Lucy's Card For Paul

Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all well, did you all have good weather yesterday, it was sunny and warm but quite windy here.

Paul is on lates this week, so we won't be getting much done in the garden, by the time he has walked Harley and had breakfast, watered greenhouse etc it's almost time for him to get ready for work, we are trying something new this week, he is going to take both his lunch and dinner into work with him, he said that he was having his lunch at about 2pm and having to wait until after 9pm for his dinner which was too long and it isn't great eating that late.  So I am having to be super organised and have meals pre-prepared for him to take with him. 

Today I am sharing the card that Lucy made for Paul for Father's Day, I will explain that Paul's car, lovingly named as the 'Red Racer' is the centre of a lot of 'banter' between Paul and the girls, they take great pleasure in trying to wind Paul up about his car, he always has a witty comeback, they have an amazing relationship!

So it seemed only right that one of them immortalised the Red Racer, so that Paul had a reminder long after it has gone.  Lucy cut the shape of the car by hand using a piece of real red card folder in half, she then got a picture of the same car online and printed it out and hand cut ALL of the windows, wheels and every little bit of detail of the trim on the doors etc, it looks amazing and Paul had a huge smile on his face when he opened the card, she wrote the verse on the inside in the style of a 'Used Car Advert'

it was brilliant.

They certainly don't need Mum to help them make cards anymore, I think I will calling on them for ideas in future!

Lucy and Sophie, Dad was absolutely blown away by your Father's Day card, I was too, you are so incredibly creative XXX

I had a right good clear out yesterday, cleared loads of 'bits' off my desk that I have no idea what I was keeping them for, scraps of card etc, I find it helps me think a bit more clearly when I have a clear desk, rather than a small square of of my A3 craft mat with a mountain of craft stuff either side, I filled a bin bag with all the packaging, paper scraps and lord only knows what, I sorted through a couple of overflowing 'Bit Boxes' and thought seriously as to whether I would actually use the odd bits of card that I had been keeping, in truth I haven't used them in the last year so it is unlikely I will use them in the next year! I was going to clear out some magazine free stamp kits but I do actually use them from time to time, so they got a reprieve, for now anyway.  I am a strong believer in 'if you can't see it you don't use it', I keep looking through old stamps etc, I never realised that I had as many as I do, will I ever use them all.  

I feel a 'use some of your original stash' challenge coming soon!!

I hope you all have a lovely day,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx