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Another weekend over, hope you’re ready to start the week all over again!

I’ve had a busy one this weekend, because Craig and I are house hunting! Yeay!! Between searching online, booking appointments, checking out local areas and calculating the budget, its been hard work. But I know it will all pay off. I hope it all goes smoothly!

Another thing in life just now – at work we are preparing for fundraising day. We are selling raffle tickets to raise money for Debra, Macmillan cancer appeal and X, but we are also hosting a fundraising day to help gather some money for such a great cause. We are having a ‘Guess the Name of the Teddy competition’, so after buying a cute little bear in town, I put together a quick page using freebie digital scrapbooking kits. {By the way, it was Criag’s idea to put the name ‘Andrew’ in there?!!?!? I don’t think anyone would name their teddy Andrew?! Would they?!! }

We are also doing a “guess the number of sweeties in the jar”. We are trying to figure out if we can put together a jar easily ourselves, but we may go for this pre-made charity jar. They count the number of sweeties already and email it to you so you don’t have to count them yourself. I thought that was a crackin’ idea!

The other thing we are doing is a Treasure Map – where you guess where the treasure is hidden. Of course, I jumped at the chance of drawing the map, and i’ve been having lots of fun with my distress inks. Here’s what it looks like so far: (dodgy phone camera photo)

Okay, so with a weekend full of house hunting and preparing fundraising ideas, I had to make a quick and easy Miss You Monday card for Sarah. So this is it:

Products used:
Fly free stamp – Unity Stamps
Butterfly stamp – Unity stamps
Mask – I made this myself, I simply cut out a heart from thin copy paper.
Distress ink – Worn lipstick

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MYM – Cath Kidston Style!

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…And then it was Monday again! Weekends go so quick don’t they?!

But of course, Monday’s aren’t always gloomy, because it means another Miss You Monday Card for Sarah!

Last weekend I was lurking in W H Smith, and I found a packet of Cath Kidston Stickers! I leafed through it , and tried to resist, but i couldn’t. I love the way Cath mixes a variety of bright colours with patterns and it always looks so fresh.

Aren’t they just divine! And there is over 200 in the pack! LUSH!

Today’s Miss You Monday card is completely inspired by Cath Kidston, with the bright red and blue against crisp white, and this stamp of tea cups from Unity Stamps was perfect to complete a homey scene.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely bright and cheery Monday!

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A Purple Songbird

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hello there.

I am loving my distress tool from Tim Holtz and Tonic Studios. And I am liking this kind of style more and more. There is something about this card that I find really beautiful (i hope that doesn’t sound vain..its more to do with the wonderful stamps that i love other than my card design).

Here i’ve used a music stamp that I bought of ebay (no idea which manufacturer), stamped with Milled Lavender distress ink, and i’ve stamped the two Unity stamp images (the greeting and the bird) with Dusty Concord Distress ink.

A five minute card with a lotta punch!

Have a nice day you guys!

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