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Happy Monday ...... I hope you all had a good weekend.  Ours was fab ..... lots of family time. Did you see the royal wedding?  Wasn't it beautiful ..... very emotional. Then the football went in our favour too ..... my boys in blue lifted the FA Cup. Well done lads!! All in all ..... a great weekend. We're looking forward to the next couple of weeks too. It's that time of year again when our little island in the Irish Sea is preparing for 'the world's ultimate road race' .  Yes, this coming weekend sees the start of the 2018 IOM TT fortnight.  Fingers crossed this great weather holds ....... if it does it'll be an amazing two weeks!!  Hopefully we'll get to see some of the racing, and of course spend some time down at the Grandstand. But, before all that gets underway there's something else to look forward to. It's the countdown to the next Sweet Poppy Stencil TV shows ...... whoo hoo! Yes, the lovely Lucy is back on our screens this week, wit...

Happy Thursday ..... Pinch and a punch for the first of the month ...... welcome to February!  January didn't hang around did it!! If you're on Facebook, you may have already seen that there's something exciting going on over at Sweet Poppy Stencils .  Not only are there some fabulous new stencil designs available now on the website ...... you'll also find the brand new range of Sweet Poppy 'Buddy' dies  ..... whoo hoo!! Not all of the stencils will have a matching die but, sometimes a particular design needs a 'buddy' .... a little help to cut out the design and give it a 3D look.  There's six available in the first release and I've been lucky enough to have a play with them. See what you think ...... you might want to grab a cuppa, there's a lot of pictures! First up, the  Large Poppy Head ..... a two piece set which cuts both sizes of petals. First I used the matching stencil to do the leaves with Distress Oxide ink on a piece of white ca...