That's What Summer's For!

Just stoppin by to share a few snapshots of what we've been up to the past few days.  We had the grandkids for a while to give mummy a break and to spend some quality time with them, enjoying the summer sunshine, getting away from it all and generally having fun.  Isn't that what summer's for?

 

We went several places but of all of them the kids loved going to the beach the most.  We picked up a couple of wet suits for the boys and boy what a difference it made.  The first day without them they just paddled their feet a bit and not much more but the following day with a wet suit on - well it was like they were some kind of 'super hero'! LOL.  They just couldn't get enough of it and could've happily spent an entire day in the sea.

 

 

Zach couldn't have been more at home if he'd tried.  These two shots were taken at Aldeburgh which has quite a pebble strewn beach - in fact not much sand at all but that didn't seem to bother the kids.

 

 

And despite the fact that we didn't manage to get Maddy a wet suit (next time for sure), it didn't stop her having fun either.  It was so nice to see these three getting along together and enjoying themselves.  At one point they were having so much fun that people stopped by just to watch and laugh along with them.

 

 

The following day the kids wanted to go to the beach again so this time we found ourselves heading to Felixstowe after visiting Framlingham Castle in the morning.

 

Kaleb thought it would be fun to make 'sand angels'.  This beach still has qjuite a few pebbles but at least it has much more sand.  We're so lucky to have several beaches just a relatively short drive away from home.

 

It was largely the sand that kept Maddy occupied on this occasion.  She wasn't in the mood for going into the water much this day and spent most of her time with 'dry play'.

 

One of the things the kids love to do whether it's on a tour bus ride, in a museum or a castle is to have their own audio guide.  If they had to share then there would be major problems since they'd fuss and argue over who would hold it, press the buttons etc.  They like to take charge of their own and have one all to themselves.

 

One of the things I enjoyed about Framlingham Castle was that we could listen to the history version or the funny, topsy turvy history version.  You can guess which one we all chose - well except for Papa - he was the only one who had the serious version.  The rest of us had the funny one.

 

All in all we couldn't have had better weather - did I mention we had to do Sea Life on the Saturday due to the rain?  The rest of the time it was great but I was soooooo relieved to be able to hand these guys back to mummy.  It's really hard work keeping them occupied, fed, watered, potty stops, ice creams, getting them up and ready, washed and to bed - oh I was plumb tuckered out!  LOL.

 

Hey Sis - if you're seeing these photos - enjoy!  They're growing like weeds aren't they?

 

Hugs to all.

 

Suezie

WMS Inspiration

This is what I'm talkin about when I say 'stripped back' - check out this gals CAS card here!

I am soooo regreting not having gotten that pinstripe background stamp now though.  Suffice to say it's now firmly on my wish list and I've pinned this gals idea as inspiration.  Her card really does make me want to do a scrapbook page.

Baby Blues

Today has started with a kinda lazy-ish morning, something I haven't done in a super long time.  I am naturally an early bird so I love to be up and doing while everyone else is still asleep.  This morning however, hubby was 'up 'n' at em' with a couple of appointments and since my stamps are still out and about in the sitting room, on the kitchen table.... Oh Lordy!  it feels like they're everywhere at the moment.  I've even been picking them up, walking away and then been found propped up at the kitchen counter stamping with them LOL, (plus as I create this post it's after 11.00 am and I'm still in my PJ's too!).

 

Well since they're still out it was inevitable I would gravitate towards the couch, sit at the little table, pick up a few stamps and play.  I decided to grab this precious mini Waltzing Mouse stamp set and actually open it.  This is a new set of mine from a couple of months ago that I had yet to open up and try.  I sooooo have to remedy this 'not' crafting lark!

 

By the way - Eeyore is a Christmas pressie for little Charlie.  I buy gifts early so my bedroom closet is full already and by Christmas I should have the entire set of these adorable, softer than soft, plush cuties.

 

 

I am thrilled with the results (even if I say so myself - it's my blog so I'm allowed) and I so could've done with this card a few months ago when the newest addition to our family came along.  I was playing around layering up the stamps on a great big block whilst trying to figure out how I wanted to arrange all the elements together on a card and liked the result so most of this was stamped in one.  The only exception is the little lacey bit above and below 'baby' and the large circle on top of the tag.

 

EVERYTHING on this sweet card is either stamped or done using a Pro-Marker.  Who knew I'd be having so much fun playing with them right now huh?  Anyhow I used a WMS polka dot border stamp, built up my circle element on top of the tag with a stamp from a further set and added stitched holes using my sewing machine without any thread in it.  I was tempted to use grey thread and next time I just might but it was easier to just whip the thread and bobbin out than it was to change it all.

 

What you probably can't make out is that I used a Nestabilities die to cut the scrolled shape to the top of my stamped panel and then layered it (3D) back on to the relief bit which I happened to colour in grey so it has some depth to it.

 

 

And then because I turned the card over and found blue smudges on the back (which comes of having craft stuff EVERYWHERE) I had to fix up the back somehow.  I know this card has a kinda 'messy' feel to it.  I'm still lovin the Tim Holtz distress ink pads right now.  In fact later today I'm hoping to go get a pink one but I really like this 'smudged' look. 

 

I still have a stamp on back order with WMS that will give me a perfect lacey border which would've worked better on this card but I'm patiently waiting for that to arrive.  It'll be a nice surprise when it does come.

 

And this was me having a play last night just throwing together a few things.  Not sure this one works so I don't know that I'll be repeating it any time soon.

 

And this was me stamping out a whole bunch of those fabby flowers (that I am just soooo in lurve with) and over loading  a card just to see what they look like.  This makes me want to do a scrapbook page - but I NEED a Tim Holtz pink ink pad to do the one I have in mind.  Again it's all a bit OTT for my liking so I might strip back and simplify my next project with these flowers but I'm lovin the yellow, blue, green colour combo. 

 

Oh and I forgot to show this with the little black gems on either side of that framed sentiment - oops!  What you might be able to see though is the smudge I got on it.  I get this far and then set something on top of it whilst searching through the heap for something else - what am I like LOL!

 

Finally a shot of the two.  You can't say that I'm afraid to use colour now can you?

 

Oh and I think I've come up with a solution for my lack of craft room use at the moment.  Something tells me Jess is gonna be a long time at home so I'm going to make it my mission to clear out part of the wall unit in the sitting room to store my most used crafty bits.  That way maybe I can avoid the chaos that's downstairs right now and craft a bit more often.  I get so inspired when I do play and who doesn't love playing with Waltzing Mouse Stamps?

 

Enjoy!

 

Suezie

Flowery 70th Birthday

Hubby reminded me yesterday that I was supposed to be making a 70th birthday card for one of the gals where he works.  Her mother is celebrating her 70th later this month.  I had already spent the better part of my day crafting and by now it was getting late so I really just wanted to go to bed..

 

Even so I managed to come up with something.  Much as I love flowers this is way too flowery for my liking and a bit OTT but all I could think to do with time running out was fill up the space with flowers.  I was actually too tired to take a proper photo of this card last night (I've promised myself an early night tonight so this will be a shorter post than usual) so I grabbed some quick shots this morning before heading out the door for work. 

 

Hubby said it HAD to have '70' on it somewhere and after frantically searching high and low I managed to locate my PTI number dies.  It drives me mad that I don't have use of my craft room right now and that I can never find anything I want, when I want!

 

And I even prettied up the envelope to match.  One of the things I've discovered I LOVE about stamping with these fabby flower designs is the different look they have when you take a Pro Marker to them.  I even used a Pro Marker on the inner and outer edges of my stamped label.  This was a pastel beige coloured pen.  The flowers on the card are stamped, then cut out and layered onto the card.  The ones on the envelope are stamped directly onto it and I used a mask of the larger flower so I could stamp leaves and smaller flowers around it.

 

I am soooo lovin this flower - I think it has to be my favourite ever of WMS flowers.  I have lots of ideas rolling around in my head whenever I look at it.

 

I didn't put an asking price on this card and just left it up to the gal who ordered it to pay what she felt she wanted to.  Hubby handed me £4 this evening which was a lovely surprise.  I know I wouldn't have put that much on it if it was left up to me.  And today at work the girlies liked my 'Orla Keiley' style cards so I might make a few of them over the weekend to take in and sell Monday.  It would be kinda nice to get back the money I just shelled out on my new stamps huh?

 

Well I'm off to Bedfordshire for an early night.  Hope you see something that inspires you to craft.

 

Nighty, night!

 

Suezie

I'm Supposed to be Doing Housework!

Well I really should be doing housework and that was what I had planned to do today - until I heard Mr Postie trying to shove my precious new WMS stamps through my letter box that is.  So that's how they get through my door huh?  Now I've seen it with my own eyes  - how could he? LOL!

 

I am simply blown away at the sheer speed that these were delivered with.  I only ordered them Monday evening (in time for entry into the 'win your order' competition).  A girl has to at least give it a shot right?  Today is Wednesday (my day off) and they're here already.  Now that's what I call speedy delivery and great service - thanks Waltzing Mouse!  And I just love Claire's little handwritten messages - such a sweet personal touch and a reminder of what a lovely person she is.

 

I would've loved the nautical stamps as well but they will have to go on my wish list for now.  Even if I could go crazy and have whatever I want whenever I want it, I wouldn't.  Since I don't teach much anymore I try to stick to a reasonable budget for craft supplies.  WMS are pretty much the only stamps I buy these days and that suits me just fine.  I decided to go for the floral sets cos you can use flowers again, and again, and again...... And I do!

 

My original plan for today was to finish several cards I have been mass producing over the last couple of days.  I am trying to get another batch of cards made up for Caring for Life and used my last CAS card design as the basis.  I was going to craft for an hour or two and then clean house (I was mid-crafting when Mr Postie stopped at my door).

 

Anyhow I had been stamping in a kinda Orla Keilly style with the solid feather in colour and the detailed feather stamped kinda off-set over the top in black.

 

This is my latest Orla Keilly shopping bag from the grocery store.  I keep my eyes peeled for new ones and grab them when I can.  They're really nice sized, sturdy canvas bags so I'd buy them anyway.  One of the girls in the office has Orla Keilly notebooks and such so she always has something out on the desk which I often stop and admire as I pass by.  This probably explains where I'm getting my mojo from right now.

 

I also needed a card for a young guy at our church who is about to go off on a study course and is hoping to become a youth worker at the end of it.  I used the same off-set idea to make a CAS card for him.  I really like this technique.

 

Of course I never quite got to the housework part of my day today cos I had to have a quick play with a few of my new stamps at least.  Just so I wouldn't keep thinking about them and wishing I'd had time to play LOL.  I used the WMS Two Step Floral Sprig set and stamped up the leaves in green.  Then I added the vein detailing over the top in black.

 

Next up I stamped a small cirle from a WMS Christmas ornament set and then used the dots from the Two Step set in the centre.  I let the whole thing dry before adding a scalloped border strip using a MS punch which I then stitched in place using black thread and my sewing machine.  By the time I was finished I decided to add a Christmas sentiment so I have my first Christmas card of the year made - yay me!

 

And because it was a Christmassy card I added some red glitter to the centre of each berry.  Finally to finish off the whole thing and to make those gorgeous leaves and berries 'pop' out I went around everything with a 'cool grey1' Promarker for extra detail.  This card is almost a 'one layer' card with the exception of the scalloped strip but since that takes a matter of minutes to add and it's a nice addition I don't think that matters.

 

I imagine I will mass produce a few of these for Caring for Life as well so I have a little 'keep me busy' project over the next few days.  I have worked so many 10 hour days over the past month or so that I'm happy to have the down time.  Besides I really miss crafting. 

 

This time around I'm ready for the PJ party over at Waltzing Mouse Stamps later this month and I'll be able to use new stamps to enter with too - how cool is that?

 

 

Well I guess I'd better go get busy with a bit of housework.  If I don't at least get to my kitchen floor today I will go spare!  We get so busy with our little plot this time of year and all the other stuff that summer brings along that the house kinda goes by the way side - at least until I simply can't stand looking at it any longer. 

 

I have had far too many days out of late, too many girly lunches (megga fattening) and then of course I stay home today with all kinds of plans and just end up crafting and drink tea and eat red gooseberry jam all day long. It's fresh made and pretty hard to resist.  Who knew red gooseberries were so darn delicious? I certainly didn't but I'm soooo glad we grow both varieties.  We only have them this year cos we caged up the berries to keep the birds away.  And when I'm not eating them in jam I'm having cooked red gooseberries in Alpro soya yoghurt for lunch.

 

I sooooo have to go work off some of these calories plus do something that makes me look like I've had a busy housework day before hubby arrives home LOL!  Not that he'd say much - he's so laid back thanks goodness :-)

 

Blessings

 

Suezie

A Quick WMS Play!

I have been super busy today finishing off some sewing for a friend and getting handmade gifts made up for giving tonight.  Since I was so busy hubby went to the grocery store by himself and did all the week's shopping.  That meant I not only had time to finish my projects but I also had time to play real quick too.  Nothing fancy - just a CAS card but thought I'd share anyhow.

 

I seldom do CAS cos I struggle not to add a bit more and a bit more but time was short and I actually liked this card just as it turned out.  My adding a bit more was to add the bow but I resisted temptation to add a button as well.  This shot doesn't reflect the true colours terribly well (think it's the pink background - I soooo have to make me a light box.  The feathers are stamped in a Tim Holtz 'rust' colour and the cardstock is a kind of matt gold colour.

 

Whilst the feathers are from my newest WMS funky flowers stamp set, the sentiments are stamps I picked up at a recent craft show for just £1.50 for the two - clearly they came as a a set.

 

And because I wanted to add some smaller feathers inside I just used the smaller funky feathers and cut them round same as for my bird house card.

 

See I even managed to keep the inside of the card CAS!  I'm improving LOL!

 

And yesterday Mr Postie delivered something new to my door.  If you haven't seen these and just what you can do with them then check out Claire's blog post here.  They looked like so much fun that I decided not to wait until the new release but to get hold of these straight away.

 

I already have a glue gun but I didn't want to have to remove the glue sticks every time I wanted to use one of these so I had hubby pick me up a second inexpensive glue gun to keep just for these Mod Podge Melts.  I'll find me a plastic tub somewhere in my cupboards and keep the moulds, sticks and gun altogether.

 

I haven't time to actually try these just at the minute (though I'm dying to!) but in case you're wondering - the mould measures abour 3 3/4" square and the larger flowers in it are about 1 - 1 1/4" across.  I thought I'd show you the sizes on the sticks too because they're pretty long sticks at 10" in length and you get a wopping 16 per pack!

 

I've wanted to try making my own flat backed moulded roses for such a long time now but I didn't want the hassle of two compounds that have to be carefully mixed together to harden.  Claire shares several tips on her blog for using these so I'll be trying those out too.  I'll keep you posted on how I get on.

 

And in case you haven't heard or seen any of the fab samples Claire's DT gals have been featuring pre-release later today you really have to check em out here.  Like always I've been positively drooling over them and I haven't even seen the stamp sets as yet!

 

I'm doing a class at the end of August and seriously considering whether or not we should be using one of her smaller £3.95 sets so everyone can have a set of their own.  I'm sorely tempted so I hope she's releasing a smaller set too.  There will be about 9 new sets in total.

 

Enjoy!

 

Suezie

My Other WMS Card

I promised to share my other card using my new Waltzing Mouse Stamp set - funky feathers just as soon as I decided how I wanted to finish around the edges.  Well no prizes if you guessed I'd go with real stitching.  Sometimes only the real thing will do.

 

Since nothing on my card was particularly neat or straight for that matter - this was intentional I assure you - I decided to go for very random, uneven lines of stitching.  This kind of effect looks wrong with a single row so you have to do at least two or more times around for full effect.  Otherwise it tends to look like a poor sewing job - kinda like you can't sew in a straight line.

 

I used my WMS woodgrain stamp on several scraps of coloured card stock which I then trimmed and punched as desired to create this cute little bird house.  When I came to adding it to the card it seemed kinda natural to me to tilt it slightly.  Most of the bird houses I've ever seen have been real rustic and somewhat wobbly so I just couldn't bring myself to line it all up neat and proper.

 

And do you see my feathers?  If you look at the stamp set below they're actually very angled but cute as they are it seemed a bit harsh for my card and I wanted a more rounded, softer look so I simply cut them that way as I cut them out.  The only place you can tell is where they overlap cos I stamped them on the same layer.  I really like that I can get two looks from one stamp!

As with most of my stamp sets I've barely scratched the surface and it won't be too long before Claire's releasing more!  I really must put crafting higher up on my list.  There just aren't enough hours in my day to fit everything in and I still have new sets unopened as yet and another on back order. Lordy, Lordy!

Maybe I should stop having girlie lunches on my day off huh? LOL  I was back out to lunch with Jilly, my mother and 3 of my 4 sisters just today.  I'm making no plans for my day off next week - not a single one I tell ya!  And the following week Jilly's invited me over to christen her new teapot so I could just take a crafting project along for the two of us to do to make sure I get a bit more crafting in.

Blessings

Suezie

Tea Party in the Park

Yesterday I had the most wonderful treat and I got to share it with two very special girlies and now that I've done this once - I CAN'T WAIT to do it all over again!!!

 

I cannot believe that I've never done this before plus I could've been doing this all along with so many lovely ladies in my life.  This will definitely not be the last time I can tell you that for sure.

 

First up I had booked a date for us to spend together with a few other gals but it was so far in advance that gradually one by one they cried off as things came up.  We had originally planned an outing to the Cath Kidston outlet at Eaton Socon, St Neots but I found I had to completely re-think plans.  Instead I came up with this idea - inspired by Jilly's birthday tea party a few weeks back.  Then when I was surfing the net on my lunch break last week and ran across this fab inspiration from Debbie Olson which just happened to be yellow - the colour of the Twinings Everyday tea I am now completely converted to since Jilly's party - well I knew how I could use my WMS tea stamp sets to pull it altogether.

 

 

Since I had been planning this for a couple of weeks I jumped at the chance to pick up this pretty embroidered table cloth for just  .50 p in a charity store in Stowmarket last weekend - the colours were perfect!  I am constantly blown away by what you can find if you set your mind to it.

 

It hasn't taken me long to get an empty Twinings tea box  - I lurve my tea!  I decorated one up and luckily for me when I stopped in at Marks & Spencers on my way home from work Friday to pick up tea party food the sweet little square fondant iced cakes just happened to be in a yellow box as well.  It was all coming together so perfectly.

 

This is the detail on the top of the box once it was tied closed.  The touches of orange on the box made my orange ribbon and the kinda distressed orange/yellow designer paper I used work so well together - even if I do say so myself LOL.

 

And for those of you who might be wondering what I put inside the box - wonder no more!  I whipped up some double cream (I add a little powdered sugar to mine to sweeten it a bit) and then made up some 20 minute microwave jam (recipe below), used my lovely 'weck' jars for each of these (another charity shop find at .50 p each about a year ago) and I even added a small ice pack inside on the bottom to keep the cream chilled.

 

Then I popped in a couple of fruit scones to fill out the box and complete the whole thing and brought along extra scones separately.  Couldn't you just see giving this to a friend or neighbour?  I'm logging that idea for the future.

 

No tea party would be complete without sandwiches but as I didn't want them to get soggy and I needed to keep fillings chilled I just bagged up some pretty mini rolls - brown & white in two decorated paper sacks and kept the fillings in a chilled bag on blue ice.

 

I filled a basket with all the china cups and saucers and some clear plastic tumblers I spotted for a round pound each at the local grocery store the day before - I took old fashioned lemonade to drink with straws as well since it was a really hot day.  My cake stands were all stainless steel so I wouldn't worry about breaking my nice ones and I even had a fancy stainless steel tea pot and matching milk jug.

 

I took along two flasks of hot water but I dropped the bag with the flasks in and the larger one broke.  That left just the smaller one but it gave Gillian and I at least one cup of tea.  I took along a small milk flask and grabbed the sugar cubes that make a rare appearance now and then - thank goodness sugar keeps a while.

 

 

As fortune would have it, God even provided the perfect table for us.  Just as we parked and got out our goodies an older couple vacated the wooden picnic table just in front of us and He even provided a tree or two to string up a bit of bunting.  I brought along a blanket to lay on the ground but this all worked sooooo much better on a table.  Things happened to make this whole treat perfect that I just couldn't have planned if I'd tried!

 

Here's Gillian and Bethany as we were beginning to set up.

 

We filled the rolls and set them on the bottom layer of the stands, added the scones and pretty cakes to the top layers, plated up quiche to go with a bit of salad, set the tea brewing and poured the lemonade.  It was actually even more fun since everyone helped to make sandwiches and help set the food and drink out - again something I hadn't planned but it worked perfectly.

 

 

I had purchased some flowers from the reduced section of M & S and taken along a Kilner jar of water which I decorated simply with a paper doily, ribbon and stamped label.  I'd taken along scissors and let Bethany trim and arrange the flowers in the jar as the finishing touch.  Afterwards she was able to tip out the water and take the flowers home in the jar to enjoy for the rest of the week.

 

With the exception of a bit of picnic food this was a relatively inexpensive treat.  It took more time and effort than anything else and a whole lot of fore-thought.  There's not much I'd change if I did it again but I would add a few extra things and I'm now keeping my eye out for a BIG basket to fit everything in and a slightly smaller cool bag.  I think I'd use one of my vintage sheets to make a larger 'base layer' table cloth and fabric napkins for next time so I don't have to buy napkins every time too.

 

I sure hope I get to squeeze at least one more of these 'Tea Parties in the Park' into my summer this year, my mother would love one of these I'm sure!  If you've never tried one of these why not go ahead and treat yourself and a friend.  With or without all the pretty stamping, a simple bit of paper doily and ribbon can do wonders.

 

I hope I've inspired you to try something like this at least.

 

Microwave Jam

 

500g fruit (berries), 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1 lb (2 cups) sugar.

 

Add the lemon juice to the fruit in a large microwavable bowl.  Cook on high 4 minutes to soften fruit.  Stir in sugar and cook 20 minutes on high, strirring occasionally.  Test on a chilled saucer, cook a further 5 minutes if required but jam will seem slightly runnier than normal.  Let stand 5 minutes to thicken slightly then jar into clean sterilised jars.

 

Jam will thicken further overnight and if chilled too.

 

I use this recipe year after year and have tried gooseberries, blueberries, raspberries and the strawberry jam is scrumilicious!  It never stays around long in our house.  I have black currants in the fridge - first ones picked from the allotment ever to try.

 

Enjoy!

 

Suezie

 

 

 

Waltzing Mouse Bedtime Story!

I'd intended to play along with the WMS PJ party but the stamps I ordered never came in time.  I guess I could've used something else but I had an idea fixed firmly in my mind and it just wouldn't budge.  I've included a sneak peek at the end of this post. 

There's just one element I'm undecided about on it - pen lines or machine stitching?  I'm leaning toward real stitching but it's just so darn hot right now I don't know if I have the energy required to drag out my sewing machine.  Too much like hard work. LOL!

 

This was the bedtime story sketch and this challenge is still running so as soon as my new stamps came I decided to play along with this one anyhow.

 

I originally wanted to enter the background challenge so I had been playing around with my WMS polka dot background stamp and because I used a fairly fresh Tim Holtz stamp pad and a card stock that stays wet for a while I ended up with this kinda washed out look to the background which I really liked.

 

I used strips of torn paper to frame up the area I wanted to stamp the dotty background into so I had the look of a torn piece of paper or fabric for my background.

 

And then cos the ink was still wet I stamped using the smaller WMS chicken wire stamp and it went all kinda washed out too.  I wasn't aiming for neat and tidy at this stage so I was cool with that.  I just love this sentiment! 

 

I added a strip of wood grain card stock in keeping with the kinda rough country feel and again this was a WMS background stamp.  I also knew I wanted to notch out the edges for my string cos I didn't want it to slip and besides it's just an extra feature and one I've seen but never done before.  It's always the simplest touches that make a card cute isn't it?

 

You get a better look at the distressed dotty background in this shot plus I stamped up the solid feather in blue first and then the detailed stamp over the top in brown.  I can't use cutting files sadly but cutting the old fashioned way (by hand) still works and I was careful to cut out the section where the feather had split.

 

 

I used a combo of Waltzing Mouse Stamps from 4 different sets for my card and literally just 'dipped' into the new 'Funky Feathers' set.  Next time I'll use my PTI button die and maybe stamp up a WMS design on top to go whole hog but I loaned my Big Shot out for the time being so I had to make do with a regular button for now.

 

 

I just love the kinda washed out yellow 'scattered straw' colour and yesterday after a lovely lunch with some girlies who I haven't seen long enough to really talk to in like forever!!! (I had a FAB time BTW), I stumbled upon a basket of pretty crocheted doilies all marked up at just .25p in a charity store. I couldn't resist stopping in a couple more before heading home.

 

 I swear one of these days I'm makin myself a doily bunting!  At that price it wouldn't take much either.  I am sooooo gonna do this!  Maybe I should make it a class so that I HAVE TO DO IT!!

 

I fell in love with these doilies cos they had a gorgeous 3D flower in the centre and were a similar pale yellow shade to boot.  I got them for a project this weekend but now I don't know if I can actually part with them.  I like em so much I want to keep them all for myself.

 

And this is the sneak peek I promised - if I could've I would've entered it into the WMS PJ party.  It was only going to be in the background category.  I'll post the real card once I make up my mind.

 

I'm planning a girlie crafting get together at the end of this month and I might just use some of these new WM stamps for it.  In fact I have two smaller sets to play with and now I'm thinkin I could include a set for each person huh?  Might have to do that girls.  I'll call or text ya once I know I can sort out the venue.

 

I'm busy most of the next few days but if I can get me some play time in then I'm there!

 

Blessings

 

Suezie