special day today ...... it's Lauren's birthday! Is it really 26 years ...... how time flies. Luckily I managed to find time to make her a birthday card ...... using a stamp I bought especially for the occasion! The pretty lady is from Penny Black, and she's simply been stamped in black Versafine ink and then watercoloured using Distress Inks ....... I then stamped the daughter definition from Visible Image, across the bottom.  I used Gold Shimmer Delicata ink to stamp with and then added gold embossing powder just over the word daughter to make it stand out a little (not sure this really comes across well in the photo) A few gold and silver ink splatters onto the background ...... Some sparkly sequins and a sentiment ....... And of course a little something on the inside ...... Same image, second generation stamping and of course those gold and silver splatters ..... Happy Birthday sweetheart ...... I think she'll be more inte...