Festive Friday

Good Morning Ladies,

Here we are  at Friday again, another week gone in a flash!

As it's Friday I made a 'Festive' card, I'm slowly getting a pile put together for the Family and Friends Christmas cards I need,  hoping not to have a last minute Christmas card making frenzy when I discovered that I quite a few short. I am trying to decide whether to buy a cheapish box of cards for those that won't appreciate a handmade card or to design a simple stamped card that would be ok with a normal stamp rather than the usual large letter stamp charge because you added a pearl.

So I had a gift box idea in my head when I was thinking about this card, I love this ribbon so much I was trying to think of ways of using it as the main element on a card rather than an accent or embellishment. The shiny silver edge on this ribbon is stunning.  I started by cutting a piece of the 'Year of Cheer' foiled, Designer Papers and mounting it onto a piece of Silver mirror card, which highlights the silver foil in the paper and the ribbon, I then added the ribbon as you would if your were decorating a box, having one piece going up and down the card and the other across, at the point that they met I created a flower out of the Stampin' Up! Foil Snowflake embellishments (pictured below)

My snowflake flower

The Foil Snowflakes

Stampin' Up! Year of Cheer Suite

I cut into the flower, taking out more as the layers became smaller, I had to remove the centre too, I cut a little disc of card and added glue and as I manipulated the snowflake into shape i pressed onto the glued disk which holds it in place and gives you something to glue the layers together with too.
I finished it with a die cut snowflake and a Faceted gem.  I added this on top of the ribbon and added four loops of ribbon to create and illusion of a bow.  I decided to add the sentiment like a tag on a gift box too, so I stamped the sentiment and embossed it with silver embossing powder and die cut it with a flag die. A few tiny gems added to the centre of some of snowflakes was all that the card needed to finish the card.
What do you think???  I quite like it, something different I think.

We have an early start today as we need to be in Banbury by 9am as I have an appointment to see a back surgeon to look into the deterioration of my lower spine to see if it is my back causing the worsening pain, I have actually been through this situation about 50 times, they seem to want it to be my back instead of my hip for some reason.  Having said that my back pain has gotten a lot worse over this past couple of years so it will be good to get things looked at, I will then see a hip surgeon depending on the result, I haven't had Xrays since 2009 so I am sure that there will be some changes.
Fingers crossed for a positive outcome. 

Karen it's quite scary to think that your neighbour is still using an old fashioned Chip pan, they are an accident waiting to happen, its so easy to get distracted isn't it.  Hopefully the damage can be repaired quickly, the smell must be awful though, I was happy to read you felt well enough to return to work, take it easy though my lovely xxx

Val, I hope you had a nice lunch with your 'chatty' friend, how are you getting on with the 'top up'
Christmas cards, I am  not surprised that your cards sold out so quickly, it must be frustrating to have to making so many more when you thought you had finished.  Wow your first Christmas card before December !! that is early! xxx

Michele I was sorry to read that your Dad was involved in an accident, was he on his way to his Model Railway club when something like this happened before?  so relieved he wasn't hurt in anyway, hopefully he will have his car back in no time. xxx

Maria I hope that you are feeling brighter and less 'Sluggish' today, like you I have  very poor sleep, I very rarely get to sleep before 3am, so I can totally sympathise with you feeling tired and sluggish, pain affects you in so many different ways, when you are tired it seems so much harder to handle too.
Sending huge hugs my lovely friend.

Sue I hope you have a safe journey to Devon, I think that I will do you Chris and Bob good to get some fresh sea air! Have a lovely weekend xxx

Have a lovely day my lovelies,

Love and hugs

Sandra
xxxxxxx