Here is some pictures of the cards I made using the absolutely gorgeous stamps from Lavinia Stamps. The stamped images are really crisp. There are 3 in this set and cost £8.50. Well worth the money.

Don't know why the photo in the previous post is half pink. You can just make out the papers though. Sorry about that.

Last Saturday I had the most wonderful day with a friend of mine. She drove us to London and we spent the day at Alexandra Palace at the big scrapbooking and stamping show. What was even better was that some of my anarak buddies (The collective name given by my husband for the girls on the Just Bex craft forum) were there and we got to meet up and chat. Lovely Lythan whose blog I just adore was there but was only able to gossip for a few minutes as she was much more focused in her shopping. It is always lovely meeting people for real. Hi girls. The photos are of what I purchased. I did curb my spending a bit as I could be jobless very soon but it was made easier by there not being all the scrummy new papers that have been on the American market for a little while.

The flowers from Ikea. I am planning on pulling them off, bit by bit to use on cards.

I haven't really felt in a crafting mood lately. It is mainly down to the fact that I am being made redundant. Initially I was upset that the after school club would be closing down but now I am hoping it will be the push I need to go out and get a job that isn't just term time.

I have been to Ikea today. (Well a girl has got to do something to cheer herself up)! They were selling silk hydrangea heads for £4.99 that has hundreds of flowers I can pull apart and use on my cards.

Last Saturday we had a family day out to Twickenham to watch a charity rugby match for help 4 heroes. What a brilliant day. The charity raised over a million. Even though I still keep feeling a bit fed up about losing my job it kind of puts your life into perspective.

Sorry to take so long in posting pics of our holiday in Croatia. I won't put any of me in my costume on in case any of you are eating!

I can't believe I haven't put anything on my blog for so long.

Quick update of my life. School finished at the end of July and I disappeared down to Cornwall for a week. What a wash out. Rain every day except the Sunday which saw us all on the beach getting a beautiful ruby red colour on our shoulders!!

After a week at home we packed the cases and went off to Croatia for a fortnight. Some of the 300 photos we took will follow!!

We have had friends visiting last week. Their gorgeous daughter loves crafting and we spent a few hours doing glittery stuff. What fun.