Gentle weekend at home

We have had a gentle weekend catching up of jobs etc.  Yesterday Alex and I went into town on the tram to get him some new clothes.  While we were there he also wanted to explore the cathedral so we spent a happy 30 minutes going into every nook and cranny.  I was surprised by how much he enjoyed it.  The old gentlemen were collecting for the poppy appeal and allowed Alex to sit in their 1944 army jeep much to his delight.

Today we went back to our new church (Alex loved the Sunday school) and this afternoon we headed out to Alex's school 'Pumpkin party' with Alex dressed as a viking! It wasn't what you would call a great success...Alex didn't really like the party because the music was too loud.  We survived for a little while with him alternating between being grumpy and manic and then went to the park with some of his class mates instead which was much more fun.

Crafting wise I have had a busy few days making Birthday cards for family and friends, some Christmas cards and a scrapbook layout.  Here is the layout which follows this weeks Sketchy Thursday sketch and gave me an excuse to use up some pink scraps from a previous project.  Having only boys in my family I don't get to use pink often!  I am therefore also entering this layout into Speedy the cat's friends 'use your scraps' challenge as only the doily and background card are not scraps.

What is the first thing that I do on a saturday morning? Check out the LIM site of course!  This time the challenge was stars so I made this Christmas card. First I used Adirondack colour wash inks (butterscotch, terracota and eggplant) and gold shimmer mist to make the central panel. Once it had dried I stamped the three wise men in black and then hand drew a star in versamark ink and heat embossed it with sparkly gold embossing powder. I then mounted this panel onto a dark red mat and then added this to the cream card.

The next card used some of the same orangey, shiny hand made background paper and a craft individuals image mounted onto cream card which had been embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder.  I am entering this one into Delicious Doodles 'good vs evil' (I chose good with these cute angels', SCSC 'spooky or whimsical' (definitely whimsical!) and Flutterby Wednesday 'halloween colours' (orange and black).

The first of the birthday cards is for my Gran who will be 87 next week.  I used tapestry stamps for the stamped oval and a crafty individuals stamp for the centre as one of her joys is watching the birds flying past the windows of her flat.  I am entering this into Paper Cutz 'fall leaves, no green or blue', the autumn leaves spiralling round the cake in this weeks Cupcake Inspirations and Crafty Creations 'leaves and fall'.

Finally I made a birthday card for a little girl who turns 4 this week. She is into all things pink and fairies.  For this card I followed the sketch from The pixie cottage; the cupcake is cut out of wrapping paper and the fairy is from Lavinia stamps. That is all from me for now.  Have a great week everyone.
Love,
Caro
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