Wet weekend!

Yet again I must apologise for not updating on Friday; trying to catch up with Christmas preparations seems to be getting in the way of blogging. I have, however, managed to finish our Christmas letter, although the printer is nearly out of ink so they may not get printed for a while. We have had a lovely weekend despite the pouring rain. Yesterday we went out to Kelham Island for their Victorian Christmas Fayre, where we met up with friends.  Alex loved the fair, especially the merry go round, the helter skelter and the swing boats.  He and Katie managed to go really high in them which pleased him no end!

Today we had a lovely church service and then as it was still cold and wet, I took him to our local indoor play area to work off some steam. He had a great time playing with the other children and whizzing down the slide.

Crafting wise it is time for another Quirky Crafts challenge, which this week was set by Lyn and is nice and easy; 'SNOW'. We have two sponsors this week so do pop over and join in the fun.  This card used 'Sophia Snow Angel' from Paper Pretties, which I coloured using promarkers. I then cut the image out using a nestability and mounted it on cuttlebug embossed snowflake background. The card was finished off with silver peel offs. I am also entering this cardinto The Crazy Challenge 'snowflakes', SSDS 'holiday card' and Simon Says stamp 'anything goes',

My second DT entry for Quirky crafts was a little tag made using nestabilities, and the 'little tree' stamp from Limited Runs coloured with promarkers and glitter glue. I am also entering this into The Pixie Cottage 'holiday decor' (I hope a present tag counts), Colour create 'red white and green' and Delightful challenges 'let it snow'.

For this weeks Less is More the girls have challenged us to use 'green' as the main colour on our card.  I used a new Just Rite pine branch stamp in Versafine Olympia Green to make the wreath, and then heat embossed little gold stars and added gems and a gold ribbon to complete the look.  I am also entering this card into All sorts 'going round in circles', Simon says stamp & show 'stars', Crafty cardmakers 'heat embossing', and SCSC 'photo inspiration'.

Finally I made a 50th birthday card for my boss; an extremely elegant lady, hence the idea behind the card.  I printed out the 50 and fabulous using Word, and then embossed round the edges and stamped the Crafty Individuals lady in the middle.  I finished it off with pearls and pearly stars.  I am therefore entering this into CCT 'it's just a number' and Speedy the cat's friends 'favourite embellishments' (pearls).  That is all from me for now.  Have a great week everyone.
Love,
Caro
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