Another 'very ' old paper, new die card

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you have all had a good week,  my thoughts are with our lovely Maria today,  I hooe that you arrived in Sweden safely my lovely,   your Mum is going to be so surprised to see you my lovely,  its such a lovely thing to do.   I hope it ends up being easier than you were worried about.  I am always at the end of the phone if you need a chat, I have to say that you are far braver than I am, flying all that way on your own 😘

I like this reminder and the artwork 😊 

Onto today's card,  now...I had a proper rummage about in my boxes of paper for today's card,  do you remember back in the day when we all liked the 'Ann Marie Designs' Dotty card, it had matching stripe and floral too I believe,   it used to work really well with Sue Wilson dies,  I must be going back ten years here,  I had it at bungalow for sure. 

I picked out this pale grey one for this card,  now....I have a confession the topper is actually back to front 🤣😂, the large flower was meant to be pointing to the left originally but because the 'linen' embossing folder which is also quite old has a really good emboss and deboss I clearly couldn't tell the difference and stuck the foam pads on the wrong side!!!  I was going to start again but I was done by this point, so I adhered it the wrong way around and added the yellow dots as a contrast to the grey.  I die cut the 'smile' 3 times and stacked it for bigger impact and added it above the small flower.  

Quite clean & simple I think 🤔 

I hope that you all have a lovely Friday,  

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx

Very Old papers New die card

Good Morning Ladies,  

Welcome October,  a month I love,  the colours,  looking at the changing trees, warm cosy evenings, it's like a big cosy hug. 🍂

(I asked ChatGPT to help me design the Welcome October sign above 😊) 

I think this is an odd 'reminder'  because I'm not sure who would feel the need to 'apologise for being who they are' unless it's means when someone feels they need to apologise for being an untidy crafter etc 😉🤣

Today's card features a VERY OLD set of 'Mixed Media Papers' from Bee Crafty, I have had them atleast 10 years,  they were a bit of an 'oops' purchase,  I bought them and just couldn't think of anything to do with them.

Until yesterday,  I took a piece of one of the sheets 

and used it to create a mat on my cream card base, I used the same cream linen card and cut a slatted circle using my NEW Craftaddiction Dies                     I then fussy cut a butterfly that perfectly matches the background I used for the mat.  I placed a foam pad behind the butterfly and placed on to the circle.  Then I used my NEW Gummiapan 'Happy Birthday die to finish the card. 

I hope the cards I have made this week have showed how easy this challenge can be.  

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love & hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx

A Quick card for today..

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,

Just a quick one today,  I had a good day yesterday,  Lucy and I popped out for a few bits to make some different soups,  I saw the Ninja soup maker on offer a week or so ago and so i ordered one,  we have wanted one for a couple of years but talked ourselves out of getting one.  

I also asked ChatGPT to help me devise a healthier eating plan for Oxtober so that I can go into this surgery as healthy as possible,   he asked me some background information, I explained that GP had suggested a 800 calorie diet,  which it thought was ridiculous.  It said I need to concentrate on having good protein intake as its essential for building muscle etc,   so it is devising a healthy eating plan as we speak.  

Another very true reminder, although they can easily get overlooked.  😘

Today's card is another using that same lovely paper collection 'Beautiful Gallery' that I used for yesterdays card,  this time I paired with 'Mossy Meadow' a lovely dark green that I used for Becca's wedding invitations. The card is 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch I cut a panel of card 1/4 inch smaller and covered it with a piece of the paper and a piece of embossed Mossy Meadow card as a contrast,  I covered the join with a lovely linen ribbon. 

Now,  I wasn't sure where to put the sentiment so I showed both options , I think I prefer the first option!  

I hope that you all have a lovely Wednesday,  

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

My first "Old /New" Challenge card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Well I did finally get around to making a card,  it took me most of the day as I was busy on the phone on and off for an hour or so, trying to find the right department at the right hospital 🙄,  that's the problem with being referred out of your area.  I think they originally referred me to Warwick/Stratford & Coventry because I had been to the surgery in February or March after having that Endoscopy,  the GP I saw confirmed that I had a Hernia but wasn't sure which type.  I left the surgery waiting for a referral and around 8 months later while on a phone consultation with GP about bladder issues I said how disappointed I was that I had heard nothing more about Hernia and told her that the GP I saw actually wrote on my notes that he would update me in 3 weeks.   

She could clearly see that nothing was done so I think she referred me to the hospital with the shortest wait list.   It is totally out of our NHS (Gloucestershire).  Which is ok apart from the fact that they have no access to any of your medical records.   The surgeon I saw was so lovely though, so fingers crossed all will be well,  Surgery is booked for late October. 

This is such an important reminder, if you don't take care of your mental health it will eventually affect your physical health.  It is very hard to manage though.  😘

I finally managed to sit and create something yesterday,  for our new Challenge I picked the papers I got on Friday from Stampin Up and for the old I used Arch dies that I bought in a Spellbinders sale a few years ago and I'm not sure I have ever used them either 🙄,  the Embossing folder is old too, as is that narrow crocheted lace.  

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love & hugs to all,

Sandra xxx

Welcome to the start of a new week

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Here we are at the start of the last week of September!   I hope that you all had a lovely weekend.   Ours was quite relaxed,  it was raining yesterday afternoon so no gardening,  so we decided to go looking at Televisions,   we have needed a new one for a while,  my goodness I wasn't prepared for how overwhelming  TV shopping was going to be,  there were so many different options,  the majority of which were enormous!  I don't mind advice etc but the chap who was showing us one particular tv (like he must have more commission on that particular one) turned out to be a pest,  I ended up asking him and then 3 others to let us just have a look at the different options.  

I think its time for a new challenge,  as I explained on our messenger group the other day I asked ChatGPT for some suggestions,  I really liked the 'what was I thinking'  challenge BUT I'd like to wait until everyone is ok to join in.  

So for this next challenge I am going to go with....

Old Meets New – combine one older craft item with something newer.

I know that we all have plenty of 'old' 🤣😂 and I'm pretty sure we all have something relatively new.  

So it could be a project using a new paper collection cut with an old die.  OR the other way round.  

It can be using old stamps on a journal page with your newest stamperia collection.  

I have some Tim Holtz embellishments that I have hoarded for years, ephemera too,  this would be the perfect challenge to use them.  

If you would like anymore suggestions just ask,  I particularly like challenges that encourage us to use our old stash,  after all we all have plenty of it🤣😂. 

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

Love and hugs to all of you , 

Sandra xxx

Let's look at what we made this week..

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,  

My contributions are a little disappointing this week,  I just couldn't summone the enthusiasm, forcing it doesn't work either, you end up with something you just aren't happy with.  

Let's have a look at what you have been making...

Karen 

Karen's Description: 

I haven’t done any card making but have been able to crochet with thicker yarn and hook than I’m used to 

I was gifted this yarn and thought it was perfect for autumn colours It has red,green,brown and grey - from Aldi, their rainbow range

So I made this Toft Labrador for the Ukraine charity box. 

Oh my goodness Karen both the yarn and your Labrador are gorgeous,  the colours are just perfect Autumn,  I could sit and look at him all day.   

It doesn't matter that it isn't a card or journal page, what's important is that you made it !!  The title of todays post is 'let's look back at what you have made this week ',  you definitely made it so it qualifies.  

Thank you for sharing your lovely labrador with us XXX 

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:  

Here is my page at last. It’s a simple Stamperia page, using page from the junk journal plus cut out and ephemera. The gold and iridescent are from the little tubes of paste.

Lilian there is beauty in 'simplicity ', your journal page is definitely beautiful,  such an idyllic Christmas scene.  Those cheeky little dogs add a bit of fun to the page too. 

Thank you so much for creating this lovely journal page Lilian, I hope that you didn't make to much mess in your craft room while looking for your junk journal 😊 XXX

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

Here’s a card for Sunday my lovely. Sending it now as I’m not sure what signal we’ll have on our holiday 🙂

I made a Christmas card to add to my stash. I’ve used papers and ephemera from Prima Marketing ‘Christmas Blush’ collection. I inked all edges with Walnut Stain distress ink. 

I’m not 100% sure about it, think it’s too busy! Probably would have been better with a plain background xx

Oh Sonia your card is so beautiful,  that Prima Christmas Blush collection is so pretty and its very 'you' 

Thank you so much for creating this lovely card, especially as you were busy getting ready for your holiday.  

I hope you are having a great time XXX

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Thank you all for sharing your makes,  I promise to do better this week 🤣😂

I hope that you have a lovely Sunday,  

Love and hugs to all of you

Sandra xxx 

Our last September Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I love today's craft quote,  if this is true I should be giddy with joy this week 🤣😂😅!! 

What are you all up to this weekend,   I know Sonia and Gina are off on their holidays this week. Gina is off to Bournemouth for the week,  Sonia has booked a lovely little cabin in the beautiful Somerset countryside.  I hope you both have a lovely relaxing week xxx

I did laugh when this was today's reminder,   as I said to Paul this 'exact' statement about this Cpap machine !! 🤣😂  I think we all try our best every day in one way or another 😘

Gina made this adorable sheep Crystal Art piece for Ron's Aunt.  It is such a cheerful little piece Gina, Ron's Aunt will be so delighted ☺️  Thank you for sharing it with us XXX 

These are a few of the bits I got in my 'Box of Joy' 🤣😂  from Stampin Up,   I can't wait to have a play.  I have a few new bits to play with but tiredness has killed my ability to sit and craft this week.  I had a decent night last night though so fingers crossed my creativity will reappear 🤞🤞🤞🤣

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx