Hello out there!  Yes I’m still here.  It’s been lovely to have a break since Christmas and we certainly had a most enjoyable holiday down south with our 4WD Club families.  We spent two weeks at Walpole in the caravan park with 7 other club families enjoying relaxing, reading, swimming, fishing, camp fires and fantastic company.  Their were loads of kids who all thrived on each other’s company and the adults got along quite well too! 

Whilst we’ve been back a week it’s been a busy one unpacking, washing and repacking to go away yet again at the end of this week for more camping, fishing, reading, swimming and fantastic company but this time with a great bunch of families from school.  It will be our first trip together but something tells me, not the last!

I’ve hardly had a chance to touch the stamps since Christmas so I don’t have a lot of new things to show you but I thought I would share with you this little token gift I gave some of my very special girlfriends for Christmas.  The weekend before Christmas I had the absolute pleasure of having a great night out with some of my bestest stamping girls.  It was a stinker of a hot night but a most enjoyable one with good friends with lots of laughter and fun!

Here we are enjoying our desserts!  Me, Vick, Charmaine, Keesh and Mon. 

and here is my little gift to each of them….

Here I have embossed the large solid image from Organic Outlines using White Craft Ink and white embossing powder onto Kraft cardstock, layered it onto Whisper White and then onto Real Red.  The sentiment is from Warm Words and I’ve used Jumbo White Brads and the GORGEOUS  Polka Dot Real Red grosgrain ribbon from the new Summer Mini to wrap around the card and tied it off with some silver cord. 

The little box is made using the same products however I’ve also added the flower image from Organic Outline and punched a half  1″ circle to help open the box. I’ve also lined it with some Ski Slope DSP just to finish it off.  As you can see it is just a little gift of some Apple Tea-lights. 

Don’t forget the Inventory Clearance Sale is still on until 24 January so hop in quick for some fantastic bargains! Check out this post below for more details.

and here is a pic of my gorgeous friend Makeesha and myself at our dinner. 

Tomorrow Keesh leaves the West to head for a new adventure in Cairns and whilst I will miss her terribly I know we will always be dear friends forever more.  Keesh and I met at a team meeting at our upline Ngaire’s almost four years ago and from the minute we were introduced just hit it off and have built a special and strong friendship that goes beyond our love of stamping!  I know there will be long chats and online antics so whilst my heart is sad tonight, I know we will be the best of long distance friends and I’ll just have to chalk up some visits to Cairns!  I’ve always wanted to go there anyway!!  Best of luck to you Keesh.