A relaxing Christmas....

Good morning all in Blogland and hope that your weekend has been going well. Bit chilly here this morning (well, it is autumn I suppose lol!) but the sun is shining which is always a bonus!  Just the usual weekend's comings and goings in our house but I'm bracing myself today. Yesterday my daughter's new desk arrived and that means that we're going to be putting it together today.... Oh dear.
Perhaps I should explain. My hubby and I have been together over 23 years. We get along very well, make one another laugh (one of the most important ingredients in a relationship in my opinion!) and enjoy spending time together..... - until DIY gets involved. We never normally argue - my husband's not very good at taking part in a good argument so I gave up trying a long time ago! However, the occasions that nearly always lead to bickering are when we're trying to do DIY together.  I'm from the "just get on with it" school of DIY whereas my husband likes to take his time, measure things out and, in my opinion, generally faff about too much. Sigh. Hence I'm bracing myself for the inevitable clash when we get this desk & room sorted later. I'm planning decorating at the end of this month but worked out a while ago that it's a lot less stressful if I do it myself, put my music on and get on with it. Then I've only got myself to complain to when something goes wrong. And marital peace can be maintained.....

Anyway, that's Sunday mornings waffle over with! And on to today's card.

I've used an LOTV stamp - 'Christmas Snooze' - and this just looks a perfect way to spend time at Christmas! 

I've coloured the image with promarkers and pencils

The backing papers are from First Edition and Dovecraft, with some red card for matting. The ribbon and lace are from Cart-Us, as is the fabric covered brad.  The sentiment is also from LOTV. 

with the inside decorated to match.

So quite a simple card from me today. I'm making an effort to produce some 'postable' Christmas cards, as although it's tempting to get carried away with the embellishments, it's not really practical for a lot of them. And postage charges being what they are in this country I could be bankrupt before I've even bought Christmas presents lol! 

So, apologies for the moaning waffle about domestic arguments! And can I just say a big thanks once again for all the lovely positive comments you leave - they mean such a lot. And a warm welcome to my new followers - and I promise I don't waffle on quite so much on all my posts! 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

Back soon, Kim x

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

ChristmasStampinallyearlong - traditional colours

PoodlesParlour - anything goes

LilisLittleFairies - anything goes

CardsGalore - anything goes

Christmas is creeping up!

I'm back again with a new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts. We had some fantastic entries in our last challenge. And this new challenge, chosen by our lovely Susan is '9 weeks and counting', Christmas is on it's way! So we'd like to see your Christmas creations!

I decided to use one of my Humphrey stamps from CraftersCompanion that I bought last year

I've coloured the image with promarkers and added lots of stickles (no surprise there then lol!). 

The backing papers are from Dovecraft, with some plain card from stash - and using the Spellbinders 'floral oval' die (a new favourite!). The holly corners are from a CheeryLynn die, with some added red beads for the holly berries. 

The sentiment is one of the gorgeous 'Grungy Christmas' ones from LOTV. And then a bow of sheer ribbon from Joanna Sheen. 

So do pop over to Totally Papercrafts and join us with your Christmas offerings! 

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Back soon, Kim x 

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - anything goes

I love Promarkers - anything goes

A&T Emerald Fairies - anything goes

CheeryLynn - corner embellishments

OLLCB - Christmas sentiment

Totally Stampalicious - Christmas

A Christmas Tilda - and a cute baby!

Good morning all and hope that you're managing to face Monday with a smile! The weekend always passes too quickly, but thankfully I have the house to myself for a while today so chance to catch up on a few jobs - and then hopefully do some crafting! Not sure I can survive the rest of the week if I don't get a quick fix of crafting - oh, the torment of being a craftaholic lol!
Just a quick card to share with you today. I bought this stamp ages ago and it is a Christmas Tilda - 'Tilda with ribbon' - but whenever I've used it it's not been for a Christmas card! So this is it's first outing actually on a Christmas one lol!

I've coloured her with promarkers and pencils.  The backing papers are from Dovecraft 'Vintage Christmas' and the ribbon and lace are from Cart-Us. 

I've added a LOTV 'grungy sentiment' - just love these! - and a Marianne die cut swirl and poinsettia. 

I know, it's another red & green Christmas card! - but I do quite like these muted shades. I promise to do better next time and make a few Christmas cards that feature other colours! 

I'm entering this card into:-

Amusing Challenges - anything goes

Dynamic Duos - colour challenges

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude - anything goes

As I mentioned in my post yesterday I was off to visit an old friend (although she'll thump me for calling her old! - I mean old as in terms of we've been friends for a long time!). I was staying with her when she went into hospital to have her daughter 24 years ago - and now her daughter has had a baby girl Grace. So I went to Manchester yesterday to meet baby Grace and have a cuddle! 

now isn't she cute? Grace is 10 weeks old now and just gorgeous. There were problems when she was born and she's had to undergo scans and all sorts, and still has more to face, but we're all praying and hoping that she's fine. And yesterday she was just perfect!  I took a few baby knits with me for her

and thankfully they fitted! Just thought I'd share such a cute little face with you to cheer a grey Monday! 

Hope your day goes well, 

Back soon, Kim x