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Hello there ...... happy Wednesday evening to you, What a busy few days!  We get back from holiday and it's been non-stop.  Think I'll go back to Italy, it's quieter over there ..... and warmer! We had a lovely week away ..... beautiful scenery, this was our view every morning from our hotel room ..... looking out over the bay of Naples, with Vesuvius in the distance (Don't worry I won't bore you with lots of photos ....... we didn't really take that many!!) Our hotel was a little gem ...... 5 minutes from the center of Sorrento, but so peaceful. Not every day was bright sunshine though ...... The day we went to see Pompeii, and then up to the top of Vesuvius, was a little bit cloudy at times.  It was still very warm though ..... Pompeii was amazing .... and so big!  We only got round a tiny part of it whilst we were there and I must confess we hardly took any photographs .... too busy taking in all the sights and the information from our guide. After lunch we w...

Happy Wednesday .... Just a quick post to say even though hubby and I are away enjoying ourselves on the beautiful Amalfi Coast in Italy ..... I am still working!!  OK .... maybe not working, but I am on the Uniko Studio blog today with an inspiration post for you, using the gorgeous Chrysanthemum stencil.  Here's a few sneaky peeks ...... so pretty in pink! crisp and fresh, perfect for Spring. looks striking in black ..... and don't forget, your stencils work great alongside all those word dies Why not pop over and see the designs in full. Cheerio for now ...... time for breakfast

Happy Friday 13th!! ...... I hope you're not superstitious.  This is a scheduled post as I'm currently on my way to Naples ......  (I hope I am anyway!)    Then we're off to Sorrento on the beautiful Amalfi coast, for a week of relaxation, sight seeing, good food and nice wine. Hopefully we'll get some sun too! April's Craft Stamper Challenge is in full swing, I did sneak a quick look at the gallery before I left and there's some amazing entries on there already. If you've still not got yours in don't worry, there's plenty of time and if you need a little inspiration here you go ..... A little bit of stencil monoprinting.  You know I don't like to waste anything and this was a left over piece from a stencil workshop. This was done using the pretty Daisy stencil from Inkylicious.  I'd used the stencil in the normal way, applying ink through the design to get the daisy image (see that card HERE )   Instead of wiping away the excess ink left on...

Happy Tuesday evening ...... Only 2 more sleeps to go then we're off on our trip to Italy ..... non vedo l'ora! Before I get started on the packing though, it's time to get the final challenge for April underway over on the Happy Little Stampers Blog . It's already been a busy month over there ...... as it is every month.   There's a challenge for everyone whether you like to Watercolour ,  or is  CAS  your thing?  A little bit of  Christmas maybe,  or  Mixed Media .  And if dies are your thing, then there's also a challenge for you with  Anything Goes with Dies  ...... and last, but not least this month it's the ATC challenge It's a great theme this month ...... we all have butterfly stamps in our stash. I've kept things fairly simple ..... watercolour card inked with Distress Inks and spritzed with water and then cut into ATC sized pieces (2.5 x 3.5 inches/64 x 89mm) A little bit of random stamping on the background with a w...

Happy Friday evening ..... Yeah! ..... the weekend is here! Should have kept my mouth shut yesterday about the sunshine.  No blue skies today I'm afraid ..... and it's cold!!!  It was a little fresh on the prom this morning .... glad I wasn't on the boat!  Never mind ....... this time next week I shall be in Italy, on the beautiful Amalfi coast.  Sunshine (hopefully!) , delicious food (no doubt!) , nice wine (of course!) and seven relaxing days .... I can't wait! Lot's to do before then though!  Including getting this month's Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challenge started. This month's theme is Travel ...... hmmm. Had to think about that one, even though I am getting in the holiday mood.  In the end I came up with a pretty tag (could be classed as a luggage label I suppose) and, as I couldn't find any stamps relating to Italy in my stash  (must do something about that!) I chose another of my favourite places to visit ...... PARIS   (s...

Happy Thursday ...... It's challenge time again. As you know the challenges over on the STAMPlorations Blog have been running a little differently lately. To give Shery and her family time to catch up with things, and get used to daily life with a brand new baby and a toddler (I don't know how she does it!) instead of all the different monthly challenges that run, there's only ONE! There's still a challenge theme, and as long as you follow the theme then any type of project is welcome ..... so anything goes really This month the theme is ..... FOCUS ON THE SENTIMENTS  ....... let the words take centre stage.  Make a feature of your sentiment, either on it's own or alongside another image. There's so many fabulous large sentiment stamps around at the moment ....... check out the Typografia range or the  Say it Big series from STAMPlorations, which is where the sentiment that I've used on my card comes from ...... It's called Be You  and I've used i...