And the sunshine goes on....!

Hello all and I hope that your week has started well? We seem to have had a busy start to our week - and it's set to stay pretty busy too. I'd swapped a work day today and took the troops (i.e. son, daughter and daughter's boyfriend) off to the Trafford Centre which, for those who don't know, is a very big shopping mall on the outskirts of Manchester (about an hour's drive from me).  So now I'm sat here with incredibly tired feet and a much lighter purse....  My son hadn't been since he was about 7 so thoroughly enjoyed going into all the hip, groovy shops that teenagers like to go in - the sort that have dimmed lighting, loud music, high prices, etc.  I think I'm turning into a grumpy old shopper and have a terrible urge to shout loudly "Will somebody put the lights on and turn that bl**dy music down!!!".  Thankfully, I restrained myself - otherwise my son and heir would have been so mortified he probably wouldn't have spoken to me again (or should I say, grunted to me again?). I did manage to cause him embarrassment by setting the alarm off in the phone shop by moving a mobile phone on the display. I could see his cheeks redden and eyes roll - but I did remind him that he did his fair share of embarrassing me in shops when he was little so I was only getting my own back.  Anyway, he did manage to accumulate a fair number of carrier bags with a variety of clothing and some new shoes for school (kerching! kerching! £££££).  I just needed a long cool drink and a lie down in a dark room when we got back....

Anyway, after all that, I've got another Christmas card to share with you - and yes, I know that we're in a heatwave in the middle of summer!  This one is also from the fabulous new mini cd 'Angelberry Christmas' from Polkadoodles

I've coloured the image with copics and added lots of glamour dust on the wings. The backing paper is actually from the Picknix cd from Polkadoodles. 

The flowers are actually cut from red felt with a Marianne die and I've added green buttons with twine from stash. The gingham ribbon is from Joanna Sheen with some gold bells from stash. The holly die cut is Cheery Lynn with some red dew drops. 

Do check out the gorgeous Angelberry Christmas cd from Polkadoodles - it's fabulous! 

Right, I'm off to have a shower and pamper my poor feet before work again tomorrow! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

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

Cuttinand Stampin challenge - christmas in July

PapertakeWeekly - buttons and bows

Craft-DeeBowz - anything goes with a bow

EurekaStamps - christmas in July

StampandCreate - christmas in July