Margaret's Amazing Birthday card

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all well and having a good day so far, quiet one for me today as everyone is working or at Uni and all have my lovely weekly visits are over, I do have quite a bit to do in the craft room though, so that's where I will be.

Janet, it barely seems a week since you arrived at Marigny, I imagine you are sad to be packing and returning home so soon, it sounds as though the car will be full on the way back, I do hope Jim manages to get the storage heater set up, you will both be worrying if he can't.  I hope that your journey home is smoother than last time, hopefully the roads from Dover should be quieter this time of year. xxx

Lilian, I totally agree that you should make the most of the lovely weather while it lasts, there will be plenty of rainy days for crafting, I bet your show of Spring bulbs will love amazing, I really love Spring. xxx

Today's card is one that I am thrilled to be able to share as it's one of Our Margaret's cards, I have really missed sharing Margaret's lovely cards but totally understand the circumstances, it just means that when there is one to be shared it's worth Celebrating!
This particular card was made for Margaret's Grandson, I believe that the lovely paper is a Stampin'Up! design from last year, it has such lovely colours in it, I love pinecones and those fronds of foliage are so delicate, Margaret has picked out on of the darker shades of green to use as the accent colour to create the frame and the die cut sentiment. The whole card is then mounted onto a Black base card.
Such a lovely design Margaret, I bet you thoroughly enjoyed your day with Sue at the weekend, crafting together is so much more fun, I think it's brilliant that you are able to continue creating and designing your cards, having Sue to help with the cutting and assembling is the perfect solution for the next few weeks, I am sure that the moment you are strong enough you will be back at it. XXX

Sue and I had a lovely day yesterday, we started the day with Homemade soup and warm bread, then got down to some serious crafting, miraculously it didn't take us too long to decide what we were going to make, we were both trying new techniques, needless to say that mine was the messiest, I think I will have blue fingers for days, I loved the results though!
We took a break for a cuppa and yummy, mouth wateringly good lemon tarts, the pastry base was like shortbread and virtually melted in your mouth, the tart lemon curd was topped with fresh raspberries, they are heavenly!  We continued crafting while listening to a lady I recently discovered on YouTube, she reviews beauty products etc, she also does like an Agony Aunt type show which is hilarious, it was hard to concentrate as we stared in disbelief at some of the things people message in for her to help them with, she literally has you crying with laughter.  Thank you Sue for a lovely afternoon XXX

I hope that you all have a lovely day, I want to send Hugs to Val if she is looking in, we really miss you popping in my lovely xxx

Lynda should be on her way back home by now, we had a lovely chat on Monday evening, they are having a lovely time, the weather had been beautiful too, I hope that you had a smooth journey home Lynda & CU xxx

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra
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