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Happy Friday folks ........ The weekend is here again .... yeah!  It's been a busy few days here.  We've had Lauren and the little man staying with us.  I'm on Grandma duty most days ..... six weeks of school holidays! At least the weather's been good ....... and  the hot tub's been getting used quite a bit.  We've had some amazing sunsets too ....... this was Wednesday night, down on the prom in Douglas.  Just look at that sky .......  We were at a leaving party for someone from hubby's work place, which actually turned out to be a 'not leaving yet' party but, we had a nice time. And no, it's not my motor parked in the photo (I wish!) ...... it just happened to be parked there. Nice though. This was about 8.30pm(ish) ..... the sky was just beautiful, shades of pinks, blues and lilac and the sea was so calm.  And then when we came out of the restaurant we had this ...... a stunning moon just shining on the water ..... so pretty, and so romantic! ...

Happy weekend ..... I hope you're having a good one.  So far we've done nothing ....... it's been wonderful! No early morning starts ...... no dashing off into town with a list as long as my arm, and no plans made at all ..... makes a nice change. I'm playing along with the current  CAS Christmas Card Challenge today ...... I think there's still a couple of days left before the deadline. It's all about Poinsettias this month ....... my favourite festive bloom. I buy one every year and try my best to keep it alive for as long as I can.  You see, I'm not very good with plants ....... so, it's lucky if it makes it to New Year's Eve!  (I also have a fake one as a back up!!) Anyway, enough about my not so green fingers ..... here's my card ..... Very CAS ....... lots of white space ...... minimal layers/embellishment ...... OK maybe not so minimal on the layers but, I wanted to really frame the pretty poinsettia. I stamped the image ( Perfect Poinset...

Happy Friday folks ..... Looking forward to the weekend? ...... I'm hoping for a quiet one.  We've nothing planned, no one to see, nowhere to go, so we're going to take it as it comes I think. Let's get into that Friday feeling though with a blog challenge shall we ....... it's time to launch the new  Uniko Blog Challenge It's Challenge #48 ...... and what a cute inspiration photo we've got. Will you use the colours maybe, or the little ladybirds.  You could go with two of something, like it says in the words, or maybe use the optional twist.  The choice is yours.  Full challenge details and all the rules can be found on the Uniko Blog Fancy some inspiration to get you started ....... oh, go on then I've gone for the colour combination , there's two of something on there, oh ..... and I've picked up on the word 'friend' too I started by using the Uniko stencil  Nature's Treasures II  with some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink to sten...

Happy Thursday ...... It's almost the weekend .... not sure where the rest of the week went though!!  It's been a bit of a busy one but, I don't seem to have got very far.  At least the sun is still shining though .... for now. There's something new going on over on the Happy Little Stampers Blog.   Each month, starting with July,  Kylie is going to be putting the Spotlight on one of the fabulous HLS stamp sets, and if any of the DT have got that particular set in their collection then we can join in with the showcase. To start things off this month's Spotlight is on ....... the super cute  Whimsical Friends I love the little birds in this set, they're so much fun ...... Perfect for fun, CAS designs, suitable for many different occasions, and they're even great for those men in our lives They can be any colour you like ....... I've used ZIG markers to colour these little guys in ..... With a touch of shimmer on their tails from a Stardust Gel Pen .... O...

Happy Wednesday ....... Only joking ...... it's a little bit early for me.  Although as the saying goes ....... it's 5 o'clock somewhere! I am however playing along with this month's  Twofer Card Challenge   hosted by the lovely Darnell.  As you can see the theme for July is ....... Beverage The idea is to create TWO cards, for TWO different occasions using the same stamp and/or die ...... a Twofer! I've gone with the same stamp.  I've used the Stampin Up! set called Half Full ,  and I've created a birthday card, and a Christmas card.  Both designs would be great for guys too ...... which is always good! Both are very CAS designs, in fact the birthday one would be one layer, except for the added die cut ...... I simply stamped the wine glasses in the centre of my card and coloured using ZIG markers and a waterbrush .... easy! The sentiment (from the same SU set) was stamped directly underneath, and I also added a nice shiny die cut ..... layered to ra...

Happy Thursday ....... Or if you're an England football fan ...... a not so happy Thursday.  Argghhhhhhh!!! ....... the result unfortunately didn't go our way last night (sigh!)  The lads have done us proud though ..... they all played their socks off.   We will be back, and who knows, next time things may end differently. It's been a funny old week ......  hubby was away for three days with work, on his birthday too! Don't worry we'll celebrate it at the weekend.  Lauren and the little man have been staying for a few days, although I've hardly seen them.  And we've had this strange wet stuff falling from the sky ....... the hot sunny weather had to break at some point I suppose. Although saying that, the sun is back this evening. As I've got a little time on my hands ....... well supposedly that is ....... I'm having a tidy up in the craft room.  You know the sort of thing I mean ......... actually putting stuff away, cleaning stamps (I know!!) s...