Another Challenge Card

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you all enjoyed another lovely sunny day yesterday, it was beautiful here, lovely warm and sunny all day.
It was a bittersweet day yesterday as after a lovely day in the garden with the lambs it was our last day as they are now ready to move onto the Big Barn with the other lambs and sheep.  It will be a relief in that there will be no clearing up after them but as I have cared for them since they were tiny newborns fighting for their lives, I handed them back strong, healthy lambs, I shed a few tears as they left and again later that night, Paul went over a couple of times to check on them to reassure me and him that they were settled and safe.

I did get time to go and make a card though, something very different for me and something that I haven't really tried with stamping before.
I wanted to use a Magazine Freebie to fit in with this weeks challenge, so I used the free stamp set that came with Issue 71 of Creative Stamping Magazine,

The stamp set is called Love & laughter and has been designed by Helen Griffin of Simply Made Crafts.

I used three different stamps from this set to create a design on the side of my card, the first thing I did was to make Masks for the stamps so that I could create depth in my design, I think I have tried masking maybe once before, I have some Inkyliscious Mask paper and stamped my stamps onto the paper and fussy cut them.  I stamped the first image onto my card covered it with the mask and then stamped the other stamps around it. 

I used my Stampin Blends to colour the images, and then stamped the sentiment from another Magazine freebie.

I coloured some faceted gems with the Blends and popped them into the centre of the flowers, I put the topper onto an Old Olive card base,  I added some green pearls to finish the card.

I really enjoyed trying something completely different for this card.

I hope you like it too.

Val it was lovely to see you in yesterday I am so sorry that you are in so much pain my lovely, have you been to GP to see if there is anything that you can offer to help by way of treatment rather than more medication, which I think is probably the last thing you want right now.

Sending you huge hugs my sweet friend xxx

Lilian I would definitely think about seeing a private cardiologist as 4-5 months for an urgent appointment is ridiculous, especially as you have been suffering a lot of symptoms and side effects, I think that you have been messed about enough my lovely, fingers crossed you can get an earlier appointment. xxx

Pat, hope you are ok my lovely xxx

The girls and I are having our hair cut this morning at 9am, there was me thinking that maybe I could lie in as I didn't have to get up to see to lambs!! There's always something isn't there?!

Have a lovely day ladies,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx