Hello, I'm back ....... you need to grab a cuppa for this one!

 Hi Everyone!  Yes its me! I'm so sorry I have been such a bad blogger but I have been on a trip.....

to.................................

Brisbane - Australia.!..( this is the bridge in Brisbane)...............................and........

Sydney!

Yes I eventually made it to see the family in Brisbane and spent three weeks with them and then a few days in Sydney before flying home. 

I never would have made it without the company of a crafty friend of mine (she knows who she is if she reads this) who was going out to visit her brother, so I bit the bullet and she flew with me to Brisbane and then she flew on to Melbourne. We then met up in Sydney after the three weeks, had a bit of girl time shopping and viewing the Opera house and the bridge in Sydney and then the long flight back home!

I have made some wonderful memories and the month went so quickly, too quickly from my point of view. It was so lovely to get to know my Grandchildren a bit and see where the family live, and of course to spend precious time with them all.

The weather was a bit mixed and in Sydney it was grey and rained at some point each day, but we tried not to let it spoil things...they are heading for winter after all. It was still about 28 degrees and quite humid.

Yes I went all that way and in the UK they had a heat wave!!!

I managed to spend a bit of time crafting with the children, as long as their attention span let me and I took them some mini dies and a Crafters Companion mini die cutting machine.

It was Grandad's birthday (Nicole's dad) while I was there so I set Thomas and Chloe to making cards for him......here are the results.....

Chloe ( Just 7yrs) made this one and drew the koala and trees herself

and here is Thomas's (9yrs) his is all done with die cuts and some fiddly paper piecing. 

The card bases are Craftwork cards that I took with me, amongst other things for them. They wrote lovely messages inside and did something on the back too, but I forgot to take a picture of that.

So as the proud grandma I think they did extremely well. 

That is why I have been absent so long, with the addition of life in general, medical appointments and trying to catch up with things since I came home.

Moving forward I shall still be blogging sporadically as I try desperately to find my mojo and fight my way through  too much stuff in the craft room. Time to say goodbye to Sugarcraft and other bits so if anyone decorates cakes and is interested in cutters etc let me know via email . I have quite a lot of Patchwork Cutters.

Right folks, have you finished that cuppa? I've' finished mine so time to crack on.

I hope to peep at your blogs as time permits and to see you again soon.

Thank you for sticking with me if you have read this and please leave a comment so I know you have been. 

Crafty hugs till next time.

Carole x