CAS Christmas Card Challenge ......

Happy weekend ......

I hope you're all doing something nice this weekend. 
It's lovely here on the island today ..... we've got autumn sunshine.  It's a but chilly though, so my cosy, warm layers are starting to come out of the wardrobe.

As I mentioned yesterday, there's only 13 more weekends before Christmas ....... eeeek! I'd better get those lists started!  I must confess I did actually look a some Christmas cards in town yesterday.  Well, I was in the card shop with Lauren, waiting for balloons for Alex's birthday party today, and as I don't venture in to card shops much these days I thought I'd have a look round.  Don't worry, I didn't buy any, well not yet anyway.  The way things are going though I might just have to at some point!!!

I do have one more for the festive box ...... I'm playing along with this month's CAS Christmas Card Challenge.   As you can see, the theme this month is .... Wreath

I do like a nice Christmas wreath, you'll always find one on our front door. And here's my entry for the challenge ......

This cute little wreath is from the Stampin Up! set called Feeling of Christmas.  I think it was last year but don't hold me to that!
I simply stamped and heat embossed in gold, and then coloured using ZIG Markers.

For the berries I used white Enamel Accents, and I added a touch of sparkle to the cute little baubles using a Wink of Stella pen then put a layer of Glossy Accents over the top .....

The sentiment is from a Penny Black clear stamp set, stamped in gold metallic ink

and I added a few splatters of the same ink onto the background.

The design follows through on the inside .......

Same colours, same splatters ......

I might just make some more of these.

Speaking of Christmas a very large box arrived yesterday full of goodies for the festive workshop.  Looks like I'll be getting into the Christmas spirit, and full of glitter next week ..... can't wait!
Ho! Ho! Ho!

We had a great evening out with the birthday boy last night.  Alex chose the restaurant ..... Alessandro's in town, and we had a lovely meal. 
He discovered that he likes a medium rare, fillet steak, after eating most of Grandad's, saving his pepperoni pizza to take home!  He also had queenies with pancetta cooked in garlic and white wine, but he's not too keen on Beef Carpaccio.  He's developing great taste for an eight year old!!!
There had to be cake too of course .....

thanks to Robbie for the photo

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your weekend.
I'm looking forward to a nice cosy evening in front of the TV.  There's a beef casserole that's been cooking slowly all day ..... it smells delicious,  with a bottle of our favourite red to go with it ....... perfect!

Cheerio until next time .....