500th Post!

Yep I've been nattering on that many times and, like it or not, I'm not about to stop!!

Today's HS:MS:HS is 'Crowd'.

What is a collection/group of frogs called? A leap, a squelch.

Here's the present I finished this weekend. An exploding box with a candle jar (for fake candles) and a bracelet inside.

There was a matching card too , made from the BoBunny Calypso range.

That's June's birthdays sorted now on to July's, which includes mine, yeah!

** Kate **

Seeing Red

Yep we're seeing red in more ways then one here. But, today's HS:MS:HS beauty of nature is 'Red'. As promised my photo is not a flower.

Well it has got a flower in it and it's only red ish. My spotters guide informs me that it is a Painted Lady visiting from Africa for the summer. And we're very pleased that it has chosen to visit our garden.

I am crafting at the moment but my makes are for presents so I will post pictures once the goods have been handed over.

** Kate **

Pink

Have been racking my brains to find something non-plant based for today's HS:MS:HS beauty of nature 'Pink'.

Took the boy for a walk and dropped a birthday card off at mum's where I spotted these beauties and gave up on the non-floral hunt.

Have got something for tomorrow though, yeh!

** Kate **

Purple

Today's HS:MS:HS beauty of nature is 'Purple'. It definitely had to be a purple flag iris for my offering, I wonder how many other people will choose the same?

That's about it for today, planning to re-shuffle some furniture. Kind of throw it all into the air and see where it lands!!

** Kate **

Green

Today's HS:MS:HS beauty of nature colour is 'Green'. It's a wet day here and I'm not venturing much further than school and back so here is one taken a little while ago.

Concentrating on getting the house sorted out before the holidays. That way I will be able to find my craft stuff in the short amount of spare time I get!

** Kate **

Yello'

Had a packed Sunday with Dancing Medals in the morning, and cricket combined with a visit to SMO's family in the afternoon.

Forgot to mention in earlier posts that this little dancing angel has fangs!

Everyone join in now "all I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth".

Took a card with us for SMO's dad. Made using some extra critters I stamped for Friday's card. The letters are from a gorgeous pack of Heidi Grace die-cuts.

This week's HS:MS:HS has a beauty of nature theme with a different colour each day. Today is yellow and having used photos of both the yellow flowers in my garden in the last few days I needed to go in search of more.

Found this little weed and just managed to catch a buzzy before it buzzed off.

** Kate **

Climb

Yesterday's HS:MS:HS was 'Climb', so this picture of Branston at the garden centre is perfect for the job.

Needed a fairly quick leaving card to take to Rainbows for one of our wonderful helpers who is off to uni. She's on her hols this week so it was a perfect chance to get all the girls to sign it.

By chance there was a suitable article in this month's Papercraft Essentials and I took inspiration from one of the cards. It featured a stamp of a mouse sat on a cat who was sat on a dog. I haven't got that particular one but it reminded me of my Patchwork Kingdom stamps. I stamped the creatures out on different papers and removed the teacups etc they were actually carrying and added other creatures instead.

I need a birthday card for Sunday and have a similar idea planned for that.

It's a bit of a dismal day today but captured this little fellow in the sunshine on Thursday.

** Kate **