Lets look at this weeks makes

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

I hope that you all enjoyed a little bit of sunshine yesterday,  it looked lovely out,  I didn't get chance to go out though,  I was trying to finish Christmas shopping, it's my own fault, I shouldn't have left things so late.  My head has just not been in right place this year.  It was mainly extended family I was shopping for,  my sister, her daughter and family etc,  we don't really see them so its hard to know what to get them,  I went for a box of Stickle Bricks for Hugo, my lot loved them when they were little, they are the precursor to lego, I think anything that gets they constructing and using their imagination is a win, they seem to have to grow up way to early these days.  

Paul was outside pottering for a couple of hours, raking leaves, weeding etc, I was quite envious, sadly I got a but carried away with my pre Christmas tidy and reorganise on Friday so I could barely move yesterday, I knew the minute I opened my eyes and went to move that it was going to be a 'slow' day!  Maybe it was a good thing, otherwise I may have put that last minute shopping off another day!  

I didn't get much in my craft room this week, I have missed it too!  

Let's look at what you have been making...

Gina

Gina has made a great start to her Christmas cards,  these 3 are all completely different, each magnificent in it's own way.  I am guessing you have someone in mind for the 'Pigtastic' card,  that pig has beautiful lashes 🤣. 

The scene you created on the first card is so pretty,  the highlight of the last card is definitely that gorgeous santa.  

Thank you for sharing your lovely Christmas cards with us Gina XXX 

Lilian

Lilian has shared her final Christmas card with us this week.  

OMG what a card to end on,  I am guessing this is for a Special family member because it must have taken you hours to do all that beautiful,  intricate needlework.  

You have placed the bauble beautifully to with the fern branches around the top to hang it from and the snowflakes behind it. 

Thank you so much for sharing this lovely card with us. XXX

Maria

Maria created this beautiful Crystal Art Santa for Glenn to take back to Spain.  

Look at the incredible detail in this piece,  all of those toys and gifts,  you can see the sparkle in this photo too,  I can only imagine how beautifully it catches the light in real life. 

Thank you so much for sharing this lovely piece with us.  XXX

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

I die cut the Chloe’s Creative Cards star background using the scalloped frame, I then die cut a circle and put it back through with the star background too. I matted some pink card behind it. I die cut Tim Holtz poinsettia and holly leaves. The star trail is part of a longer die from Memory Box. I added the sentiment from Taylored Expressions and some sparkle gems from Honey Bee Stamps. 

I made this for Mark’s mum and also made a similar one for my mum and dad x

Sonia shared the second card with us today too,  these are absolutely stunning,  I'm sure your Mum & Rosemary will feel very special when they open these cards.  

Thank you for sharing them with us XXX 

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I hope that you all have a great Sunday, 

Love & Hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies,  

I hope that you are all organised so that you can relax and have a lovely weekend. 

We did a small shop to tide us over until Monday or Tuesday when we'll finish the Christmas food shop.  We were going to get some bits yesterday but everything had short dates,  for example Paul likes a good Pork Pie,  the only ones we saw yesterday had expiry date of 26th December,   you want it to last a few days past Christmas day.  Fingers crossed we are more successful after weekend.     Are you all done?  I know our Sonia has got a Grocery Delivery slot booked,  Lilian does that too,   I am a bit picky to have someone pick my meat and fruit,  we have done in past and got some really bizarre substitution items. 

Are you hosting or going to family for Christmas? 

They have changed the big post box topper for Christmas, the building behind used to be the post office,  sadly it closed and is now inside WH Smith, it doesn't say on it who makes it, which is a shame.  Its an absolute work of art, even the tree tinsel is knitted. I love seeing them,  something really cheerful in Witney. 

Karen

Karen found some 'spare/unused' Guinness beer mats while she was out last weekend,  what a brilliant idea to turn them into gift tags.  

Karen's Description:

Out dancing last night and they had some Guinness beer mats and a “couple” fell into my bag So I have made a couple of gift tags for the men in our family and I will make a couple of Christmas cards too

I just backed them with white card and used (for the first time) a die that came with my machine.

They are brilliant,  thank you so much for sharing them with us my lovely XXX 

Lilian's Shopping 

Lilian has treated herself to the new Stamperia Collection 'Herbarium Silvae',  she had it ready to show me last weekend and all it took was one flick through to get me hooked,  the papers are stunning with lots of greens.  The stamps are beautiful too and so detailed.  

Thank you for sharing the latest Collection with us my lovely,   mine is on its way!  😉😍

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

Festive Friday from Gina

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies,  

Well what a wash out yesterday was, I have honestly never seen as much standing water on the roads,  it was flooded across both sides of the road in many places,  driving through those huge floods terrifies me,  that fear of losing control if your car aquaplanes.   I felt totally safe with Soph but that amount of rain and standing water would put any driver on alert.  The wipers were going full speed and were barely keeping up.  Bladder clinic went fine,  Suzanne the lovely nurse that gets it done first time with no pain is retiring and yesterday was her last day.   I am not going to think about who will take over until the New Year 😬

The chimney sweep came,  lovely chap,  sadly couldn't sweep the chimney though,  the pipe that connects the log burner to the flue has somehow become dislodged,  which is probably why it hasn't been working for us the last few times, the last time we did put it on it filled the lounge with smoke,  I thought it was Paul's bad fire management,   turns out it was out of his control.  Bill is coming to look at it today to see if it can be fixed.  

I am sharing a lovely card that Gina made for our Festive Friday treat. 

Gina's Description:

The stamped image is a Habico stamp on polymer, the original was on rubber, which I also have.  The letters are by sizzix.

How gorgeous is that Santa Claus image??!!  A proper vintage looking image.   I love how you have pared the vintage image with Modern looking letters for your HOHOHO   

An amazing Christmas card, thank you so much for sharing my lovely XXX 

I hope that you all have a lovely Friday, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

A beautiful Christmas card by Sonia

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

We had a long day yesterday,  the girls and I went out for brunch and then did a few bits of shopping,  it was so cold and raining which made it feel even colder.  It was dark when we got home too, which makes it feel like you have been out even longer.   We soon got warmed up when we got home. 

Today is a busy one I have bladder clinic, then a bit of shopping with Soph,  then we have Chimney sweep coming in the afternoon.  

I haven't had time to sit atbmy desk let alone make anything for the blog, so I was so grateful that Sonia sent me a photo of this stunning card to share today.

Sonia's Description:

I die cut the Chloe’s Creative Cards star background using the scalloped frame, I then die cut a circle and put it back through with the star background too. I matted some pink card behind it. I die cut Tim Holtz poinsettia and holly leaves. The star trail is part of a longer die from Memory Box. I added the sentiment from Taylored Expressions and some sparkle gems from Honey Bee Stamps. 

I made this for Mark’s mum and also made a similar one for my mum and dad 😊

Thank you so much my lovely XXX 

i hope that you all have a good day, 

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx

My lovely Christmas card from Lilian

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,  

I hope that you are all having a good week, hugs ready for any of you that need one. 

We finished our little break yesterday by driving to the local Harbour,  called Charlestown Harbour,  the harbour itself is under construction but we got to take in the lovely views and Paul found a little walkway that cut out most of the steps down to the beach,  so I was able to sit down on the beach and listen to the healing sound of the sea.   

Then we set off for home, the journey felt s lot longer than the journey there.  

Today I am sharing the lovely card that Lilian gave me on Sunday,  Lilian I love these papers that you have used 😍,  such a lovely scene!   The other question I have is... where are you still finding 'peel off' sentiments??  I love the delicate one you have used. 

Thank you so much for the lovely card 😘 xx

I hope that you all have a good Day, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Another Christmas card from the Gina K kit

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

After having great weather on Sunday things took a bit of a turn,  well a lot of a turn, We woke yesterday to absolute torrential rain which didn't ease until lunchtime so we had a lazy morning,  then went to look in the local shopping centre,  then went back to the Eden Project for the Christmas light show,  wow,  wow, wow it was spectacular,  totally worth going back for,  they had a choir singing in the food court too which added to the Christmas spirit.  Weather permitting we will pop to Carlyon Bay in the morning before driving home. 

Today's card is the last one I made from the tree stamps in the Gina K kit,  I stamped the coloured part of the tree in Old Olive and Cherry cobbler ink and then added the 'branches & stem' stamp over the coloured background and gold embossed it.  I die cut the three trees and arranged them onto a white background that I had embossed, to finish I stamped and gold embossed the sentiment and die cut it and positioned it under the trees.

I like the clean and simple look of this card. 

I hope that you all have a good day

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

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Simple Kraft Christmas card

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Welcome to the start of a new week, is it really Christmas next week????

We are having a lovely weekend away,  the Tropical/Rainforest Biome was fascinating, the highlight of yesterday was meeting Lilian & Roger, it was just like meeting a very dear friend,  the time we were there just flew by.  I am already looking forward to the next time x

Today's card I made following a Tracey Evans tutorial on YouTube.  I stamped the poinsettia onto kraft card and embossed it, then added postage stamp stencil and added a light blend of white pigment ink then traced around the stencil with white pen. I used Prismacolor pencils to colour the poinsettia.  I added some splatters,  stamped the sentiment and added the bird. 

We are off to walk along beach today ( weather permitting) and then we go to see Christmas lights at Eden. 

I hope you have a great start to your week,

Love and hugs, 

Sandra xxx