Friday and the weekend approaches!

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... a CAS and graphic card in colours eminently suitable (IMHO) for a guy card.

My C6 card

Materials used:

• White, 250gsm, C6 card and matching envelope
• Card in white and green, for my card front, insert and matting
• Snippets of card in white, black and green, for my image panel
• Pink and Main image (from "Oh Christmas Tree" - Oct 2023 - NBUS) stamped using Versamark embossing ink and then Ranger bronze perfect pearls and Jacquard pearl-ex powders used to colour the tree - a quick spritz of Krylon fixative - elsewhere on the card I stamped the tree using Ranger Archival in library green
• Pink and Main sentiment (from the same set as the tree - NBUS) stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
• Wink of Stella clear glitter gel brush pen used to add some sparkle to the sentiment

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. NBUS - challenge No. 56 - USE NBUS
2. HLS - November CHRISTMAS challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) BAH HUMBUG
3. Fab 'n Funky - challenge No. 583 - MAKE IT MASCULINE
4. Penny's Paper Crafty - challenge No. 558 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Merry Little Christmas Challenge - challenge No. 53 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

I was lucky enough to be awarded a Top 3 over at the stencil fun blog, for their October challenge,  thanks so much.

I've just returned from a Florida vacation and would love to share some pix with you .....

I realise it's slightly out of focus but .. too pretty NOT to share

A couple of guys out for their morning constitutional,
same as me! They're sandhill cranes

Enjoying the "cold front"

We also took a trip further south, staying in Naples for three nights ... one of our outings involved a visit to a local Botanical Gardens, so peaceful

A little shopping stop at Fisherman's Village in Punta Gorda and a visit to a wildlife conservation sanctuary