If you're feeling a little under the weather....

Hello all and I hope your weekend is going well.  It's a grey morning and a bit damp - but, being ever the optimist, I'm hoping that it will brighten up a bit!  Well, it'd better brighten up a bit because we have this neighbourhood barbecue planned for tea-time and I don't want everyone to end up in our house!  And thank you for all your good wishes when I shared my little bit of DT news - without the fantastic support I get from all of you out there in Blogland I think I would have probably given up with the blogging business quite a while ago.  But I get so many lovely comments on my creations that it always encourages me to keep going, keep trying to improve and try new things!  I think really the crafting blogland is just a big support network!  And I get so much inspiration and new ideas from browsing round everyone's blogs - there are some fantastically talented people out there!  So "Thank You"!

Anyway, Sunday morning waffling over with!  I'll let you know how our day goes and whether 'Operation Neighbourhood Barbecue' manages to overcome the vagaries of the British weather and go ahead!  It would be such a nice farewell to our elderly neighbour and all the kids are looking forward to it (even if we haven't got the road closed like we did when it was the Royal Wedding street party!).

I got a fabulous stamp plate recently from LOTV - I was really after one of the gorgeous wedding stamps that they do for a wedding card I needed to make, but managed to get one of the last of the stamp plates they had with a few images on.  And this is another gorgeous one

This one is called 'Little Nurse' and they just look so cute! Reminds me of when my daughter Lauren was 5 and got a nurse's outfit & kit for Christmas - poor Jack (who was about 6 months) was frequently subjected to medical check ups with her toy stethoscope & thermometer, bandages, plasters, etc.  It's a wonder he doesn't have a morbid fear of hospitals now..... Lol! 

I've coloured the image with copics and promarkers. The backing papers are from LOTV - as is the sentiment. I've added flowers from WOC, a Joy Crafts leafy die cut, and a 'ribbon rosette' I made with some sheer ribbon from Joanna Sheen and a pearly centre from WOC. The banner is using a Whimsy die. 

Anyway, I'll apologise for the rather long, rambling post! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend - whatever you have planned. 

Back soon, 

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Crafting Musketeers - use a stamped image

StampinForTheWeekend - anything goes

StampingWithTheDragon - anything goes

CraftyRibbons - flowers

DelightfulChallenges - banners/flags