A weekend outside!

The weather has been so great this weekend that we have spent most of the time outside.  We have played in our garden with water pistols, painting with water on the patio and with the sand and water table.

Yesterday we went to friends for the afternoon where the kids set up camp in the enormous garden with the tent and tarpaulin, and played in the paddling pool and on the trampoline,

And today I managed to get Tim out of the house for a little while as well, so we went as a family to Magna's adventure playground, where Alex had a wonderful time in the sand (we buried his legs),

and playing in the water park area.  Picnics and ice-cream have generally added to the holiday feeling of the weekend.  It makes having to work through the summer so much nicer when you have really nice weekends!

I have even managed to do some crafting. It is time for another Quirky Crafts challenge...this time a really easy one set by Lyn.  The challenge is NUMBERs, so I couldn't resist the opportunity to scrapbook Alex's birthday party. We have a sponsor this week (Digital Delights) so I used one of their circle sentiments and Birthday Ridley Raccoon coloured in with promarkers as embellishments on the page. This layout also follows this weeks Sketchy Thursday sketch.

As per normal, I checked out the Less is More site first thing on Saturday.  I have to confess that my heart sank when I saw the theme 'fruit' as I didn't think that I had anything with fruit on it. After a bit of searching however, I did manage to find this digital stamp stored on my hard drive, so used that coupled with text written in word to make a one layer card, which I coloured in using promarkers.  As strawberries are a summer fruit I am also entering this into Stampavie 'summer', Delightful Challenges 'summer', Paperplay 'in the garden' and Fussy and Fancy's 'summer' challenges.

As I had a little time left (10 minutes) I decided to make a quick and simple Christmas card using my cuttlebug scrolls embossing folder and the Noel tapestry stamp set. I am entering this card into Pollycraft, Flourishes Timeless Tuesday, Fussy and Fancy, and Crafty Creations 'Christmas in July' challenges.  That is all from me for now. Have a great week everyone,
Love,
Caro
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