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Happy weekend! I hope you've had a good week. It was a little bit of a busy one for me .... talk about multi-tasking!! Everything got done though, and the craft room door is now closed ....... in fact all the doors are closed because it’s time to relax. We're on holiday!! This is home for the next seven days ..... The gorgeous Welcome Cottage, in the picturesque town of Bourton-on-the -Water.     Yep, the family is back in the Cotswolds ....... It was a bit of a long journey here ....... ferry crossing was good, it was just the traffic and road works on the motorways that took the time.   We made it though! Before I get into full holiday mood I thought I’d better share last weekend’s workshop with you.  It was a day of mixed emotions ....... we all had a great time as usual but it was a little bit sad as it was the last one for a while. Things have been so full on lately I feel it’s time for a break. That’s the reason I’ve been stepping down from some ...

Happy Tuesday ...... What a lovely day we have here .... the sun is shining and the sky is blue.  Spring is definitely on its way! It was our monthly workshop at the weekend .... the first one in the new house, and we had fun playing with Stencils You know how it is, we all have lots of pretty stencils in our craft stash but .... do we use them?  And the answer to that is usually .... not as much as we should! I love stencils but they're not always the first thing I reach for .... that's usually rubber stamps. I do have my favourite stencils however and they do get used time and time again ..... the brickwall, for me, is a must have Honeycomb is another one ..... great for adding that little bit more interest to the background And a pretty flourish that I love to layer ..... oooh!  the harlequin's not bad either We did the usual with stencils .... ink straight through the design, nothing too difficult.  I'd used the brand new beautiful large Chrysanthemum from the P...