Diamond Easel Card & Next Week's Challenge

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Good Friday Morning Ladies,

Here we are at the end of another week, I have heard several times over the past couple of days that there are 76 days until Christmas!!!  Now that is frightening don't you think, I wonder how long it will be before we see people's houses decorated, that seems to start earlier every year, we are a bit 'bah humbug' when it comes to putting up decorations, it won't take place until at least the second week of December!

'Next Week's Challenge !

I thought that we would have a go at some 'Fun Folds' for our Challenge, it can literally be any fold you like other than the everyday side opening card that we use as our default card base.

For my card I chose to make a Diamond Easel Card, which was actually quite simple, I took a 6 X 12 inch  piece of card and scored along the long (12in) side and 3 & 6 inch, I then turned my card to the short (6in) and make a mark at 3inch point.  I folded the card along the 6 inch score line which gives us a 6x6 card base, I took this to my trimmer and cut from that 3inch mark to the first score line, you do this for both front and back of your card. I cut my mats and layers to 1/4 inch less than the card base.
I usee the Paper Boutique 'Butterfly Ballet' card making kit for decorate my card, I embellished the card with flowers made with the Heartfelt Creations Oakberry Lane Flower dies and I shaped them in the matching shaping mold.
I hope that you enjoy this Challenge, as always I have tried to pick a Challenge that will work for all occasions, so that you can make the cards on your 'to do' lists and incorporate the challenge at the same time.
I look forward to seeing your cards.

What do you all have planned for the weekend??  We haven't got too much on the Agenda, our local Pub closed back in July, the previous owner had been running the Red Lion for 16 years, it was 'ok' but seemed like they had lost the passion, the food was not great either, with there being nothing else in the village at all I would have thought that it would be a real busy place, but on the odd occasion that we had been in it was dead and you felt like you were inconveniencing the staff by asking for a drink.  Well it has been taken over by new owners, a younger couple that have involved the local people in the major refurbishment that they have spent 3 months doing, they have literally gutted the place and started from scratch, the 'Old Red Lion' has been replaced by a White Lion wearing a Monocle and a Top Hat, all very modern and trendy!
Anyway they have their Grand Opening on Saturday evening, so I think we are going to pop in and have a little look at what they have done and see what their new menu will be, as it would be lovely to have somewhere nice to eat that we could go to without having to drive, I will let you know what it was like.

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend too,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra
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