Weather Beaten, Older and Poppies in the Breeze!

Hello Everyone, it's good to be back!
We had a wonderful holiday, and Iceland is a really fascinating country, in my opinion.  Not for the sun worshippers of course and your more likely to get weather beaten than a tan, but then I didn't go for the sun.

Those of you who follow my blog regularly will know that I have wanted to visit Iceland for a while, on the bucket list, well it didn't disappoint. It was however very expensive and we had to choose carefully what we wanted to do, but as it was a very special holiday, Alistair made sure that I did indeed, do all the things that I had on my list.
At this point I want to THANK everyone who wished me a happy birthday and made wonderful comments on my last post about seeing the whale, I was amazed and thrilled that so many of you did comment cos there was no card, just some ramblings about my day, I was really touched by them.

We had good weather by Iceland standards, not much rain and a couple of days where the sun shone and was really warm.
We stayed in a lovely apartment which was very central and Olga, the lady who owns it had left all kinds of information to help with our stay, it even had wi-fi, and I could keep up with your blogs, well some of them at least.

I found some fantastic wool shops, but the Icelandic sweaters were so expensive, from about £150 upwards, so couldn't afford one, I'll have to learn how to knit one, but I did buy a pair of Elfeshoes and here they are,

I just couldn't resist them, you see, being a Lord of The Rings fan, I always see myself as an Elf, unfortunately, I'm built like a Hobbit but without the hairy feet.  I am forever hopeful that I will eventually metamorphosis into a tall willowy  creature as I could just be a late developer. Och well we all have dreams.
I'm sure I could knit these.

Anyway, that's enough of our holiday for now, nothing worse than being bored silly by someone else's tales.  I have got some photos which I will post over time, but let me introduce you to the lovely man who made my holiday possible,

This lovely smiling face is Alistair, and he is very precious to me, and he always makes me laugh, and these days that's no mean feat.

I do also have a card, and it another Thank You card for my dear friend Dale,

This is just a simple wee card using;
SB Poppy Die coloured with Promarkers and sprayed with Gold CC Spray and Sparkle
SB Decorative Lables Tewnty Two, edged with DI in Spiced Marmalade
SB Marvelous Squares with Sentiment from Stamp-it Australia, Sentiment Swirls
Butterflies and gems from my box
Cream base card embossed with Flower Frenzy, Embossalisious Folder,
I've had the Poppy die for ages but could never get it to cut out, so pleased I found the wax paper.

I arrived home to loads of cards and some very lovely gifts, so I've still got quite a few cards to make.

Thank you for taking the time to visit me and comment on my efforts I really appreciate that you do.
Bye for now
Hugs, Kate x