Weekend at home!

Well we have been enjoying a weekend at home ready for a busy week next week.  As well as the usualy round of cooking, cleaning, shopping etc, we went to our new church this morning where Alex had a great time in Sunday school and this afternoon we went to the park where Alex had a fantastic time on the various slides.  Our main adventure was yesterday however, when Alex and I went scrambling out through the woods and up and down steep hills and cliffs,

exploring off the beaten path, jumping across streams and scrambling along beside a waterfall. 

It was the greatest of fun, epecially as we were playing that we were being chased by T-Rex and other dinosaurs and monsters from Alex's imagination.  Who says you need to spend money to have a good time.

It is challenge time again at Quirky Crafts and it was my turn to set the challenge which this time round is Clean & Simple (my favourite style!).  I was given two images and two sentiments by our sponsor, Digital Delights, to work with.  For the first of my entries I made a scrapbook layout.  I love using CAS for scrapbook pages as it really makes the photos stand out.  I used the Sketchy Thursdays sketch for this one and instead of using any patterned paper, I used a paint brush to stipple blue distress ink (broken china and faded jeans) onto parts of the card.  I then used a wave stamp (I don't know the make as I got it when I was 12!), some Pirate stickers, Presley the pirate (by Digital Delights) and You're a treasure (Digital Delights) coloured using promarkers to add a little bit of interest.  I finished it off with Alphabet stickers, and the dotted line to 'X' marks the spot. The wavy line is to symbolise the dodgy steering of my 4 year old pirate!  I am entering this LO into DCM 'water' and DYSU 'a splash of blue'.

For my second entry into the Quirky Crafts challenge I was given Bongo the Dog and the Sentiment from Digital Delights. I chose to make this very clean and simple card using nestabilities, embossed round the edges and a bit of doodling in the corners. I am entering this one into stamp, scrap & doodle 'embossing', and CCCB '4 legged friend' challenges.

Finally I made my entry for the Less is More challenge, which this week is a favourite of mine - silhouettes!  I used the free silhuoette stamp from a past edition of Craft Stamper magazine and layered it on yellow and black card.  I wish I had a scalloped rectangle or square nestability or similar, but don't so had to use my scalloped scissors (not quite as neat in the corners sadly!). I will be sending this card to my very elegant 92 year old Great Aunt.  I am also entering this card into Crazy4Challenges 'Black, white + one other', OCC 'photo challenge' and Speedy the cat's friends 'black, white + one other' challenges.  That is all from me for now.  I hope you all have a great week.
Love,
Caro
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