The Red, White and Blue

Well I said I would be back , and here I am because the flag colour challenge at Less is More has had me thinking and turning over ideas in my head!
I've covered the St Georges flag in my first card , albeit the red being a little dark , but the colours of the Union Jack have proved a bit more difficult ... it's quite an unusual colour combination unless your thinking of parties, birthday's? .... or what about presents????

..... having searched for a suitable stamp and then not been impressed with the ink colours I have (must rectify this), I decided to diecut my own shapes for presents and use coloured twine for the trims and bows.
Not sure I've got the 'ground' oval in quite the right place but this is the first time out for these stamps, more practice needed I think!

Thank you for all your wishes of good weather, it worked, we had a lovely day out Tuesday at Hunstanton walking along the beach with the dogs. James enjoys just 'being' on the beach...picking up shells,  playing with the mutt, drawing in the sand etc but all the while moving along. I didn't take the camera with me as Hannah has the small one with her and my DSLR is just a hassle when you've already got your hands full and a certain lad doesn't like having his photo taken either!!!
It was quite a tiring doing it in a day but we are hopefully going camping one weekend soon so we can return for another dose of fresh Norfolk air :)

I have a child free morning so hopefully get some more crafting in right after I've left the dog at the vets .... he has an ongoing toe problem at the moment and now it's time for x-rays!

Thanks for popping by X