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Happy Friday ..... Well we're home!  The crossing wasn't too bad, a bit like a roller coaster in places ....... up and down, side to side ...... but we had a cabin again so we slept for most of it. We crammed in as much as we could whilst we were in the UK ....... sadly not enough time to see everyone though. It's business as usual again now.   There's exciting DT stuff to do, I've still got a couple of tags left for the 12 Tags event, and I have a  Christmas workshop tomorrow (Saturday).  Things are getting a little Christmas crazy around here and it's not even December yet!!! Speaking of Christmas though, I'm catching up the 12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends  ...... Here's my tag, or should I say tags, for Day 11 ...... Inspired by the girls from STAMPlorations, I've used some of the fabulous festive sentiments from their Christmas Typografia range I love large sentiment stamps and these are perfect for creating really quick and easy, ye...

Good morning!  Happy Wednesday ...... It's the middle of what is proving to be a very busy week.  So much to do and only a couple of days left to do it in! In between spending time with the family, we're trying to fit in as much as we can whilst we're over in the UK ...... we don't get here as often as we would like. I've time for a quick blog post though.  This morning I've got my tag number 9 for this years 12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends   (I'm amazed I've managed to keep up!) It's another CAS(ish) design, using one of the new festive stamp sets from the lovely Julie Hickey. It's called A Winter Scene , and I just love these cute little houses ..... They were stamped directly onto my tag and heat embossed using a gold EP.  I then embossed one of the stamps again, this time onto a separate piece of white card. I coloured the houses using ZIG Markers and then fussy cut around the top edge of the ones on the separate piece of card. S...

Happy weekend folks ........ Yes, it was a little touch and go there as to whether the boat would sail yesterday but ...... we made it! Despite the torrential rain and the hoolie of a Force 8 gale that was blowing, the ferry left on time and we arrived safely on the other side, ahead of schedule.  I won't deny it was a little on the bumpy side ........ and I was very nervous as we left (my sea legs are not that good!)    We'd booked a cabin though so we were fine.  As we left Douglas we snuggled down and let the boat rock us to sleep.  We woke on the other side, with the captain announcing we were ready to dock ..... phew!  So ....... it's back to business. I'm a little early again with my tag number 6 for the 12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends (I'm not sure how today's going to go so I thought I'd post it now while I have the chance!) Yesterday Loll and Christine, her guest designer, posted two gorgeous cute designs  so I'm following their t...

Happy Friday ....... Well the bags are packed, my craft room door is closed, and we're nearly ready to go.  BUT ...... the weather is a bit of a problem.  We've got rain, wind, and more rain!  Delightful ....... especially when we're booked on the boat!!  Oh well ..... the weather is one thing we can't control.  Serves us right for booking a ferry trip in November I suppose. We'll just have to sit tight and hope the storm passes quickly.  In the meantime, I'm playing along with the 12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends  again.  I'm a little early for the official Day 5 post but, here's my Tag number 5 ........ and we're going a little bit vintage for this one I do love poinsettias at Christmas .... but as I think I've told you before, I'm not very good at keeping the real ones alive! This one looks healthy enough though ...... stamped ones I can cope with! This beautiful bloom has been stamped and heat embossed in gold, onto the bottom...

Happy weekend folks ........ What are you up to this weekend?  Not to worry you but ........ there's only NINE more Saturday's before Christmas ...... eeeeek! Scary or what!!!    If you're like me, and need a mountain of Christmas cards and you haven't really made a start on them, don't rush out and buy any just yet ....... although I must say I have seen some in town that are looking like a nice option right now .... oh yes! I have looked!!  But, I'm not giving in just yet. Instead I'm playing along with this month's  CAS Christmas Card Challenge  ....... As you can see, the theme for October's challenge is ...... Birds And I couldn't resist playing with one of my favourite little bird stamps .... well, three of them actually ..... I never get tired of using these cute little guys and they're perfect for quick, CAS designs. I simply used my MISTI to stamp the birds, and heat embossed them in a clear powder ...... What did we ever do before t...

Happy weekend ..... It's a very wet and windy one here ..... a good reason to stay cosy and warm indoors. I'm playing along with another blog challenge today ......  the  CAS Watercolour Card Challenge . It's a special month this month .... the challenge is celebrating it's 2nd Birthday!! Congratulations ladies ..... WOW! doesn't time fly when you're having fun! This month's theme is all about colours .....  Orange, Green and Brown to be exact. What a perfect combination for this time of year ..... The Autumnal shades turned my thoughts to leaves .... something we have plenty of at the moment.  all over the lawn!!!  If it stops raining long enough and the wind dies down a little they need to be cleared.  A job for next week's To Do list I think! Anyway .... back to my card.  I started by stamping the leaves onto a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock.   I've used the gorgeous Leaf Canopy  stamp set from Altenew.  You get the outline im...

Happy Tuesday ........ It's been a funny old day ...... it's been foggy here for most it, which was not good.  Our little island doesn't cope well with fog!  First off the plane that brings some of the mail didn't arrive this morning ..... it couldn't land because of the fog.  Possibly why there was nothing through the letterbox today .... no craft stash delivery!! And then the practice/qualifying session for the racing, which is due to run this evening because it was cancelled last night, has been a bit of a worry all day. I think it is finally going ahead, a statement was issued earlier saying conditions have cleared considerably this afternoon on the mountain so, fingers crossed everything goes according to plan.  Did I mention we've got the MGP (Manx Grand Prix) on at the moment.  It's practice/qualifying this week, then race week next. Oooh ..... the sun has just appeared, so we might just get a nice evening after all.  I hope it's shining where yo...