Just a quick hello to wish you all a happy New Year.  May 2010 bring lots of smiles, fun and laughter into your life, and lots of craft time too! 

I LOVE this time of year - fresh new pages to put into the diary or crisp new calendars to hang up.  Life slows down a bit and we get time to relax and reflect a little on the past year, and make plans for the new one. 

Here's a quick bright couple of cards to start off the year in a colourful way.

I've used Kaleidoscope patterned paper and some of the matching cardstock, plus Butterfly Prints and the Butterfly Punch, all from the Summer Mini.

The greeting is from Hello Again.  This is a handy card design for using up odds and ends of paper.

  
The butterflies punched from the Kaleidoscope paper look nice layered on a plain cardstock butterfly.  

The button is from the Sherbert Pack - also from the Summer Mini.  Didn't summer kick in this week?  Nice to be back to some cooler breezes!

The greeting here is from the hostess set Best Yet.

Well back to playing with John and the kids for me.  We've been doing lots of ....

...this week.  Nice to turn off the electrical entertainment options and get back to some good old board games.

I'm also working on the new look Madex Creations Newsletter.  Keep an eye out in your inbox on Monday for that if you are part of my newsletter crew.  There's a sign up box up the top right column if you'd like to join in.  This month it includes some step by step instructions and pics for a Sweet Treats Cup card and lots lots more.

Hope you are having a super start to 2010.

Cheers, Sue