Happy Birthday Lucy & Sophie

 

Good Tuesday morning Ladies,  

We have an exciting day today as we are celebrating Lucy & Sophie's 25th Birthday,  how on earth can be 25, quarter of a century!!  I still remember having them like it was yesterday!   Being in the delivery suite and all the midwives being fixated on the tv that had been bought in specially as there was a Eastenders special discovering 'Who shot Phil Mitchell' I think we must have watched it back then as I remember being intrigued 🤣😂,  the girls didn't actually make an appearance until 5.20am on Friday 4th Feb,  Soph followed an hour & 20 minutes later !!  Our lives have never been the same since,  they fill our lives with joy and laughter,  (well most if the time 🙄🤣)!!  We have a busy day, starting with the girls and I going out for Birthday brunch,  then back home to wait for Paul to get home before opening their presents,  then we are out for dinner in the evening!  Well you are only 25 once, not that I can remember 😉 

Today I am sharing the card I made for Lucy, I used some really colourful patterned paper, added a mat that I had die cut lots of '25's out of, I adhered that over the patterned paper, for the focal point I layered 3 lots of '25' die cuts and stacked them for dimension to add the centre of the circular focal point, I stamped 'Happy' & Birthday'  above and below the '25' and added a few butterflies for fun. 

I will share Soph's card tomorrow. 

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

Good Monday Morning Ladies

 

GooMonday Morning Ladies, 

We are starting February with some very chilly weather, luckily we were blessed with sunshine fir our trip out today, the girls had the weekend off and wanted to spend the day at Costco & Ikea,  lord only knows why Costco!!! Lucy's needed some bits and Soph did too, Lucy had bought something that is meant for storing carrier bags , she is turning it into vinyl storage.  Sophie bought some storage bits and so I am looking forward to seeing her organising her room. 

I made this card on Friday,  as it was in a Stencil set that I had yet  to use.  I thought it would make a great 6 x 6 card, I used the colours that came in the Crafters Companion stencil & stamp collection that (I got as a bargain on a Facebook selling site) The colours weren't very wet, so I'm not sure weather to use them again.  I like the stencils but some of them have very intricate middle bits that refuse to lay done when inking which was so frustrating!  I think if i used my temporary adhesive it would leave marks on the previous layers of inking, it's a bit annoying at the least, I have another 2 sets of this same collection,  fingers crossed the inks are ok in them.

I don't think this one turned out well, the inking doesn't look as detailed and sharp as the perfect picture on the packaging 🤔  however I like the colour combination. 

I'm sorry if none of this makes any sense, after a busy day out, I kept nodding off to sleep between paragraphs 🤣😂

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

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

A look back at our crafting this week

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all having a good weekend,  we had a pretty standard Saturday,  which is basically a leisurely Brunch and food shopping,  which apart from the journey and the company,  is not my favourite,  I used to enjoy food shopping but now I find it tedious and bloody expensive!! 

Today we have more of a fun day out with the girls, they want to go to Ikea, which is never a bad thing, we may pop to Costco (also girls choice) too. 

What are you all up to today?? 

Let's see what you have been making! 

Karen 

Karen's Description:

Snippet (1):  I made this Snippet yesterday and turned it into a card Don’t know number of Snippet coz I found it after doing a search on FB

Categories: Flower-Stamping- Snippet (or embossing powder)

Card (2):  Here’s a challenge card 

Categories:  Patterned paper- bold sentiment- butterfly

Karen you have hit the ground running in your craft room since you returned from your cruise, you have made some amazing things. 

Your Snippet is stunning, I love the colours and that background is amazing.

Bella's Birthday card is gorgeous, I love the colours, you can't beat dotty card for cuteness!  I really like the die cut circle revealing the dotty card and the Age.  I might do something like that for one of the girls birthday cards.  

Thank you for the inspiration my lovely XXX

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:  

Hi, this is a little Fridge magnet that I made

I used ultra thick embossing powder, heated it then put in the freezer to cackle. Sorry doesn’t show in the photo.

Categories:  Flower/ Stamping/ Embossing 

Oh Lilian, what a brilliant idea, I'd never thing of turning little stamped pieces into Fridge magnets, what a lovely gift to send somebody,  you may have made it a while ago but it hasn't dated at all.  Now I found a load of Extra thick embossing powder when we moved so I may have a go at a fridge magnet!! 

Thank you so much for inspiring me and sharing your work. XXX

Sonia 

Sonia's Description:

The Happy and Birthday dies are both from Temu, but different sets. Flowers Spellbinders. And the background is a Tim Hiltz stencil very faint in Spun Sugar xx

Categories:  Bold Sentiments/ Flowers/ stencil

Absolutely gorgeous card Sonia, those Bold sentiment flowers in soft pastel colours work so perfectly on that Bold sentiment.  

Thank you so much for sharing your card with us XXX 

Gina

Gina's Description:

 Hi sandra, i made a card last week i think for a friend for her daughter. The happy birthdsy die is su wilson from years ago, the wax seal is from amazon two years ago and i am sure you recognise the die from spellbinders which the seal is on, the numbers and word letters i purchased from selling groups. Can in go in the sunday roundup.

Gina your card is so lovely, I love how you used the wax seal, the wrap twine part definitely looks better on the square card.  The Bee on the seal is lovely too.  I bet your friend loved it, her daughter will too. 

Thank you so much for sharing your card with us, I love being able to share your work XXX

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Thank you all so much for supporting the challenge my lovely friends ❤️ 

I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday,

Love & hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx 

Happy Saturday Ladies

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

Can you believe we are welcoming February already?  It feels like Christmas was a couple of weeks ago,  January usually feels like such a long month but not this year, maybe it's because I've had hospital procedures mixed with being busy with the wedding invitations and wedding planning!  I hope that doesn't mean the whole year will fly by.  I love February as we start to see all of the Spring flowers pushing through, we already have some lovely clumps of Snowdrops around the village, the daffs are pushing their way through too.                     We have an exciting week ahead, the girls are off this weekend,  then the girls birthday on Tuesday,  how can they be 25?!   Then Wednesday all of Becca's Bridesmaids are trying on their dresses together, so we have a lovely evening at Bull Hotel planned for that.  The wedding invitations are just about finished so they will be going out midweek too.  So February is getting off to a flying start i  our house.  

Yesterday I restarted my 'Snippet' journey,  I was inspired to restart by our Karen,  they really are a great way to get you into trying different craft techniques. 

This is Snippet number 57, designed by Tracy Evans of course. 

I took a piece of 4 × 6 inch card, I used large post it's to mask off a section of the card, I took my brayer and loaded it with Salvaged Patina Oxide ink, then I added a layer of Cracked Pistachio and.a final light touch of Salty Ocean.  I flicked some water on and blotted it off to add some more texture to the background.  Next came the stamping, which started with the Fern stamps, and the Bird that has the ferns as part of the design, to add some extra detail I stamped the " Each Day is a Treasure " sentiment all over the background in grey (so that it stays in the background,  then I stamped the same sentiment in Black onto white card so that it stands out.  I added shading around the sentiment too. 

These are just bits of art to get you crafting, you can add to them to make into a card or a journal page.  

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend,  

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

A Spring journal page

 Good Friday Morning Ladies,  

It's almost the weekend,  what do you all have planned??                                                                          We have the very rare occurrence of the girls both having the weekend off,  so we are hoping to do something altogether,  not sure what yet as we are waiting to see what the weather does, it will be lovely spending some quality time together. 

Today I am sharing a journal page,  that I made following a Tracy Evans tutorial,  the background and the hearts are made by layering acrylic paint through stencils onto to the Gelli plate, I was so happy with how it turned out....

Just look at all that detail.  

Categories: Flowers/Stencil/ journal page  

I got all the bits together to make a couple of Snippets so I hope to do that today, all being well ! 

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love & hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx 

Sonia's Pretty Happy Birthday card

 

Good Thursday Morning Ladies, 

I hope today finds you well (in most of our cases the best of well possible), gentle hugs for those of you that could use one.   I could use one to help get warm, I am pretty fed up of feeling cold to be honest, yesterday felt especially cold.  

The girls and I had a lovely day out yesterday,  they found Dunkertons Cider Farm on line, it is an actual cider farm that has built a large Marquee type thing and has about 9 'Street Food ' outlets, there was an Indian style place, Thai, Mexican, Burger, Filipino, Pizza, Acai Bowls & crepes.  So definitely something for everyone,  the girls both had Mexican and I had a Naan bread with Indian spiced lamb and salad, we all enjoyed our choices and were very full,  I did get us a little treat for after dinner from the Boulongerie and of course I couldn't leave a Cider Farm without a bottle of cider or two for Paul, it is his favourite drink after all !!!  We went into Cheltenham afterwards as the girls were looking for some bits, its so run down now though, so many empty shops, which results in Homeless people in all of the empty shop doorways.  I personally find it so uncomfortable walking past them all begging, I hate it and feel so guilty, there's no way you could help them all though.  

Sonia made this gorgeous Birthday card yesterday with some new dies that she recently bought.

Sonia's Description:

The Happy and Birthday dies are both from Temu, but different sets. Flowers Spellbinders. And the background is a Tim Hiltz stencil very faint in Spun Sugar xx

I have zoomed in to show the lovely delicate background 

Your card is so lovely Sonia, your attention to detail and finishing touches are always so perfect.  Those tiny flowers look like they were made for embellishing that die.   That die is so versatile,  it would work well for any gender or you could add Christmas,  Easter etc, so a great buy.  I also love how it is big enough to be the main focus of the card too. 

Thank you so very much all sharing your card with us XXX 

I hope that you all have a lovely day, 

Love & hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx 

Karen's Latest Snippet

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies, 

We had a very productive day yesterday,  Lucy and I set up a production line, we started by adhering the pockets into the invitation wallet part, I trimmed the corners so that we got a neat fold and lucy added glue and stuck them in. I then moved onto the letterpressed part of the invitation, I used my TH Deckle trimmer to deckle the edges and then we moved onto adding Versamark ink and dipping into gold embossing powder, over and over and over again, final part heat setting all edges, we started about 11am today and embossed the last one at 5 45pm. Its good to see them done though.  We are on the home straight now ! 

Thankfully Karen was kind enough to allow me to share her gorgeous Snippet.  

Karen's Description:  

I made this Snippet yesterday (Sunday) and turned it into a card Don’t know number of Snippet coz I found it after doing a search on FB

So Categories: Flower-Stamping- Snippet (or embossing powder).

Karen what a gorgeous Snippet, I love the colours and the your design,  the purple of the crocus really lifts the card. I love that background stamp too 😍 

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

I hope that you all have a lovely day,

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Trying new things

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that today finds you warm and dry,  I hope that our weather settles down to something near normal for this time of year!  Instead we seem to be going from one storm to another, bringing either severe winds or flooding, for quite a few years we have had snow on or around Sophie & Lucy's birthday, that is 'normal' weather for early February not lashing winds and mass flooding.  Anyway lets help it calms down for a few days, we got caught in a hail storm yesterday,  my goodness did it sting as it hit you, I was with the girls, which means there were fits of laughter,  we were soaked through our clothes by the time we got back to Soph's car !  It took ages to warm up when we got home. 

After our trip I warmed my fingers back to life I sat at my desk to try something new!  I wanted to have a go at a technique in that last magazine I shared with you.  

I used the free stamp from 'Stamps By Me' that came as part of the free stamp collection.  I placed the stamp onto my stamp platform and added a piece of card to the base, (now it is important to butt your watercolour card up to the corner, so that you can replace your stamped piece EXACTLY in the same position )

I used my Zig Clean Color pens to add colour to the clear stamp, purple (violet) on the flowers and Spring Green on the foliage,  I then spritzed both the inked stamp and the watercolour card before closing the platform and pressing evenly all over.  It is important to note that you are NOT seeking perfection here.  You want the image to look like it has been loosely watercoloured.  Now you can either dry your piece with heat tool or leave it to dry naturally. 

Next step is to place the inked card back in the stamp tool in exactly the same position, as we are now going to ink the stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and then add the detail back onto the 'watercoloured' background.  This really brings the stamped image back to life, I added clear embossing powder to mine and heat set, this just made the black ink stand out more.  The last touch was to go in with a brown pen and colour to the stem.  

I mounted the card on to a purple card that echoed the colour of the flowers and then onto a card base. 

Now I struggled a bit deciding whether I liked it or not as I prefer things that look almost perfect,  thankfully I could appreciate it for what it is and what it's meant to be (this was my 3rd  attempt).   Pick a stamp and have a go, it is actually fun!  

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I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

A Spring Journal page

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Anyone got a boat??? Boy was Alexa's weather warning spot on yesterday,  the morning started off lovely,  at 8am we were having a cuppa in bed admiring the hills in the distance,  it soon clouded over though and by lunchtime the heavens opened and it just didn't stopped,  the roads are all flooded again, the main issue with that is round here, hidden under those massive puddles are equally massive pot holes, it absolutely sickens me with worry for cyclists etc as if they hit one of those pot holes that are atleast 10 inches deep at speed they'd be flung from their bikes into oncoming traffic, it literally gives me chills thinking about it.  They have attempted to patch them with a man, a bag of tarmac and a shovel,  so poorly done that the first rain shower washes the repair away!  It's not like road tax is cheap either !!  Sorry Rant Over,  I have put the soapbox away 😚🙄

Today I am sharing  Journal page I made some time ago, following a Tracy Evans class,  I had totally forgotten about it until I was having a big old reorganise yesterday morning.   I thought it was both perfect for the Spring Flowers theme and it works for our TICTACTOE, using Categories:              Flowers/Stamping/ Journal Page

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

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

Our makes this week...

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,  

We were treated to a gloriously sunny day yesterday,  that little bit of sunshine really does lift your spirits,  I will say I was a little shocked at how cold it was when I stepped outside to get into the car.  I am really hoping that all these frosts haven't killed my Clematis, it had managed to scramble up almost 15ft since planting last spring, so I have my fingers crossed that it has survived.   It's so lovely to see all the bulbs coming through, there are patches of Snowdrops all over the village that look so pretty, I can't wait to see all of the beautiful Spring flowers. 

For now let's look at the crafted Spring flowers..

Karen

Karen's Description:

Here are my versions of TE Snippets 22 and 23 Both are done with the same stamp sets So there’s a challenge 2x projects using same products.

Wow Karen,  two gorgeous Snippets,  I love that delicate flower stamp, it's amazing to see what a difference the background colour makes, the purple flowers really pop on that white background,  I live the shading on the white one too, that tiny rabbit adds cuteness wherever its used 

Thank you so much for two lovely cards XXX

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Today’s card: Lavinia stamps coloured with my inktense pencils. Very simple card but has taken most of the day. 

Your cards are always like little works of art Lilian,  your colouring is so incredible, each one of those flowers is shaded perfectly, your background is beautiful too, I can see why it has taken you all day to complete. 

Thank you so much for your beautiful Spring card XXX

Ladies I hope that you all have an enjoyable Sunday, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Something for Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

Hello from a wild & windy Gloucestershire,  it has been incredibly windy here, although I think the fact that our house is high up overlooking a huge valley leaves us a bit vulnerable to high winds, it felt like the roof was going to blow off at one point,  Milo & Bella were really freaked out and jumpy too,  I think it was all the banging and blusteryness that was stopping them from setting down,  Milo was on and off our bed all night bless him.   The journey to Luton wasn't really affected by the wind at all thankfully,  I was looking forward to seeing them both, we haven't seen Adam for weeks.  

The pie chart is a fairly accurate representation of my craft room, no matter how many times I reorganise!  

I felt really emotional reading Sue Wilson’s Blog yesterday,  she was talking about the closure of Creative Expressions and announcing the end of her Blog, while I haven't been actively following it for the past couple if years, I always liked to look in and see what she was creating,  I stopped commenting when the blog really just seemed to be about selling the dies.  I started following Sue over 15 years ago, it took me a while to gain the confidence to comment,  I had to create a Blogger account too, which was beyond my tech capabilities!  Back then there weren't that many people commenting so it became a lovely community,  which grew into something much bigger, some of us felt guilty high jacking Sue's comment section for our daily catch ups so I started my own blog, then one by one we all got to know each other, something I will be forever grateful for, I cannot imagine my life without you lovely ladies in it.  🥰😍

I made  quick card using my new Spellbinders 'Sealed' die collection, I used some old inky backgrounds for the flowers and stems and added some pink card that complimented the inked bits.  The sentiment is Tim Holtz stamped in Picked Raspberry. 

Here's a closer look at those flowers cut from inky background. 

I did something different with the background,  I embossed a piece of card and instead of using a die cut to have as a base for the focal point I simply embossed 9 lines down the left hand side of the card. I think it really works as a backdrop for the bouquet.  

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx

Our New Challenge

 Good Friday Morning Ladies,  

More nasty weather on the way,  I hope that you all stay safe.  We have to drive to Luton Airport this afternoon to collect Becca & Adam who treated themselves to a much needed week away from work, they were so incredibly exhausted after the festive season running 2 hotels/restaurants, it will be nice to see them relaxed.  Having said that, Becca used the time to bombard us with Wedding ideas. 

I thought I would do a TicTacToe for our Challenge,  we haven't had one for a while, I have tried to add categories that will suit everyone.  I hope it helps you and inspires you to create.   Please don't feel tied to any direction rules. Have fun and enjoy 😘

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love & hugs,

Sandra xxx 

Simple Just a Note card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Its Thursday already,  this week has flown,  probably as I have had to medical appointments,  Monday just disappeared, I felt like I woke up at six and then woke up again at 8 30pm.  I actually had a full night sleep on Tuesday night, I felt better for it too!   Yesterday I had an ultrasound that was to check position of my friend 'Merina' , the chap that did the ultrasound (that ended up having to be internal ) explained that trying to look at my uterus through abdomen is difficult as I have a 'Retroverted Uterus ' which means its tilted backwards, which explains why the nurse had such a tough job getting the Merina in place, I do recall there being an issue when I had the girls too.  So you learn something new every day !!!🤣😂

Today's card is a quick and simple card that I made to use up some of my pile of backgrounds  I also wanted to use a new die that I received,  I made a 4 1/8 X 5 1/2 inch card base using Linen card, I cut a mat 1/4 inch smaller which I used to die cut the leaf circle die from.  I then picked one of the many inly backgrounds that I have accumulated....

I adhered the piece of background behind the die cut circle.  I then added foam pads to the back of the piece and adhered it to my card base.  I die cut the sentiment from the same background and added 4 layers to the back of the it (cut from scraps of white card).  Just to make it stand out more.

I have tried to angle the card to show the sparkle in the background.  

I hope that you all have a good Thursday,  

Love and HUGE hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Pretty Spring Card

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies, 

I hope today finds you well,  I fully intended to sit and make a card yesterday afternoon,   however after a quick trip to the Garden centre with the girls I was I was wiped out, I felt ok, when I got up, apart from a sore throat,  I had a rough night but I think that was a combination of wind (from where they inflate your stomach etc andva lot of soreness from the inflamed Bile Duct, I guess as its already inflamed any irritation is going to cause it to react.  We got back from the garden centre and I thought I would have a little tidy round, well I felt completely wiped out.  I hadn't really done anything, I was in my wheelchair at the garden centre,  maybe it was just the getting up and dressed that exhausted me.  As I am writing this I am fighting to keep my eyes open and its only 5pm!  

So as a result I am sharing an old card that I still love, it is Spring in a card !!   The stamps are HoneyDoo and everytime I see this card I think "oh I had forgotten I had those stamps! 

Which brings me to a question.....

Would we be better storing our stamps/ dies in Seasons??? 

I currently group by manufacturer,  so all my Aall&Create stamps are together,  (I know there are some Spring stamps in there too)!  My Stampin Up ones are altogether, HoneyDoo,  Etc

I do try and keep Christmas stamps together though  

I think my whole organisation needs reorganisation! 

How do you store/organise yours??

Have a lovely Wednesday,  

Love & hugs to all,

Sandra xxx 

Delightful Daffodils

 

Good Morning Ladies,

Just a quickie today as I am struggling to stay awake,  due to my system being used to high levels of opiod pain meds my body resisted the sedation meds, after 3 doses into the canula the chap was laughing saying 'you really don't want to relax do you'  i couldn't speak as I had a thing in my mouth that they pass the ultrasound probe through,  but i tried to indicate that I was trying to relax my AF ridden heart was betraying me, lets face it who would be totally relaxed in that situation?! 

Today's card I made on Sunday afternoon,  I bought a set of SU Daffodil Dies in the sale this time last year I think but I never got around to using them, so being inspired from seeing the first signs of Daffodils emerging I got them out to have a play with.  There are about 4 layers to each flower, I think they look quite effective though, I used two shades of yellow, Mango Melody & So Saffron and Garden Green for the leaves. I used a blended background effect paper onto my card base and decided to arrange the Daffs onto a circle die cut, this draws your eye in, they just seemed to get lost on the background otherwise,  the sentiment is made up of two Tim Holtz word stickers (for simplicity)  I may change them when I decide whatbI am using the card for.  It would be nice for Easter or Mothers Day I think.

I hope you have a good day my lovelies,  

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx 

Sealed Bloom card

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Here we are at the start of a new week,  I'm not excited this one, well today mostly.  I have an endoscopy today, probably as you are reading this post!   I have starved for 12 hours just to be safe, it said 8 hours but I wasn't getting up at 4am to eat! It said we will be there 2 to 4 hours, I'm hoping not.

Today's card is a result of me playing after making the wax seals for Becca's wedding invitations.  I have had the stuff to do it for a good couple of years but just not had the urge to try it.  Spellbinders have bought out a range of dies called 'Sealed' they are flower dies that work well as bouquets of flowers, the bit that looks like twine around the card is actually a die cut, it has a circle in the centre to place your wax seal or if you don't want to use wax you could just add a sentiment.  

I used pool party card embossed on a white card base, I die cut the flowers and foliage in shades that work well with the Pool Party card, I die cut the twine part in white to tie in the base card and flowers.  I placed my wax seal in the centre to finish the card. 

Its hard to explain the die, so I thought I'd show you.

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

My love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx

Your Spring Flower cards

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,  

My goodness it turned cold yesterday,  we popped to the Garden centre to get some seed compost, I had my big thick jumper on but my goodness I wish I'd put my coat on!   We got the compost and a few other bits that we didn't intend to buy, but that's nothing new!! 

The first thing that we did when we got home was light the log burner (and put kettle on of course).  I hope that you all managed to stay cosy and warm.  

Let's see what you have been making.....

Karen

Karen's Description:

Had a bit of a play with my Christmas pressie from my SIL

I faffed and faffed with the die Do I do it in white or black Do I paper piece it etc

I didn’t stamp the text in background very straight so cutting that out with another Aall and Create die has helped

Both the orange and blue card have been created with DO

Now do I add white splats? 

Decisions decisions 🤣

As you can see from the photo Karen did add splats it just wouldn't be a 'Karen Aall&Create card' without splats! 

I love your card, the texture in the background is incredible, the varied tones look fantastic,  the Reckoner stamp has added lovely detail too. I am really tempted by those grungy border dies 😍

Thank you so much for creating such an inspirational card my lovely XXX 

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Hi, here is my card for this week. 

Tim Holtz stamps again, the flowers have clear embossing powder on them.

The grasses are from Lavinia stamps, they are new, so useful to use to fill space.

Inked the background the pink and green are from the printed paper stack.

The stitching didn’t work, but I shall not give up, will have another go using a zigzag stitch instead of straight.

Such a beautiful card Lilian,  the flowers are gorgeous and the grasses just tie all the layers together.  I am watching your card stitching journey closely, I still haven't been brave enough to try!  Let me know how the zigzag stitching goes please. 

Thank you so much for such a beautiful card Lilian,  your support is very much appreciated XXX 

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

The background paper is from my stash of 12x12” cardstock cut to size. The numbers and circle die are from Temu, and the Happy Birthday from Spellbinders, all die cut in gold glitter card. The flowers are also Spellbinders.

Such a gorgeous card Sonia for your Mum's very Special birthday,  I love the colours in that beautiful paper you have used, pairing it with the gold glitter card was genius, plus gold glitter card is essential on celebrating cards!  

I hope your Mum has an amazing birthday,  thanks for sharing your card XXX 

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I hope that you all have a relaxing Sunday,

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

Happy Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all as well as can be expected,  gentle hugs to those of you that need one 😊 

What have you all got planned for this weekend??  Paul is hoping to get out in the garden, I need to get a couple of cards made for Monday & Tuesday, as the sedation I am having for Mondays procedure can take up to 48 hrs to clear out of your system.  I have an ultrasound on Tuesday to check position of my 'friend Merina'.  So I will be feeling very prodded and poked by Tuesday evening,  worth it if these procedures bring the solutions I need though.

Maria

Our Maria has shared some of the beautiful scenery of Austria,  its just so breathtaking,  it must so lovely being up there in that crisp,  clean air!  I can't believe its your last day though, this week has gone so fast. 

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful holiday photos with us. XXX 

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra xxx