A quick card and a holiday!

We have been away for a few days in west Dorset and had a lovely short break. Although the weather forecast wasn't great, in fact for the most part we were blessed with hot sunshine, almost too hot at times!

 

We stayed in this lovely converted railway carriage and it was super. The inside had been restored into beautiful comfy and very well appointed accommodation.

 

 

We also had the use of another van for extra space! This was the inside! It was a super place to sit and read!

 

 

We enjoyed some peaceful places off the beaten track where possible to avoid the busier places as it was peak school holiday season.

 

 

We also enjoyed some much needed R & R!

 

 

Evenings provided the opportunity to sit out in the garden and watch the sun go down.

 



 

After a detour to a lovely relaxed family wedding on the way home,  we got home late on Saturday. I have been pottering since making the most of my last couple of days before going back to work tomorrow. Here is a quick card I made, I seem to have loads of birthdays coming up through August and September.

 

I sponged through a Crafters Workshop stencil with Spiced Marmalade DI, and shaded the edges with Adirondack dye inks in Watermelon and Cranberry.  Quite a fruity recipe now I come to think of it! The balloon girl image is Hope by Bee Crafty stamps. I have to say it is not the easiest stamp to use as it has a lot of extra background polymer that catches the ink. The sentiment is from a Woodware set. The panel is mounted on black card measuring 4 x 4 inches.

 

Hope you are all safe and dry after the wet weather of the weekend. I think despite being down here on the south coast we escaped quite lightly thankfully.

 

Elaine