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Happy Tuesday ...... Yeah!! it's here ........ brand new Uniko Release Day .......  whoo hoo!!!! I hope you've enjoyed the last few days when we've been introducing the four BRAND NEW stamp sets, along with two re-released ones, and the three BRAND NEW stencil designs.  Well today, it's time for the New Release Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY. Join in the fun with Bev and the Design Team and hop along with us.  There's an amazing prize up for grabs so don't forget to comment along the way.  You could win the entire new release .... yes all of it!  You have until midnight(GMT) on 9th November to play along, so plenty of time. Here's a few more ideas for you using some of the new stamps and stencils ......... BIG & BOLD Merry stamp set with the  Folk Snowflake stencil ........ Perfect Pearls Mist sprayed through the stencil onto black card.  The result was this gorgeous, shimmery background The sentiment was then stamped over the top and heat embossed .... lo...

Happy Tuesday ...... I've got the little man here to keep me company today ...... there's only one more week left of the school holidays.  That six weeks has flown by!!  Luckily he's looking forward to starting junior school. He's had a great summer break I think ...... he's been here there and everywhere. The beauty of this island is there's always something going on .... somewhere. He even managed to grab a quick photo with the great John McGuinness, who's back on the island for the MGP/Classic TT. Dare I say, the weather has improved, and racing has finally got underway.  You can see just how misty its been though, from the photo above. Alex also had a couple of birthday parties to go to while he's been on holiday, and guess who got the job of making the cards? Funnily enough I don't do a lot of kids cards so there were none in my stash (note to self ..... add childrens cards to the to do list!) Here's what we came up with though ....... As on...

Happy Monday evening ........ I hope you're all well.  It's been a busy few days over here but, finally I can put my feet up, grab a cuppa and check in with you guys. We've had family gatherings, dinner's out, a get together with hubby's work pals, the decorators have been in and the in-laws have been across, which was more evenings and lunches out.  And ....... on top of all that, hubby's gone to Australia this morning, with work.  He's going to be away for nearly three weeks!!!! As we speak, he's on his way to Dubai, for a quick stopover before his flight to Melbourne.  I can't believe he's gone without me!  He'd better bring me something nice back. Next time ..... if there is a next time ..... I guarantee  I'll be on that plane with him! I know I've been a little quiet on the blog front recently but everything is fine, just life taking over as it does from time to time.   I am getting back into the craft room though ........ and I ...

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 Sunday evening ...... I hope you've all had a nice weekend.  It's been a busy one here ..... and it's not over yet!! It's time to showcase the BRAND NEW  stamp release from Happy Little Stampers .  And guess what .... we're having a Blog Hop to celebrate!!! You might want to grab a cuppa .... or something a little stronger maybe depending on what time it is where you are because this post is a BIG one!!! You have the chance to win some amazing prizes too .... just by hopping along and leaving comments along the way .... more about that later. All of the Design Team have been busy creating a feast of inspiration for you using the new stamp sets, and it's all on show for you in this blog hop.  Follow the links at the end of this post and see what they've been up to .... and don't forget to leave your comments.  We'd love to hear what you think of the new stamps .... I think you're going to love them as much as we do? There's 6 brand new s...