Michele's Monday Sketch Challenge

Good Morning Ladies,

Michele has been an absolute sweetheart and Chosen a Sketch Challenge for this week, it looks a fantastic one too, perfect for so many different occasions including those Christmas cards, there are 17 more weeks until December 25th so we need to make a conscious effort to get the started, having said that I'm usually the one panic card making on the second week of December, working in absolute chaos as I try to find a style I like, I don't tend to batch make Christmas cards, I like doing different cards for different people (which does make extra work) but I love it!

Anyway back to this weeks Challenge, a lovely simple sketch, you could have a row of pretty Snowflakes across the bottom and a pretty Christmas paper on top with a lovely festive ribbon in the centre!  I really miss making the challenge cards each week, I have been sat sketching out ideas for my designs, I think I might use the Challenges to inspire me when I get back, as they have been fantastic challenges.

Michele has made two lovely cards to inspire you, the first is a gorgeous Christmas card, Michele has used the sketch the other way up, which is perfectly acceptable, you could turn it sideways too!  Three pretty Christmas toppers and a sentiment fill the circles of the sketch, the border has been made using  printed ribbon and some stunning Paper gives that touch of luxury at the bottom, I love the colours you have used Michele, pretty soft links, beautiful.

Michele's second card has a row of pretty potted herbs,  on a beautiful green decorative paper background, the images remind me of a "Jane Shasky" CDROM I bought from Joanna Sheen a few years ago, it has gorgeous herbs and pretty flowers with some stunning background papers too. 

Two absolutely fantastic Challenge cards Michele, thank you so very much for all the time you have put into both choosing the challenge (which takes hours) and making the cards to inspire you us all too. 

When I get back and get myself sorted (we get back late Tuesday night 5/9), I thought I would offer you all the chance to choose a our Challenge each week, I know Michele has said she enjoys it, I do too.  It isn't compulsory or anything like that but if any of you fancy choosing a sketch or 'Tic Tac Toe' grid from Pinterest and making a sample card to go with it just let me know.

I'm not sure what our plans are today, I just can't decide where to go for dinner tonight, I know it's supposed to be a 'Big deal' reaching 50, I can't justify spending too much money on dinner out, so watch this space, I will let you know, there are a few reasonably priced restaurants around, I'll have a look in some reviews, we went to a supposedly 'fantastic' restaurant on the beach not far from here a few years back and had what we thought was a traditional paella, when it came out I was instantly disappointed in the amount of seafood and when we started to eat it it was just a lot of rice with diced squid, that could easily have been mushrooms, they had little taste and a very odd texture, my girls adore any seafood so they were hugely disappointed, we had I large prawn and a couple of mussels each, the meal for the 4 of us was well over £100 (I think it was about 5 years ago), since then I have bought fresh local seafood and cooked it myself in a traditional paella pan we bought a few years back.

Paul and I are going to London to celebrate my birthday when we get back so I can wait until then for a special night out.

Have a fantastic day, however you are spending it,

Love and hugs,

Sandra 

(Feeling 50 and Fabulous) 😉😉😉

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