The Festive part of 2 Part Challenge

 

Good Morning Ladies ,

Well yesterday was a bit wet & wild here, like Lilian yesterday I got 2 loads of washing done , 1 all towels that I was hoping to hang on the line to dry for a while, so that they didn't take as long in the tumble dryer, unfortunately the rain stopped that and the wind was so strong I don't think I'd have been able to stand up, let alone peg washing out. I ended up leaving it on the airer in my wet room by the radiator for a few hours! 

It's all systems go here before 'lockdown 2' starts on Thursday,  Sophie is off to visit Lewis until Wednesday,  mostly because it's better for us to have Nobody here before Paul's surgery, Matt is also coming to collect Harley to take him to stay with him and Alex and her dog Haze, they have had a few trial runs, having Harley stay overnight to familiarise the two dogs 🐕,  all went well so they are having him stay for a week or so, it means one less job for Paul while he is recovering from his surgery.  

I need to get to the bank before lockdown,  so frustrating that you can't pay a cheque in on line, I have a Cheque from one of Mum's accounts that I need to pay in and transfer to the executors account, we have 4 different accounts and none of them take cheques paid in on line, I called Halifax and they said if I downloaded the App to my phone  I could pay it in, so I waited a week for for an 'activation' code, got all excited, got my App activated.....only to be told that the cheque value is too great to pay in online!!!! GGGRRRRR!!  I am hoping that one of the girls will take me into town.

Today's card is one I made yesterday afternoon using both my New Embossing Folder and my New Elizabeth Designs Christmas sentiments. 

I embossed a piece of white card with the Heartfelt Creations Timeless Embossing Folder and mounted it onto a mat of (mat/brushed) Gold card and then onto a 7 X 5 inch card base. I stamped the 'Seasons Greetings ' sentiment onto the embossed card in Versamark and added gold Embossing powder and heat set.   I then stamped and die cut Heartfelt Creations Poinsettias,  I embossed in gold to match the rest of the card, I die cut some Holly Sprigs to add some finishing touches to the card,  the final touch was gold Pearls to add to centres of poinsettias.  I really like how this card turned out.    Part two the 'Non Christmas ' will feature on tomorrow's blog.

Brenda I was sorry to read the you had your Amazon account hacked, so worrying, it really pays to be vigilant.   I follow a couple of YouTube channels that fight against these 'Scammers' seem to find ways to operate these scams in so many ways, Amazon is a new one,  they usually say that someone has ordered an I Phone on your account, they then try to get you to allow them to access your computer,  they then go to your online bank, change passwords and basically hold your computer at Ransom,  demanding you pay them to release it.   There are many other ways they try to catch you too...

They call pretending to be your internet provider, saying they will suspend your service unless you click 1 to speak to an advisor!! 

Computer/Windows engineers,  they will say that they are cancelling the Security package you have installed and again they will ask you to give them remote access to your computer.  Don't ever do this. 

There are many others, including the 'We believe you have been involved in an accident that wasn't your fault ' 

Please be careful Ladies,  these people are so convincing.  

Sending Love and Hugs to all of you,

Sandra                                                                                xxxxxx