I fainted!

Don't worry! It was only in a shock kind of way - the sun came out today! It actually felt like summer so I fainted sort of. I mean does this actually mean summer has finally done the decent thing and actually made an appearance? It was also quite pleasant last Sunday too (yup time thieves again folks) so we had a run out.

Check out this for a beach! There are literally miles and miles of beautiful sandy beaches..... looks fab eh? The photo doesn't show up the browny tinge the sea has though! Yup none other than Mablethorpe. Oh yes we had some of those yummy fish and chips we had last time too. Now this beach obviously gets busy as they have lifeguards as you can see one here with his surf board, Oh and coat on!

And donkeys! I lurves donkeys and always think they look sad. But I suppose treking up and down the sand all day is a bit boring. I'd shared my mints out with them shortly before ;))

So over at Totally Gorjuss we've just started with Christmas in July. This week we sponsored by Meljen Designs The DT had some of their beautiful images to play with. So I used Rudolph - isn't he sweet? Coloured with Copics naturally. The papers are some Basic Grey 'Wassail'. Now with Christmas in mind and postal charges being ever higher I made a 'flat' card that will post on a regular stamp. That put flowers out of the window! Now they're lovely but generally push postal charges up into the 'large letter' band.

The decoration is punched holly leaves and snowflakes. The leaves have been stickled with Distress Stickles in 'Picket Fence' I was hoping for a frosty look - do you think it worked?

Well after Rudolph I was on a bit of a roll! Out came the gingerbread man! He too got the Copic treatment. These papers are basic Grey 'Jovial', some of my fav BG Christmas papers ever.

the little gingerbread embellishment is some of that lovely organza from Hobby Fun. Goes lovely with him don't you think?

I thought kraft card would be nice for him in a sort of rustic/arts and craft kind of thing. The border is a Martha Stewart punch, rick rack from stash.

Well that's it for today - are you still awake?

Oh and while I've been typing this the sun's only gone in!