Fabulous Monday



 Good Monday Morning Lovely Friends,
Before I talk about todays card I would like the once again thank Saba (Barbara) for the incredible amount of work she put into producing the photographs and step by step instructions for yesterdays 'Izzy Bag' blog post.  I for one hugely appreciate the effort you went to and reading yesterdays blog posts, pretty much everyone else felt the same, so I hope you can feel the love!
Sheila (Ginger) If you look in today, please read some of the blog posts from yesterday, most of us have some idea of what you are going through and how tough life must feel at the moment.  We are all here to give you the love and support you need to help make the next few weeks and months a little more bearable. Please don't feel any pressure to comment, I just didn't want you to miss reading the lovely messages that have been left for you and Nikki.
Pat, I am so relieved that you are home and now well on the road to recovery, take it easy though, its easy to get carried away. Hopefully Sue and I will see you tomorrow.
Steph, I know you probably won't get to read this but just in case, I hope you are counting down the days until you are back home with Andy, I imagine he has been lost without you,  I hope you felt bright enough to do some more crafting.
I would also like to thank you all for 'Following' me yesterday, I am flying high at 16 followers! woo hoo!  Seriously though, I am just incredibly grateful that you all take the time to call in each day.
Right todays Card........
I wanted to use one of the new Anna Marie Designs Colours, so I went for this soft lilac colour, the new range of colours are gorgeous, sherbert hues of lemon, lilac, lime orange, blue, you name it, the shades are gorgeous.  I started with the Sue Wilson Background Die, cut out in white, I then cut a piece of the Lilac coloured card slightly larger than the background die, I then did a sneaky card save and cut out the middle size of the Californian Dies used for the focal element out of this background piece, I covered it with a double sided sticky sheet and covered that with Cosmic Shimmer Iced Snow for a bit of sparkle.  I put a large piece of double sided foam tape on the back of the white background die cut (as this bit will be covered by topper) I also added a little cosmic shimmer glue onto the adhesive foam as it was being stuck onto iced snow.  I layered the the two pieces together, adding

tiny bits of double sided adhesive to the edges for support.  I then used the Californian Collection Dies collection from Creative Expressions, designed of course by our very dear friend Sue Wilson to cut a series of layers of both the Lilac and White card to form the focal element of the card, ending with a lilac layer which had the Justrite Fabulous Day sentiment on it, stamped with Archival Black Ink and Embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail Embossing Powder.
I layered these up using double sided adhesive foam tape.
I matted this whole section on to a slightly larger white Matt and then onto a pierced matt, another lilac and then onto a white card base that measured approximately 7 1/2 X 5 1/2 inches.
To finish the card I added a piece of White Tulle, which a cut and knotted, then a bow tied using White Seam Binding from Creative Expressions, I topped this with a flower which I made using the matching Lilac card from AMD but this time it is the Dotty card, the rose was made using the

instructions from that fab booklet I got from Pink Frog Crafts, at the show last weekend. I was quite pleased by how it turned out, I then added a few lilac pearls and two Stick Pins made from the new Creative Expressions range of embellishments and a couple of bits from my stash. However I will add that when I left the card the stick pins were pointing straight up, so I am not sure what happened between me leaving it and Paul photographing it, but use your imagination, I hadn't realised until I sat down to write this post. My thinking with this sentiment is that you could add one of Sue's pierced flag dies with 'Mum' on for Mothers Day, So it would say 'Mum Have a Fabulous Day' then maybe have Happy Mothers Day inside, but having just this sentiment means it is quite versatile.
Let me know what you think below.
How Would you all like to spend your Mother's Day, if you could choose the perfect day?
Well, here's hoping for a Happy, Healthy week ahead, filled with fun and laughter!
Love and Hugs to each and everyone of you!
Sandra
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