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Good Morning Ladies,

Here we are at Sunday once again, it only seems 5 minutes since we were getting ready to go out for dinner with the girls for their birthday, I feel this year will whizz by as fast as last years did.

Particularly as this year is a busy one for us with Paul retiring from his current job and having to choose a new career and with that comes having to find a new home, although we are hoping to stay on in this house for another year to give us more time to find somewhere that meets our needs. 

Anyway on to todays cards.......

Janet,  your card is beautiul, I haven't a clue what dies you have used but I love them!  The colours are so rich, the card matching so perfectly to those pretty flowers and ribbon, I hope you can remember the dies you have used, I look forward to you enlightening me later on. Thank you so much for taking part

xxx

Karen You always describe your cards so perectly I like to copy and paste your own description....

The patterned paper I bought from Hobbycraft

Image from MCS - recoloured in Serif and cut out with ScanNCut as I wanted "her" to lie on cream card - printing it on cream might have made "her" look a bit jaundiced

Purple paper printed from Serif using the colour picker from the "hat" - too dark in my opinion

Ovals and hearts cut with ScanNcut

SW Bed of Roses embossing folder

Bling coloured with a Chameleon pen

I love everything about your card Karen, I don't think that the purple card is too dark, i think it matches perfectly, such a pretty image.  Thank you so much for taking part xxx

Lilian, your card is just so pretty, I absolutely love 'Spring' cards, they just make you think of all of the lovely things we have to look forward to, the beautiful flowers and the warmer weather, all the things that seem so far away right now.  Such a beautiful stamp you have used, you have coloured it in perfectly Lilian.  Thank you so much for taking part xxxx

Lynda, your card is so bright and cheerful, you have used a lot of my favourites on your card, firstly the Spellbinders Floral Oval in the centre of your card, closely followed by the Sue Wilson Striped Nasturtiams, the can look so different when die cut in different materials, I love them, I also love the other flower die you have used, although I am not sure what its called,  altogether a beautiful card Lynda, thank you for taking part. xxx

Margaret, such a pretty 'tone on tone' card the different shades of teal coloured card work so well, your floral striplet style die is so pretty, I love how you have added the flowers to make it look like flowers and vines twisting through a fence or gate, so clever and so pretty.  Thank you so much for taking xxx

Maria, I am sure your Dad will love the card you have made for him, that lovely Garden Shed image will work for so many 'male' themed cards, I mean most men like to hide away in their peaceful haven, my dad used to spend hours in his shed, we were never sure what he was doing!  The green background works well with the image, I love the little ladybird, such a cute touch, also the Hammer on the Sentiment.  Fantastic card, thank you so much for taking part xxx

Michele, your card has that 'Spring Feel' too with that wreath of pretty flowers, I love how you have used the embossed mirror card as the background, it highlights those pretty colours beautifully.
Thank you so much for taking part xxx

Val, two beautful cards from you this week, oh my goodness the cat looks so very cute, I love the grey themed background, its not a colour we often use but it works perfectly for so many different colours, a gorgeous card, somebodies Niece will love it, that cute little wooden cat charm is the perfect finishing touch.

Your 2nd card is also spring like with that lovely shade of green and the embossed pearl card, adding some flowers to the bicycle basket was a fantastic idea, it gives depth and dimension to the card. a gorgeous card that could be used for so many different occasions, it would certainly brighten up somebody's bedside if they where poorly, especially as so many hospitals don't allow flowers these days.  Thank you so much for taking part this week xxx

Thanks once again ladies, today wouldn't be such a special blog day without your hard work, I am so hugely grateful!

Have a lovely Sunday,

Oh by the way, the girls loved their first day of work, so that was a huge relief, this is going to give them both their first real taste of independence. 

Love and hugs 

Sandra

xxxxxx