Sparkle and Shine Challenge card

Good Monday Morning Ladies,

I hope that you all had a lovely weekend, ours was very relaxing, we didn't leave the house on Saturday and Sunday we just popped to supermarket for fresh bread and fruit and veg, I can't tell you that we acheived very much, I think I spent most of Saturday afternoon catching up with my sisters, making sure that they were both coping with Mum ok, they were both a little frustrated but after a good chat they both were laughing at the situation, over time I have learnt to deal with it with 'devil may care' attitude, after years of guilt of living so far away and feeling helpless in these situations I had to start thinking differently.  I was so pleased that I called them both.
Mum is doing ok, she keeps refusing to do physiotherapy though, which is frustrating, I think that she is in her element with the amount of carers, friends and family visits!

Today's card is my 'Sparkle and Shine' Challenge card, I have had the background hovering around my desk for quite some time, I love it but couldn't decide what to use it for/with, I tried some Christmas themed die cuts but it just didn't look right.  So I picked up my new Dragonfly Edger die and die cut that and layed it over the 'Caught in Crystal' background and loved it straight away.
As I had the background already made it was quite a quick and simple card to make, I think that is the great benefit of batch making backgrounds, have a proper 'messy crafting' day and make lots of different colours and styles of backgrounds ready to just pick up when you need a quick but effective card.
I couldn't decide which colour gemstones to add to the Dragonfly, as I was moving the background around the purple colours kept catching the light, so that is what I decided to go with.  The other thing I was undecided about was the sentiment, so I die cut a simple Thank you' just for the purpose of photographing for the blog, I can add a proper sentiment when I decide what to use the card for.
I used Creative Expressions Noble Double Stitched Rectangles (set B) for the frame around my card.
I hope you like it, I took a few different photos of various angles to try and capture the glitter in the background, it never looks as good in a photo though.  All I can say is, I definitely 'Sparkles and Shines'!

I heard from Our Val, she is enjoying walking down memory lane, visiting different places with Barrie and Helen, I hope you have an amazing time Val XXX

Janet, I hope your journey was smooth and that you arrive quickly and safely at Marigny and get that log burner roaring, I can't wait to read about your daily adventures XXX

I hope that you all have a lovely day,

Love and hugs,

Sandra
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