A little bit of Vintage and Next Weeks Challenge

Good Friday Morning Ladies,

Yay Yay, it's Friday !!!! and we have a long weekend!!! Woohoo!!  (can you tell that I'm excited)!!

It's extra nice as we have no plans, no travelling, no jobs that are urgent, nobody visiting, just time for relaxing and I am going to insist that Paul does exactly that!
Do you all have plans?  There are a few things going on locally, a big music Festival in a nearby village called Lechlade, a couple of Fete's etc, although I think the weather isn't going to be amazing so maybe we should just stay home, I won't say no to a visit to the craft room, I don't usually get much of an opportunity on the weekend.

After much deliberation I finally decided on a Sketch for next weeks challenge, We haven't done one for such a long time, it's funny have times have changed as that's all we used to do every week.
I thought that this particular sketch would lend itself to many different card styles.
If you would like some inspiration you can go to the blog thats under the actual sketch and type in Sketch 480, scroll down the page and you will see lots of cards made for this sketch.

**Remember it doesn't need to be exact, as long as the main elements are there**

I based my Vintage style card on the Sketch for this weeks challenge, I have a book that I bought in The Works that has different images and embellishments as well as the main decorative back panel,
I added some Rich Razzleberry card for the base and matching Velvet ribbon (as the colour matched perfectly to the colours in the background).
I placed a doily to bring in the circle element of the Sketch, then that main image as the Rectangle Box and the little sentiment ticket for that banner.  I also added some pearl swirls and a butterfly to finish the look.
I hope you like the card and it gives you a little inspiration.

We had one of 'those' days yesterday, I went down the garden in the morning to check the washing that Paul had put out at 6am, only to find a big old Bird poo on a Bed sheet!!  I then thought that I would look at the strawberry plant as there were a few that were almost ripe last weekend, when I go there they had all gone, just the stalks left, I'm not sure if it was the squirrels or mice or what really!
Sophie and I decided to sort out the two freezers so that we could put all the smoothie ingredients in one draw in the kitchen freezer, so we started sorting through, binning things that were maybe a little bit too old, we made great progress, so I decided to sort through the rest of the drawers in the kitchen freezer, as I got nearer the bottom drawer an awful smell starting filtering through the air, I opened the bottom draw and all seemed ok, I started taking things out and sorting them into categories, I then put my hand in a little deeper and the smell was like nothing I had ever smelt before, for some reason the packs of meat (mostly steak and beef annoyingly) were not frozen at all, they weren't even particularly cold, the meat had decomposed to mush, so lord only knows how long it's been like it, I was worried that some things may have defrosted and then re frozen so I didn't take a risk and binned the entire drawer full of food and the drawer above, thankfully the top half was frozen solid, fingers crossed it's not on its way 'out' !!
Quite a frustrating day, but never mind, today is a new day,

I hope that you have a lovely day and weekend,

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra
xxxxxx

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