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 

A Wedding Anniversary card

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies, 

Ooh I am so glad its Friday,  I learnt a lesson yesterday,  I mean I had to go out for appointments, but I was excited to go out, get out of the house,  I couldn't have wished for better care from the girls.  I didn't take me long to regret it though.  It didn't help that I'd only had 2 and half hours sleep and was covered in a mystery rash.  Bladder clinic went well,  she was shocked at the severity of my rash but couldn't tell me what it could be.   So next stop was Tesco pharmacy for my flu jab, it was literally 5 minutes from hospital,  so seemed like a good idea at the time.  The pharmacist said he couldn't give me the Flu jab with me having a rash that widespread,  in case it was covid or a flu of some kind.   He also couldn't advise on the rash either, he said that I should make a gp appointment.  🙄 They have no idea though do they? 🤣

I was exhausted and in a lot of pain when I got home,  I think I'll leave it another week before I venture out 🤣

Love this beautiful art work and the sentiment is very true ❤️

Today I am sharing a card that I finished yesterday,  it was requested by a Lady at the girls work,   she wanted some specific things, including lots of bling!! 

So I have added diamantés to every tiny flower on the dress, given the bride a diamond necklace,  then added them around the rest of the card.  Lucy thinks she would want more bling but there is a limit. 😂

I hope that you all have a lovely Friday, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx 

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

A busy day here today,  I am a little nervous,  all jokes aside. 

It is my first day leaving the house,  which I am both excited and worried about.  Its bladder clinic day and then flu jab !  Not exactly a fun first day out but it's out, with both girls too 🥰

I have certainly had to do a lot more of this than I am comfortable with.  A great reminder and lovely artwork 😊 

After doing some in depth research,  with my hernia surgery being a larger job than first thought, my scar is a good 6 inches across and between where your bra wire sits and my navel, the wound is healing nicely,  its the muscle repair that's causing most discomfort and issues.  I rely very heavily on my abdominal muscles to move about, it turns out (after seeking some medical advice) that I should have seen either a Physiotherapist or Occupational Health to help with learning how to manage after surgery, so that I don't delay the healing.   For example getting up stairs is something I physically can't do without using my abdominal muscles to hitch my right leg up the steps.  I will get there one way or another 🤣

On a brighter note, I was pleased to see that the American 'Mid Terms' had a positive outcome 🟦

Today is another Journal page,   I was working on an Anniversary card for a lady at girls work all afternoon yesterday,  which I can hopefully share on Friday.  

Today's page has a handmade pocket with a tag, this one has a more autumn feel with the pumpkins. I did some background stamping on the tag and the page too to add interest.  

Then I show it in the journal with its facing page.

I hope that you all have a good Thursday,  

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx