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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 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...