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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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Hey everyone.

I’m having lots of fun at home today, mainly because a day off work means a day full of play in the craft room! Miya has been delighted to have a servant at home all day, she even got to adventure outside for a while, which is a treat which is usually reserved for weekend afternoons.

One of the many tasks I set myself to do today was to take photos of my scrapbook layouts – Can you believe that there were SEVEN that I had never got round to showing you!?! crazy stuff!

So here’s one of the seven delinquent layouts, called ‘Just Big Kids’.

I made this layout after our trip to Northern Ireland back in May. As the holiday was nearing to an end, on one of the last days my brother Roger and his two boys, Joshua and Lewis, came into see us so we could have a trip to the park with Auntie Lesley and Uncle Craig.

We have a funny story to share (which one day will find itself on a layout i’m sure):

On their way into Brookeborough, Joshua was obviously thinking pretty hard. He looked at the front of the car and seen the two seats occupied by his mummy and daddy. With him in his car seat, and Lewis in his car seat, Joshua must have been thinking about the fact that there was only one seat left in the car. Thinking logically, as kids tends to do, he pipes up: ‘ Daddy, Auntie Lesley will need to come in our car, because she loves me and Lewis, but Uncle Craig will need to walk to the park because he just loves me!’

HAHAHA! What crazy thoughts go through their little minds! And for the record, Uncle Craig loves Lewis just as much as he loves Joshua!

In the village I grew up, there were two play parks, which most people, young and old, differentiated by calling them ‘the new park’ and ‘the old park’ or ‘the big park’ and ‘the wee park’. It had been years since I had been the either, so I was very excited to relive a part of my youth. Of course, you guessed it, it had completely changed! The previously wooden structures had been replaced with astroturf and hard-wearing metal based structures. Josh was in his element, and with a camera in my hand, I was too!

I think we all let out our inner child for a while.

P.s. I got some very exciting news the other day, but I’m not ready to share it just yet, but lets just say that you guys might be seeing my mugshot in print a wee bit more often over the next few months! Eeeeeeeeeeeekkkk! xoxo

Thanks for stopping by, and come back to see the rest of those scrapbook pages which I still need to share with you all. leave a comment here

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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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