Friday 9 April 2010

Easter Holidays

We went away to London for a couple of days on Easter Sunday which was a fantastic break. We walked for miles and miles each day with our feet really suffering at night but all good fun! Lewis had an absolute ball and didn't want to leave, neither did we. Now we are back home it seems like such a distant memory, especially I'm now in the throes of having to write an assignment for my uni course which needs to be handed in next Friday at the latest. The plan was not to spend more than a few days doing it so that I could enjoy the rest of my holiday but somehow I don't think that that is how it is going to pan out. :o( I spend the whole of yesterday on it and didn't make very good progress unfortunately so today I pretty much won't be stopping either.

I think most of Saturday and Sunday will be taken up too minus taking Lewis to a birthday on both days. No rest for the wicked and no crafting for me! I was really looking forward to playing with some of the goodies that I got for my birthday, but maybe next week if I get this assignment done.

I'm posting a card today that I made last weekend before going to a friend's house for dinner last Saturday night. I just love making easel cards, they are so easy to make and look really effective. I made another two but will post them later.



Supplies
Stamp:Magnolia Easter collection
Paper:Papermania Retro Floral pack
Punches:retro flower punches, SU scallop oval punch, MS doily lace punch

I also made some bags to put small Easter eggs from M & S in to take with us to our friend's house which they loved. I'd made them before but I was more successful with them this time as I had most of the tools to make them this time. They are called Bag in a box and are so easy to make. I made six of them really quickly although ran out of time to embellish them.






Well, I'm off to get Lewis organised to go to the cinema with his best friend Paul who is 4 today and then it is a long day of work for me! Wish me luck!

Be back tomorrow hopefully!

8 comments:

clare said...

happy Easter to you hun xx Where have you been..missed you gorgeous creations!But loving the ones you have made..your card is so sweet..love the colours...and those bags are fab..must agree they are so easy to make..made one the other day first time(pic on blog)and im going to make more...lol
Good luck with your Uni ass..hope all goes well...enjoy the rest of your hols..im back to work/school on monday..typicall now the weather here is gorgeous...but counting down to whitsun week already...lol
Cant wait to see the rest of your cards....why not join us over at MAWTT..this weeks challenge is Easel cards...easy..lol
Speak soon hugs clare xx

Also a Happy Belated Birthday hun xx hope you had a lovely day xx

Mar G said...

Hey Lainy - Happy Easter :-)
Good to see you posting...Loving your easel card & your gorgeous bags...I'm going to google 'Bag in a box!'
Pleased you all enjoyed your break in London...Sounds like you all got plenty fresh air & excercise...Good luck with your uni assignment ;-) A lot of work for you but will be SO worth it when you graduate...Keeping my fingers crossed for you...Catch up soon - Mar x

Linanna DESIGNS said...

Good morning Lainy, i am so pleased to hear you had a lovely Easter weekend break, although it all goes by too quickly doesn't it? can't believe we are in the second week of the easter holidays already, i love the lazy mornings and the lack of clock watching during the day! Im off to Shepton Mallet next week, so trying to get myself organized. Im loving this weather, hope it lasts. Your card and projects are gorgeous hunny as always. Thank you for passing by and leaving a comment, enjoy your day hugs Linda x

Janiel/ janny said...

very cute card and I love your little boxes!!!

Just stopping by to thank you for entering my blog candy.
hugs, Janiel

Louise F NZ said...

So Cute, love those bags and the easel card is fabulous.

Chris said...

Hi Lainy! Hope you're well sweetie and I hope you got that assignment done and dusted in good time and that the rest of it is going well. Hope things are going well in general too. Love your card, I agree about the easel cards, there really great to make....might have to make another one now that I've seen your beauty. Hugs to you. Chris x

Stephanie said...

You need to post more because your cards & projects are delightful! Hugs, Steph x

Sue said...

Hi Lainy, thanks for visiting my blog recently and leaving a message. Hope you are well and it would be nice to see you back.Sue.x