A New Challenge...

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies,

Here we are virtually mid way through November,  I do wish time would slow down a little. 

I had another little trip out yesterday,  this time with Soph,   I need some photos of some of the Wildlife park animals as I want to make some Christmas cards with them, I didn't want to use any from online because of copyright etc.  So Soph and I popped there for an hour or so yesterday afternoon,  my goodness was it cold, I was frozen despite lots of layers including hat and gloves.  Mind you I think its colder sat in wheelchair because you aren't moving about to keep warm like you would if you were walking.   It was a lovely trip out though, just long enough. 

I had a gift in the post yesterday from Sue,  she kindly sent me a pair of 'leg lifters',  what an absolutely genius idea,  it has a loop one end that goes over your foot, the other end a handle, so that you can lift your leg instead of having to have someone lift it for you.                                                     Thank you my lovely,  such a thoughtful gift 😘

Bit of a different reminder, we do all usually make it through whatever obstacles get thrown in our path though, although some are definitely harder than others 🥰

Our Next Challenge 

We haven't had a TicTacToe in a while so I thought I'd create a new one, I have tried to include categories for those of us that need to make Christmas cards but have enough categories for those that don't.  

I have left the centre square as 'Free Choice' to allow a bit more Freedom,  you could have your free choice as:   ChatGPT , Patterned paper,  Inky background,  Snowman,  Clean & Simple etc,  anything you fancy. 

I also added Colour Cube because I keep forgetting that I have them 🙄, anyone else??? 😉😂

I hope there is something there for everyone,  you can of course make Cards,  Journal page, Tags, Snippets,  Thrinchies.  Literally anything you fancy. 

I hope that you all have a great Friday,

Love and hugs, 

Sandra xxx 

An all Rub-on journal page

Good Morning Ladies,  

Lucy and I had our usual Wednesday days out, we didn't do anything too exciting,  however it was just so nice to get out for a non-medical appointment!   We had a lovely brunch out and a wander around M&S, I bought a new jumper and some of their Almond Biscuits,  if you like almond taste you will absolutely love these biscuits,  they are like shortbread but made with ground almonds, they literally melt in your mouth.   I really did need a lie down when we got back, I think if you have been stuck in the house for anything your first trip out can be a little overwhelming, we had a lovely couple of hours out. 

One thing I am so incredibly grateful for is having you lovely friends to talk to if I am stressing or feeling a bit low due to being incapacitated.  You all manage to calm my anxious brain.                               So this reminder is 100% true and I hope it reassures you all 😘

Today I am sharing the journal page that I made using Stamperia Rub-ons.  I created the background using Lindys Magical Pigment powders,  spritzed with water and dried with heat gun,  I then picked out a selection of Rub-ons,  the ones around the edges are all text/script style,  I then used two different foliage rub-ons for the centre and the film strip one that has leaves on too.  

I used a sentiment from the 6x8 inch paper pad adhered it at the bottom.  I then matted onto black and added a squiggly border to define the edges.  I really enjoyed creating this page ☺️ 

Maria.. yes the Lindys powders are exactly like pixie powders etc , these ones have been chosen to match with the colours in the Arden Amber Ledgers collection.  I really like playing with them and it surprises me how different they look depending on how you have used them.  I hope your appointment for your foot went well xxx

I hope that you a have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Playing with Lindys Pigment powders

We will remember them. 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,  

I am so happy to report that I woke with no new rash and more importantly no ridiculous allergic reactions on my face.  I'm not sure whether the girls knew whether to laugh or cry when they saw me.  🤣😂  Soph said at least we now know that you won't look good having your lips enlarged 🤣😂 

All jokes aside it felt good to wake up feeling ok, obviously still taking all precautions for my Hernia repair.  

A good reminder for us all I think, an adorable bee too 😊 

On Monday I had a play with Lindys Magical Pigment powders,  this collection is the Arden Amber Ledgers.  

I added water to the powders and splattered them over the background.   

For the flowers I added the powders to card and spritzed them, this gave a different,  more intense look....

I tried to capture the sparkle from the mica in the powders.  
The flowers are Julie Hickey,  I have wanted these for ages but couldn't justify the £19.99, I was lucky enough to get them in a sale at Red Dragon Paper crafts, they were reduced to £11.99.  I also saw that Julie has retired so there will be no more new designs.  

I die cut the flowers, added a plain white narrow border, which in hind sight I could have done in black, as it may have shown up better.  

I added some sketchy lines to finish the edges off.  

I don't know about you ladies but I go into a 'journal page' more relaxed and find it a bit more enjoyable,  I think it's because its purely for myself.   That's not to say I don't enjoy making for others, I really do, it just feels different. 

I hope that you all have a great day,

Love and hugs,  

Sandra xxx

A lovely card from Sonia

 

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Good Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all feeling good and that those of you that were feeling rubbish yesterday can have an extra hug today xx

Beautiful artwork to showcase a lovely, very true reminder 😊 

Today I am sharing the lovely card that Sonia made for me, it arrived the day after my surgery.  

I love design, those beautiful flowers on the background are so delicate.  The 'bunch' of hearts at the side of sentiment square are such a delicate touch.  Finished with a beautiful flower that is 3D and finished the pearl dot that perfectly matches the background. 

Thank you my lovely, it really cheered me up 😘

I hope that you all have a good day,

Love and hugs,  

Sandra xxx 

Card I made for Special Birthday

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies,  

Super quick blog post today,  I hope that you all had a good weekend and that you are ready for the new week ahead. 

Karen I so hope that you are feeling a bit better my lovely XXX 

Brenda I hope you got to spend your Birthday surrounded by your lovely family XXX

Maria I hope you have recovered from your NEC trip.  I can't wait to see your shopping XXX

Today I am sharing a card I made last week for a lovely friend. 

I used 49&Market Faded Memory Lane.  

I hope that you all have a great week ahead, 

Love & hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Our Usual Sunday review of our crafting

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,  

I want to start by wishing our Lovely Brenda a Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 😘

I hope that you are home and enjoying a wonderful day surrounded by your lovely family ❤️ 

Lets see what Lilian & Sonia made this week....

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Here is my challenge piece for this week.

It’s another from the AAll&create list, it’s called cocktails.

Used Ai for the glasses, and a stencil for the background.

Lilian that is so amazing,  don't you love how you can create what could easily be 'Stamperia ' papers, I honestly thought that was a background paper. 

It works perfectly for the Aall&Create challenge too.   

Thank you so much for creating this lovely page for today's blog post.   I really appreciate you. 

I hope that your arm is not as painful today my lovely XXX 

Sonia

Sonia's Description:

All made using one of my ChatGPT Christmas sets

Inked all edges with Walnut Stain distress ink.

Added fine glitter to give a little bit of sparkle 🙂

Oh Sonia how absolutely adorable, your ChatGPT papers are so beautiful, those lovely hats and scarfs make you just want to hug them.  Such a beautiful designs.  

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful designs with usXXX 

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I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday,   

Sonia I hope you have a lovely day out with Ted today xx 

Maria I hope you have a smooth journey to NEC and that you find lots of bargains xx

Karen I hope that you are feeling better today xx

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx

Happy Saturday 😘

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

Welcome to the weekend my lovelies,   what are you all up to this weekend?   

Are any of you going to Firework displays,  Karen do your boys like Fireworks?    Sonia do James & Mollie take the children to see fireworks?  

We didn't hear one firework last night. 

They are a huge expense these days,  I remember when I was a child that literally everyone had fireworks in their garden,  my Dad absolutely loved it, he'd be out there in the afternoon setting up things for the Catherine Wheels and buckets of sand for rockets.  The fireworks were all put in a metal biscuit tin from Christmas the previous year. We always had Jacket potatoes & sausages and flapjacks.  Such a lovely memory ♥️

Did you all have traditions like that?

It certainly is, its how we learn after all.  😁

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend,  

My love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx