Happy New Years Eve Eve!

 

Good TUESDAY Morning My lovelies,  

I had a lovely crafty day yesterday,  I haven't a created properly since before we went to Cornwall.   Paul decided he would just have 'a quick check in' with work, which can be the downside of working from home,  he worked for about 3 hours so I sat a crafted along beside him.  

This Journal page is one of things I made yesterday,  I used my Stamperia 'Silent Sea ' collection.  I started by adding some paint to the background  .

I added a bit of background stamping too, 

Then some texture paste and some splatters in same colour paint.   

Then the fun part, picking out which stickers or dir cuts to use to build your background. 

Some gauze from the medical box gives extra texture and interest,  just poking out here and there.  Some white splatters finish the page.  

It was inspired by Vicky P, but also from our recent trip to Cornwall,  looking from the little beach by Charlestown harbour all you could see was 'Endless Blue'  

I hope that you all have a lovely day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Sonia's Beautiful Christmas card

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies,  

Here we are the very last Monday of 2025!  Start of a new week,  anyone else losing track of the days?  

Sunday wasn't a usual Sunday for us, Soph was home for one thing, we had the laziest day, I hardly moved off the sofa all day, I needed it though, I have been struggling with my knee for a few days, on my good side,  you know the one that bares all of my weight! 🙄  So a sofa day was needed,  I can barely dare to say it but I think the antibiotics might be starting to help🤞🤞🤞 

Sonia sent me this gorgeous card that she made for Luke & Hayley,  who really are a lovely couple.🥰

Sonia's Description:  

I embossed the background with the Spellbinders snowflake folder. I had already die cut a large circle in it before embossing. I placed the LOTV image behind the circle and added a die cut frame. I added the snowflakes and some sparkle gems 😊

Such a lovely card Sonia, you can't beat a Lilli of rhe Valley image for cuteness. Your die cut snowflakes work so well with that embossed background,  they tie the whoke card together.         

Thank you so much for allowing me to share your lovely card XXX

I hope that you all have a great start to your week, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx

A pretty card from Maria

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

Not our usual Sunday post, as we are all busy with family etc,  I will come up with a new Challenge in the next week or so.  

I had hoped to do some crafting yesterday but Paul fancied going out,  Soph was home so of course we ended up at a garden centre!   Lewis's parents bought her a Bonsai Tree for Christmas so she was looking for the little scissors etc that you need to look after them.  We were only out for an hour or so but it felt good being out of the house.   Later on Becca came over for some food, it was lovely catching up,  she bought a gift for Paul and I,  for Paul she had a beautiful canvas made of her & him on her wedding day,  it made me cry its so beautiful. My gift was a beautiful canvas of all of us on Becca's wedding day, so lovely 😍 

Today's card is one Maria shared with me, it's a card that she made for her Sister in law.  

Maria's Description:

I had to make a card for my sister in law whose birthday is on the 1st of January and this is what I made.

I used a card in a peachy colour and then used a embossing folder with words and made a few small flowers out of a John Lockwood die, they are Poinsettias but who would know 🤭😊

You are quite right my lovely those flower dies could be anything you want them to be, not just poinsettia!  

They colour is such a pretty shade of peach, the script embossed background is lovely,  so textured, it gives so much interest too. 

Your sister in law will feel special when she opens this lovely card. 

Thanks so much for sharing it with us. XXX 

Ladies I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday,  

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

How was your Boxing Day?  Ours was quiet, as the girls were at work,  I cooked the gammon joint and used the stock to make Leek & Potato soup.  I made Mac & Cheese because Lewis remembered that I made it last Boxing day and said it was best he'd ever had, so I felt obliged,  then Lucy said she really wanted it so I couldn't not!  

Sadly Benji has Pancreatitis so Becca & Adam didn't come round,  hopefully if Benji is ok she might pop round today.  Matt & Alex are coming tomorrow. 

Karen & Maria your days sounded fun, both dirty stop outs, I don't think I could stay awake until 1am 🤣  I would be like you Maria I would need an hour or so to wind down before going to be bed or my head would have been buzzing.  

Lucy and Sophie had a busy couple of days....

Christmas Eve they did Sushi Making....

They look as good as the ones in the Supermarket, they enjoyed eating them too.  The sticky rice was tricky to get right though. 

Then on Christmas day Morning......

They made Gingerbread houses, these kits were from Waitrose, we haven't tried the actual Gingerbread yet but the decorative bits were a bit 'naff' 

They had fun making though !  

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra xxx 

Happy Boxing day

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies,  

Happy Boxing day,   I hope that you all had a lovely day yesterday.  We had a lovely relaxing day, a lovely Christmas dinner followed by games with the girls.  Today we have a buffet, everyone can help themselves, that way we all get to relax together.  Matt and Alex are working so sadly they can't come, Becca & Adam are coming later on and Lewis will be coming over after Soph & Lucy finish work.  

I had a little look into why Boxing Day is so called...

 is B

iing Day called oxingay?

There are many different theories behind Boxing Day, but a popular one is to do with helping out the less fortunate.

Boxes to collect money for the poor were placed in churches on Christmas day and opened the next day. These boxes were opened to honour St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, whose feast day falls on 26 December.

The most common belief is that ‘Boxing Day’ got its name due to servants and their relationship with their employers.

Boxing Day was  a day to show compassion and there was show of goodwill displayed from masters to their servants, as they gave them a ‘Christmas Box’. The servants would also go home on Boxing Day to give ‘Christmas Boxes’ to their families.

Others suggest Boxing Day is to do with ships, as when setting sail, there would be a sealed box containing money on board for good luck. Were the trip deemed to be a success, the box was given to a priest and the contents then given to the poor. Another reason came from the Victorian ages, with employers giving Christmas boxes to their staff.

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I hope that you all have a lovely, relaxing day,

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

Happy Christmas My lovely friends

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Merry Christmas to the most incredible family I could wish for 🥰.  I hope that you all have the best day possible with your families.  

We had an unexpected trip out to the pharmacy yesterday as I woke early yesterday morning with awful UTI symptoms,  thankfully the surgery was open and I managed to get a course of antibiotics,  fingers crossed, they kick in quickly.  I have no idea where this one came from, it is getting very frustrating though.

We had to change our plans a little, last year we ate fish and chips by the river by the Christmas tree in Bourton,  apart from the fact that it was absolutely freezing I wasn't feeling up to eating out, so we got our fish & chips to eat at home with a lovely cup of tea in front of the log burner.  It was lovely. 

You ladies mean the world to me, I want you all to know how much I love and appreciate you ❤️ 

Wishing you the happiest day possible,  

My love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx

Happy Christmas Eve

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,  

Happy Christmas Eve,  I hope that you are all prepared for tomorrow,  have you finished shopping and done all the wrapping??  

I have a couple of bits left to wrap,  they are live plants though so I had to leave them until the last minute to wrap,  also a couple of bits for Paul,  every time I get his bits out to wrap he walks in the room (I could have worded that better 🤣) !  I'll leave it in to make you smile 😉

Whatever you are doing today I hope that you have time to sit and relax. 

Sending my love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx