A new journal page and New Challenge idea

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies,  

I am determined to set this new week off with on a  positive note.  I hope that your week gets off to the best start too.  

I am currently suffering with another awful headache,   I had put it down to the stress of waiting for results but now that stress is out of the way I am thinking its Hormonal,  as it ties in with the other symptoms.  I am going to try and get through to the surgery this morning, get this whole thing sorted out.  

I hope that you are all safe from floods,   the rivers around here have all breached their banks,  the River Windrush looks like it is a huge lake,  it burst its banks and has flooded acres of land on either side.  There is nowhere for all of this water to go.  

I love today's Gentle Reminder,  its hard to let go of some things mentally,  it can also be frustrating when someone tells you to 'let it go' too.  But there are definitely times when it is better for you to let it go and move on.   xxx

Our Next Challenge 

 I have been looking at this Aall&Create challenge for a couple of weeks and I have made a couple of journal pages with these Categories in mind.   

So how do you feel about having this as our Challenge for the next couple of weeks ??  

You Do Not have to make them with the Memorydex dies.   You can make Cards,  Tags or Journal pages.   You can use any products you like too.   

If this isn't for you, just let me know and I will think of something else.  

I will say that 'Veggie Land', 'Fruits Land'  & 'Postal Art'  all have me confused 🤣😅😂

I hope that you all have a great week, 

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Our crafts this week

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all having a lovely relaxed Sunday,  ours will be a slow day after such a busy day yesterday,  both the journey there and home were horrendous because of the rain mixed with strong winds,  having the windscreen wipers were on max speed and were barely clearing the screen,  added to cars with those really bright lights,  which Paul really struggles with since having his cataracts repaired.  The journey home was worse as it was dark.   It was worth it to see family that we don't often get to see and for Paul to catch up with his brother.  

Let's have a look at your makes.....

Karen 

Karen's Description:

My version of number 3 for the Aall&Create challenge- children

The images are from Googling and adhered to card with “wobblers” The sentiment I found in Google The rest is all Aall&Create

Such a fun card Karen,  it reminds me of a character on T shirts back in my Teens 🤣   I love all of the bright colours.  That sentiment is so funny and true!  

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing card with us my lovely XXX 

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

Card 1:  

I made this for Marks Birthday. The papers and image are all printed from Pinterest. I added the Temu Happy Birthday die cut and the heart from my stash.

Card 2:

A simple New Home card for James and Mollie, using a LOTV image, using Kraft card for the matting.

Card 3:

Another New Home card for Luke and Hayley using papers from the Stamperia Family and Baby collections.

Wow Sonia, thank you so much for sharing your 3 amazing cards with us.  Your first card couldn't be more perfect for Mark,  love that it was a printed image from the Internet too.  It looks like you have stamped it and coloured it in.  Your second card is a perfect LOTV card,  their iimages have just the perfeft amount of cuteness 😍   the last card made with the adorable new Stamperia papers is adorable, Luke & Hayley will love it XXX 

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I hope that you all had a lovely weekend,  

Love and hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx 

Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

As you all read this today we are on our way to Nottingham to meet up with Paul's Aunt and nieces,  we went last year and it was lovely to catch up with everyone.  It will be a long day though.  

I totally agree with todays reminder,  you are all very much appreciated 😊 

For the first time in a long time I didn't physically make the girls Birthday cards,  however, I did 'create' them. ....  

Oh and another first,  they both had the same card, although the message inside was personalised. 

Lucy

Sophie 

One thing I learnt while creating these cards was how alike the girls look in some photos!   I nearly put two in my basket with the same photo.! 🤣

Now for a little bit of 'Happy News'  I had a letter late yesterday after saying that the biopsy I had taken was 'normal '  I can't tell you how relieved I am.  Now we need to find what is causing the issue. 

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend,  

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx

Journal Page featuring a Bird

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies, 

Todays Gentle Reminder couldn't be truer,   you, my dearly loved friends all deserve to be truly Happy!  If I could wave a wand and make it happen, believe me I'd be waving it until my arms fell off !  😘😂

I had one of 'those' days yesterday,   I felt a little bit down,  it happens to us all, we had plans,   the girls wanted to go out for brunch,  to garden centre and rhey also wanted to go to Hobbycraft,   but I just couldn't summon the energy or the enthusiasm,  so for fear of my mood affecting their day I said I'd stay home.  Paul was out at work,  so it felt like a long day,  I just sat at my desk and crafted.  I think I was mentally exhausted from being 'upbeat' for the girls birthday also.  They went out and had a good couple of hours,  Soph asked if as an alternative we could go for a coffee in Bourton, so that's today's plan as Paul is in work again today. 

Today I am sharing a journal page that I made on Tuesday,  it works for the Bird theme of the Aa&C Challenge.  The background is made up of a piece of rice paper, cut up and rearranged and adhered with Rice paper glue,  after that was dry I used Glitter Gold Embossing powder through a Stamperia stencil and heat set,  I added a bit of stamping, then I adhered the Birdcage and the Canary,   now you can learn from my mistake, I adhered the bird and cage with matt glue, which worked really well but took the glitter and shine off of the glitter embossing.  I embellished with some flowers and a few white splatters ! 

I hope that you all have a lovely Friday,  

Love and huge hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Aa&C Challenge journal page

Good Thursday Morning Ladies,  

This week has flown by, I honestly thought it would be agonisingly slow as i am waiting for 'the' letter!   Our post is playing up too, Paul's mum posted Soph & Lucy's cards last week, same time, same post box, Soph's came on Monday,  Lucy's hasn't arrived at all.  We warned Paul's mum in case anyone tries to cash the cheque.  So it is this situation that makes me wonder why the NHS relies on Royal Mail to deliver letters that contain a life changing diagnosis, I imagine it will be a letter inviting me to another appointment to discuss the results. 

Todays reminder is an odd one,  I think everyone deserves to feel better, both mentally and physically x

I managed to fit in some crafting in between finishing off birthday cakes and joining in with various activities that the girls had organised,  which included a Murder Solving, Crime scene game.  They are great fun to do as a couple or as a family.  

The day whizzed by, as I am writing this we are finishing getting ready to leave to go to the Cider Farm for Birthday Meals.  

I created this Journal page using my Stamperia Dewdrops collection. Its such a shame that they haven't reprinted this collection as the artwork is beautiful,  it also seems to cover so many things,  from photography to coffee,  Snow, birds to name a few.  

I used a stencil from my stash, spritzed it with brown and aqua ink sprays, spritzed with water and smooshed onto my page,  after drying it I added some stamping,  some circles to highlight the circles from the stencil and some script.  I added some splatters of Brown & Aqua to add some interest.  

I picked out some die cuts, added some of the plasterboard tape for some texture behind the frames.  I then added the coffee pot and mug,  a few extra leaves and a pine cone and some coffee beans.  A sentiment and a few splatters finish the page.  

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

A lovely card from Karen

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,

We have a busy couple of days ahead, today is Lucy & Sophie's Birthday,   they turn 26 today!   It's so crazy, where have 26 years gone,  they were a huge surprise to us but my goodness they have enriched our lives.  They are fun to live with (most of the time)  but we all have our off days 🤣😂  It is a huge comfort to me having them here, especially when Paul is at work.   They have lots planned today, including dinner out tonight, we are going to a Cider farm that has lots of Food Trucks, all serving food from different countries,  so there is definitely something for everyone.  Tomorrow we are out for Birthday Brunch plus garden centre visit.  I will need a week to recuperate 🤣😂

Today's Gentle Reminder.....Asking for help and admitting that I need help are among the things I struggle with most,  I'd rather struggle to get something done, which often ends in me be exhausted and no further forward.  The being 'dependent' on others is my hardest struggle!   So hearing and reading that is okay to struggle adds a bit of reassurance.  

Today I am sharing this lovely little card that Karen made for me,  the vase is a die by Aall&Create,  that Scipt background is so lovely,  adding the inking around the edge really draws your eye in. The black mat really makes those colours pop.  It is currently on display on my craft desk, but well out of splatter range 🤣

I hope that you all have a great day, 

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Another Clean & Simple card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Just a quick one today,  I hope that you are all as well as can be expected,  gentle hugs to those that need one. 🤗 

I think we all need a break at sometime,  just not from this blog 🤣😂

Today's card is a clean and simple design, I used a stamp block to add a rectangle of Broken China ink spritzed with water.   I then stamped and embossed the flower from my new Visible image stamp,  I added Embossing powder and heat set,  then did the same with the sentiment and the splodges. Mounted onto a black mat and then onto a white card base.   A little frustration, the card warped when I dried the watercolour area,  I should have taped it down!  

I hope that you all have a good day,  

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx