Hello all – well what a weekend I’ve just had.  I got together with two of my favourite crafty pals, Stephanie and Aimes to attend the Happy Stampers North West Stamp Show which is held twice a year in the beautiful Hulme Hall here on the Wirral.  Steph was asked if she’d like to participate with a stand at the show and she said yes – yippee!  Apart from a couple of VERY late nights and a case of virtual exhaustion – it was fantastic!  Steph put so much thought and care into the display — it looked beautiful and we were run off our feet all day!  We were also lucky enough to meet a few fellow bloggers too – hey Vicky – which was lovely.  I think Clearly Besotted Stamps may have picked up quite a few new very happy customers!!

Here’s the three of us right at the start.

Steph’s lovely hubby Dean was with us all day too – what a star!

Here’s one of the cards I rustled up for the show using one of my all time favourite sets, Thinking of You.

Well, my last couple of late nights are seriously catching up on me now so must dash.

Thanks for stopping by.

Caryn xxx

Hey there – here to tell you all about the brand new 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge. It is another colour combo challenge and must admit – this time I did struggle!! I opted for a Christmas card in the end but it didn’t turn out quite how I wanted it – I guess it’d be good as a masculine kind of Christmas card!!

This challenge is being sponsored by Casual Friday Stamps too so make sure you play along for a chance to win!

If you saw the last 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge (#25) you will know that the Clearly Besotted DT (or some of us anyway) had a weekend get-together at Steph‘s (Clearly Besotted owner and sweet friend) house and decided to do a “group dash” together.  You can read about that post and watch the video here!  We also attempted a second challenge while we were all together and you can watch it now – aww, it was such a fun weekend – wish we could all get together and craft every weekend!!  LOVE YOU ALL!!!

As you can see, it went down to the wire and poor Debby (Lime Doodle) was not happy with her card in the end – I personally still think it’s a triumph!!  All the girls’ cards were for that matter!!

Well, I hope you get a chance to join in the fun again this time round.  Be sure to check out Paulina’s blog, Pretty Pink Posh for all the challenge details and the rest of the Design Teams fabulous creations!

Hugs,

Caryn xxx

Hey!  Here with a card made with the Mini Love Hearts stamp set from this month’s release from Clearly Besotted.  This set co-ordinates with the original Love Hearts set and also has dies available separately.  It’s great having the two size options now and my favourite of all the shapes and patterns is the primitive polka dot heart – swoon!

I used this fabby sentiment from Many Messages (amazing sentiment set – so many cool fonts!) and some patterned paper from the Dots and Stripes pack by Echo Park.

This has been a long week for me – school meetings, busy workload, play dates….  so looking forward to the weekend – just one more day – yay!!!

Caryn xxx