Mixed up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

We ended the week with a relaxing pool day, followed by a bonus beach swim at around 5pm, the sea was warm, the sun a little hazy so it didn't feel like it was burning you, the beach was quiet, it was the perfect end to a lovely day. 

Sue

Sue has shared a photo of her 'Margaret' rose, it's as beautiful as its namesake for sure!  What an absolutely perfect rose in such a delicate colour,is it a fragrant rose?  

Thank you so much for sharing it with us XXX 

Karen

Karen shared her first attempt at Mosaic Crochet, now Karen explained that she picked a 'simple' design for her first attempt,  I think this looks anything but simple.  Its lovely and so incredibly neat.  I can't wait to see your next piece! 

Thank you so much for sharing it with us XXX 

Lilian 

Lilian shared this absolutely incredible throw that she has been working on.  

Lilian's Description:

Hi, it’s finished at last, still have to do some of the ends and give it its pamper wash.

It’s about 40yrs since I’ve done any crochet, so not perfect but I am pleased with it. The pattern is 21 pages long. Hope you like it.

Lilian you have created a lovely family heirloom, your children and grandchildren will be thinking about you whenever they are wrapped in it.  

I love the pattern you have chosen, those lovely diamonds in the rows between the granny squares really break the pattern up, the colours are gorgeous too.

Thank you so much for sharing it with us XXX 

That's all for today Ladies, I hope that you all have a great start to the weekend, 

Sending love & hugs to all,

Sandra xxx 

Our Next Challenge

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies, 

This week has flown by,  we had a lovely relaxing pool day yesterday,  the pool felt warm for the first time ever, it was so lovely,  the girls even enjoyed it and they don't do the pool usually.   It clouded over early evening,  so we got a brief respite from the sun. 

Our Next Challenge 

I thought we'd have a change of Challenge for next week,  I don't want you all getting bored. 

So if you haven't guessed from the cards etc above I thought we'd go for Shades of One Colour/Monochromatic 

You can have an accent colour for matting and layering and sentiments,  so as you can see I have used black, white, gold, silver, its up to you, use whatever works better with your colour theme, you can make anything you like,  tags, cards, thrinchies,  Snippets,  journal pages etc. 

The only rule is that you enjoy creating your project. ❤️

I hope that you have a lovely Friday,  

Love & hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Card using pixie powder background

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

You are probably bored of hearing it but we had another amazing day on the beach ⛱️ yesterday,   we left at about 4.30pm as the wind started to pick up, it's at that point people start to lose their poorly secured umbrellas, they blow around like missiles. We have the same weather forecast until Sunday we are definitely making the most of it.

Today's card is one I made using up an old pixie powder background,  I used a Tim Holtz background die to cut the top layer, I then positioned the pixie powder background piece to get as much of it on show through the die cut as possible.  Before attaching the background I stamped the sentiment on the  die cut panel.  I actually really like how this one turned out. 

I hope that you all have a fabulous Thursday, 

Love & hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx 

Teddy's Birthday Card

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all able to remain comfortable in the heat and humidity.  We had another very hot day, people really struggled to walk on the sand at the beach, the sea was really warm too, I think its the warmest it's ever been, we had a lovely breeze coming off the sea, last night was ridiculously humid though, it was almost too hard to breath, we are forecast another warm one for today, I think we may have a pool day though, there is more shade there.  Paul and I stay out of the sun under our beach umbrella but you have to keep moving which is a pain.  

Today I am sharing the card that Sonia made for Teddy's 2nd Birthday,  I can't believe his is two already, that year really flew by! 

Sonia's Description:

Card for Teddy’s 2nd Birthday.

I’ve used Tracey Hey Designs “Bubblicious ll” stamp set, colouring the little dinosaur with Ohuhu markers. The sentiments are from “Man, Myth, Legend” stamp set. I used Tracey’s Circles dies which include the hearts, and “Bubbles” paper pad. The die cut 2 is from Temu.

Your card is so adorable Sonia, I love all of the little details like the little hearts cut in the circle die cuts.  Tracey Hey definitely has an eye for a fantastic design and range!  Your colouring is brilliant and I love that Bubble paper!  I'm sure it's gone into Teddy's Treasure box. 

Thank you so much for sharing it with us XXX 

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love & Hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Rainbow Thrinchie 2

 

Good Tuesday Morning Ladies, 

Welcome July, the resort here has gotten a little busier this last couple of days,  they started the 'Mini Club' for children yesterday,  I'm guessing children somewhere must have broken up already as there were quite a few children on the beach yesterday.  

My goodness it was so incredibly hot,  the sea felt almost warm, very welcome to help cool off.  We stayed enjoying the slight sea breeze until early evening. 

Today I am sharing the other partner to my rainbow thrinchies,  made using the same colour and method as yesterdays. I wasn't sure about them to start with but seeing them as a pair makes them more appealing. 

I hope that you all managed to stay comfortable yesterday,  

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Rainbow Chevron Thrinchie

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

We had a lovely first day on the beach with the girls,  we were down there at about 10am and didn't get back until 4.45pm,  we had a good few hours in the sea, which was so nice and I managed to get out ok, which was a relief. 

We are in the midst of a heatwave here, pretty similar to the one you are having.  

TodayI am sharing the first of a second pair on thrinchies, for this one we used,  mowed lawn, Mermaid Lagoon,  Picked Raspberry,  Spiced Marmalade,  Wilted Violet distress oxides, I placed the Chevron Stencil over the thrinchie and blended a little bit of each colour through two of the chevrons that I had masked off, I then spritzed the inks with water and let the colours blend together,  after they were dry I inked up Tracey Evans background stamp and picked up a little bit of each colour and stamped onto the background to add some delicate colour and detail,  I finished by stamping the two birds in black ink and allowing them to sit for a minute to let that ink transfer.  The finishing touch was some white splatters and a black mat. 

I hope that you all managed to keep cool and comfortable in the heat! 

Love & Hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Your TicTacToe Challenge cards

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

We had another warm one yesterday,  it was 36° when we picked the girls up, it was a bit of a shock to them,  they got off the plain wearing thick hoodies and jogging bottoms,  luckily I had rummaged in their bags and took them some shorts to change into.  It's lovely to have them with us🤭😂

So let's look at what you have been making this week....

Karen

Karen's Description:

Card 1: 

Challenge card 1 

Color Cube - Flowers - Card for Alan’s aunt I used card number 88 and created a few of the colours in Serif 

X-Cut flower dies

Embossalicous folder A variation of one I’ve done before 

I absolutely love this style of card Karen,  this colour way works beautifully too, Aunt Cynth will love, especially with the personalisation. 

Card 2:

Challenge card 2

Masculine - Stamping - Clean and Simple

EF not sure where from in cream matted onto brown

Wine bottles stamp from a magazine

Sentiment Aall & Create

I did a beer oriented one last year for a friend but still wanted to use alcohol as a theme.

Brilliant card, the wine bottles are a great alternative to beer,  see these magazine stamps we hoard do come in handy at some point! 🤣

Two brilliant and inspiring cards Karen,  thank you SO much for supporting the challenge XXX ❤️

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Hi, hope the girls arrive ok, I’m sure you will have a wonderful holiday.

Here is my card for this week , kept it simple due to sore fingers.

Categories I used : water colour , stamping, stencil.

Tim Holtz stamp, Parisian garden

 Indigo Blue stencil, Fleur De Lys

Ink is mermaid lagoon oxide

Water colour pencil, also mermaid lagoon.

Oh Lilian I hope your fingers are less sore today, you would never have known you were struggling with sore fingers by looking at your card.  I know I always say it but your colouring literally brings flowers to life,  I really love the colour too, the background is perfect too,  another amazing card. 

Thank you so very much my lovely,  I do hope that you got out in the garden yesterday 😊 XXX ❤️

Maria

Maria's Description:

Here is my card for Sunday. I had this piece of yellow green , the rest as lemon green card already so all I did was to use this old flower stamp and made a little vimple for the sentence. I have loads of these greetings and strips left so as I had forgotten them I used some on this card. Hope you like it and it's ok for Sunday.

Maria I don't 'like' it....I LOVE it,  firstly its green, so that's a box ticked, secondly its a silhouette card, I love your design and lay out.   Now those silhouette stamps look familiar for some reason,  I really like them, they are so detailed,  stamped perfectly too, which can be tricky with silhouette stamps!

Thank you so very much my lovely for creating an awesome card for the challenge XXX❤️

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I hope this uploads ok, its currently almost 1am, we lost power and water earlier,  there was a 30 second power outage that for some reason caused the water to go off too, it was across the whole resort, Paul thinks the power outtage must have tripped the water pump and it didn't reset.  Anyway it took the WiFi out too, so I was panicking that I wouldn't get the todays post done,  patience paid off though, we sat and watched choas take over for a few minutes,  the water was off for about an hour, the only inconvenience we had was soph had soaped her hands up ready to wash them,  they tried both of our sinks but there wasn't a drip, so they went off to the bathroom blocks on site,  which also had no water, the girls said there were ladies with hair fully shampoo'd with no way of rinsing off, now that would be a nightmare,  we have plenty of bottled water as we use it every day so we could use that.  It came back on after about an hour and 20 minutes, thankfully   being in this heat without the ability to shower would have been awful. 

The girls are hoping for a beach day today, fingers crossed thats what we'll do, 

I hope you all have a lovely Sunday,

Love and huge hugs to all,

Sandra xxx