A bit of a different Sketch Challenge card

 

Good Morning Ladies,

We were blessed with another glorious day yesterday,  I didn't get out much in the day though as I was suffering with tummy upset, I put it down to stressing a out the scan I had to have yesterday afternoon,  it's a good job Lucy came down to remind to fast for 6 hours beforehand as I had forgotten about that part, with my tummy being  so sore I didn't fancy eating anyway but by 4pm I was regretting not having breakfast, that felt like a long day   lucy took me for my scan,  I was really hoping that the radiographer would give me a hint at what he found,  but no,  he really didn't speak at all other than saying 'Breathe in & hold"  I explained that I was really anxious about the results and was looking forward to a little reassurance!! But it was like he either A) Didnt understand me, B)  was under strict instructions not to say anything!  When I had my previous 5 scans I had the findings explained at the time.  I have to wait atleast a week! 

Creativity wasn't high on my agenda today, I found a book of push out card making elements,  like a kit, i think it was from The Works years ago, I chose a card, pushed out the pieces, then added a couple more elements to give the same look as this weeks Sketch Challenge.

I hope that you all have a good Thursday, 

Love & hugs to all

Sandra xxxxxx 

A Christmas Sketch card

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies  

Oh wasn't it lovely to have another day of lovely sunshine.  Lucy wanted to go out for the day, so that's what we did,  we went to a few different shops, not sure where the day went though, we set off mid morning and didn't get home until after 4pm.  Let me tell you I was exhausted,  but we had a lovely day together,  which is worth the pain. 

When I got home I remembered I had nothing for todays blog, so I sat down at my desk and created this Christine card, I used Anna Marie Designs Christmas Jingle papers, the circle die is Bubble Circles from Memory Box.  The little Christmas Sentiment is an Anna Marie Designs wooden sentiment, I edged it with a bit of green ink.  I fussy cut some poinsettias to embellish and added some pretty pearls. 

I hope that you all have a lovely day, 

Love & Hugs, 

Sandra xxx

My first Sketch Challenge card

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that today finds you well, we have reverted back to summer weather for a few days here, which is fantastic 😀    Especially as its bed linen washing day!  

Today I am sharing my first card for our Sketch Challenge, I dug out my Ann Marie Designs paper pads from a good 3 or more years ago and designed a card using the different papers from the collection,  I absolutely love the colours in the Floral Damask collection. 

I hope that you all have a good Tuesday, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx

Maria's Fun fold card

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Yesterday felt a little more like summer, we had a day of warm sunshine and plenty of clouds,  it turned a bit chilly when the sun went in though.  I hope that you all had an enjoyable day, making the most of that glimpse of the Sun.  

The rain & clouds certainly didn't deter the tourists in Bourton On The Water,  it was jam packed as we drove through,  can you believe a place that is reliant on Tourism has no places for coaches to park? It causes absolute mayhem as these big coaches packed with tourists just stop randomly on the side of the road for their passengers to alight.  It must be a nightmare for the coach drivers. We saw a coach load of Chinese children,  I'd say around the age of 5 or 6, they looked tiny, it got us thinking about where they were from,  surely parents don't send their little ones overseas without them??  Maybe they were just from a Chinese school, there are lots of things to entertain the little ones in Bourton,  Model Village,  Bird Land, Butterfly Maze and Motor Museum.  

Maria made the fun fold card that I did tutorial for last Saturday, I have no idea what the fold is called though 🤔.  

I love the pretty blue floral paper you have used Maria,  the three panels work beautifully with those lovely floral toppers you have used.   

Thank you so much for having a go at the tutorial, it makes it all worth while.  You have made a beautiful example 😍 XXX

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

Love & hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Your TicTacToe Cards

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

Are you all having a good weekend so far?, ours has been okay so far, yesterday was mostly spent shopping,  food shopping mostly, then to Hobbycraft to get some balloons for Becca's party today, my goodness what a rip off,  we got a gold foil 3 & 0 and had them filled,  it came to around £20 !!!😲

We have got the BBQ to go to this afternoon for Father's Day and Becca's birthday,  so should be a nice relaxed day for Paul,  although I or think he would rather be in the garden 😉!  Big social gatherings are not his thing! 

Are you all seeing family today? 

Let's see your cards for the TicTacToe Challenge...

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Hello , here is my card for this week.

The tic tac toe I’ve used are: 

Flowers, square, stencil.

More ephemera cut outs.

Small Tim Holtz stencil with brushed corduroy ink.

I love your card Lilian,  such a perfect New Home card,  I love the cat in the window and all of those lovely plants, a lit of fussy cutting but definitely worth it. 

These ephemera cut outs you have a lovely,  thank you so much for taking part my lovely XXX 

Karen 

Karen's Description:

I made this this afternoon 

Flower (Daisy B) - Circle - Stencil (Aall & Create)

Glossy Accents on centre of flower and on heart of ScanNcut sentiment 

Note to self Glossy Accents doesn’t work on ScanNCut ink!

Such a great card, sometimes the simplest designs have the bigger impact.  That sentiment font is amazing!  

Thank you so much for taking part Karen XXX 

Maria 

Maria's Description; 

One colour, flowers and embossed sentiment.

Oh Maria that stamped image is so beautiful,  I am so pleased you left that lovely floral image as the main focus of the card, your ribbons are perfectly matched too.   

Thank you so much for taking part my lovely XXX 

Sue

Sue's Description:

My first card for so long. The flower dies are ones I have had for ages, possibly from Temu. I don’t remember where I got the sentiment die from. Love Sue xx

I have seen these dies on Pinterest and really like them, I wonder what make they are, I'll have to do some research!  Lovely to see that you felt like crafting again Sue.

Thank you so much for taking part XXX 

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I hope that you all enjoy the rest of the weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx

Mixed Up Saturday

 

Wishing our beautiful Becca 

🎈🎉 A Happy 30th Birthday 🎈🎉

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

We had a stormy start to the weekend with some thunder & lightning last night,  hopefully its going to clear the air for the weekend.  

I can hardly believe that our Becca is 30 today!!  It barely seems a year or two that she was at ballet lessons at the age of four!   We couldn't be more proud of the amazing, confident & beautiful young Lady that she is today 🥰😍

I have shared the card that I made for her Birthday,  I really enjoyed getting my box of flowers out again,  I haven't used them in a year or two!  Of course I had to make a box to put it in!  I hope that she likes it. 

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend  

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra xxx

A new Challenge

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies,

Yay!! It's the weekend, I must confess with Paul's work load being a lot busier than usual  he's had more days in the office,  I honestly thought that yesterday was Friday, I also went out with Becca to get our nails done and then we went with Soph to get something nice for lunch, I really do enjoy spending time with my girls.😍

I thought we'd do a Sketch for our next challenge, they do make deciding on a card layout easier.        Remember you don't have to follow every detail of the above sketch,  it's just a guideline.  The torn notebook edge could just be a torn edge, or a fancy die cut border for example. 

I am really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.  It's a great sketch for using pretty papers too. 

I hope that you all have a great Friday, 

Love and hugs to all of you 

Sandra xxx