J'ai retourne!

Yes blogland, I am back in the land of working interwebs (unless I've just jinxed it!).

I've had a lovely time with the family, so bear with me while I recall all the tales and finally manage to share some pics for the first time in a few days!

Saturday I went out with mum for a mooch round Chester. We didn't buy anything except coffee and lunch, but it was still fun. Then we went back to the farm to see Bodd.



Here he is!



Bodd isn't fazed by the cows at all - here he goes to get a wash from one of them!





Of course I got a good cuddle and a kiss!



We discovered that some kittens had just been born - literally within the last day! I want the grey one!



Mum then went to send the cows in for milking.



Bodd and I watched and this nosey heffer came right up to say hello!

Sunday I had lunch with nanna and grandad, and I also got to see my aunty Lynne and Uncle Ian and also went to watch my niece Ziva swimming. My sister-in-law Yael went in with her and me and niece Tabitha sat and watched. Well, Tabitha slept!

Dad and I managed a trip to the cinema to see TT3D - a 3D film about last year's Isle of Man TT, which was amazing. Guy Martin featured heavily and we ate loads of popcorn and sweets!

Then last night it was my grandma's 80th birthday, so we surprised her by getting all her kids and grandkids together for a meal! Was lovely to see them all again, although grandma embarassed us all by asking for great grandkids. She'll have to wait a few more years yet!

So that was my week back home.

Finally, a reminder that you have until midday tomorrow (Friday, 6th) to enter my birthday surprise blog candy draw here. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon with the winner.

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And now for something completely different

No cards today - I have something even better to show you ...



It's Bodd! :-) I went up to the farm for tea yesterday so got to visit him. He has gotten quite fat - must be all the fresh milk from the cows! We had a good cuddle and I gave him some meat and sardines.



Here they are tucking in! Bodd is always first there. The little fudgey one is his best friend.

There are about 11 cats in total and they all cuddle up together in the hay or the troughs, so Bodd is being well looked-after.

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Punch art with Stampin' Up!

I have been playing with a bit of punch art recently. It's not something I've done much of, but now that I have a lot of the amazing Stampin' Up! punches I decided it was about time to make them the focus for once and, in this case, not use any stamps!

So my friend needed a card for a girl at work who is due to have her baby this month. She likes elephants apparently, so I made this little fella!



He was really easy to do. I cut out a few big circles and the ears were made from the Butterfly Punch and Scallop Oval! His tail was the branch from the Two-Step Bird Punch! The trunk I had to cut randomly, but it worked quite well and holds the tag from Punch Bunch for the baby's name!



Love the colours too - a nice change from the usual baby options!



And this is for my mum's partner. He is a farmer so I hope he will appreciate this. The scale isn't quite right but you get the idea! The wheels are chipboard shapes with Eyelets set using the Crop-A-Dile.

I still have a lot of commissions for cards, so my blog should be very full in the next few days!

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