Hearts congratulations card

Good morning friends/bloggers, here is my latest 'Less is More' card.   It's a colour theme this week, I will post the colour  theme after my card . Otherwise as we all know 'it' will show up on your blog feed and not my card !        Sorry for my absence last week, more about that later. Warning too......long post....but a very happy one !!!! Now onto my card, hope you like it :)     

    I used my yummy new Lil' inkers hearts dies, a Paper Smooches wording die. A piece of Jute, bit of string, and some Doodlebug Sprinkles. The card was from a selection I have had for a while from QVC I think.    

"For our
Colour Challenge 
this month we have chosen to use one of the

 Colour Seeds inspiration pictures."

 "It reminds us of a mojito!"

I agree :)

 

It's also Sarah's birthday today! 

so wishing Sarah a very Happy Birthday :)


Sorry Chrissie, belated Birthday wishes from me too!

It's my BIL's birthday today also and my birthday

 on Friday 8th too...happy days !!!

Been so busy with visitors last week. My SIL and BIL

& nephew and friend  came to stay for a week.

 We spent most it at various beaches along the coast.

A visit to a stately home and gardens (where I dropped

 my camera) and lots of yummy meals out etc.

I hosted a big party for us all including our children

and grandchildren. We celebrated my nephew's birthday

 too while he was here. 

Lots of champagne consumed so not

weighing myself this week either !

We have more visitors arriving next weekend too.

I am hosting another party with my other SIL and BIL

and all our children and grandchildren yet again lol.

We also have my birthday to celebrate on Friday.

Then a wedding 'do' on Saturday and then this party

 on Sunday so I may go missing again !

It has been lovely though, I have been spoiled already

 too. Clothes, shoes, jewellery, craft stuff ! Then an 

AMAZING surprise yesterday!!!

I managed to drop my small Panasonic Lumix camera

.......sob sob!

 ( I use it mainly when I go out as it fits in my pocket). 

....I hope to get it  mended.

Well yesterday my other trusty Fuji Finepix camera

(OH's old one) wasn't working either arghhh! I was

 soooo frustrated, then my dear beloved said not to

 worry  and he  could help.

He went out to the garage....what would help there I

thought??...a hammer?? anyway he quickly returned with

 a large carrier bag. It said Happy Birthday on the front !

He said "This might help", inside was a top of the range

new camera (Nikon D3200) along with a tele photo lens!

Wow!!! I was so gobsmacked I wasn't able to speak

 for a whole 30 seconds!

Which is  a very LONG time for me believe me lol.

I had been wanting a newer camera for a while but didn't

want to spend money on one as I already have  two serviceable

 ones.

OH said he knew that and had researched which was the best one

for a while then bought it via our son so it would be a surprise

 for my birthday.

He said he felt so sorry for me being without a camera

 he couldn't let me wait any longer for my surprise.

 Of course he spent twice as much as I 

would have done.........but he said I was worth it.....

( I know I know...tears)   how lovely is that!

He is definately a keeper :)

So I hope to aquaint myself with my new present in the coming

 weeks.I do hope my photo's improve too :)

Thank you for reading all this if you managed to stay 

with me until the end !  mwah xx