My First Groovi Christmas Card

Good Friday Morning Ladies,

Well what a week, I can honestly say that I will be glad when this week is over!  It's been just one of those weeks, you know the ones I mean, where you stop and question your judgement of both people and situations?!  It's for sure been one of those weeks!

I had an unexpectedly lovely day yesterday, Becca stopped by to collect a projector screen for a function at her work, we had a cuppa and she asked if I wanted to go to B&M Bargains with her, never one to turn down a chance to leave these four walls, I jumped at the chance, we had a good browse around B&M, it was a new one to us, it was huge and even had a garden centre, we both bought more that we needed too, mostly cleaning products I have to say (ooh plus a few sweets) not for Trick Or Treaters either, our village has an average age of 70 I think, so children are few and far between, that's no surprise really as the nearest school is about 6 miles away, there used to be one in the village but that it now a house that has been up for sale for over a year, it has a funny lay out and for the size of the house there is very little out door space.

So I/we will be eating all of the sweets, to be honest they were 'cough candy' sweets which really remind me of my childhood and some treacle toffee sweets, both quite strong tastes, I did get a box of Sports Mix too but I daren't  open them as I will eat the lot, I have them on stand by in the pantry for when Paul and I go to the cinema.

I never used to eat sweets at all I was more of a savoury girl up until about 10 months ago, I swear it is a hormonal thing, you know with Menopause and all that.

Anyway enough of all that nonsense, lets get onto our NEXT CHALLENGE and today's card!

NEXT WEEKS CHALLENGE

Super simple Challenge for this week...……  Show me your Christmas Cards, see, I told you it was simple, lets pull together and get a good portion of that Christmas card list ticked off, I have nowhere near as many made as I have had on previous years so I really need to get my finger out!
If you have made all of your already you can share the ones that you have already made.
They can be any style, made with any products, as long as they are for Christmas.

My card today is my first 'Groovi' Christmas card, the plate I used is one of Pat's that I borrowed, the tree was from that plate and I added the corners from another Christmas plate that I have, I felt that the tree alone left the card too bare, so I added the little holly corners to draw your eye in.
I struggled to make a sentiment work, so the greeting will be on the inside.
I added sparkle to my card by adding some Perga Glitters by WOW, they are super fine and you apply the Pergamano 'Sticky Ink' with a 'Mapping Pen' which looks exactly like an old fashioned fountain pen, the nib is so fine that it would be perfect for adding glue to fine die cuts too.
I embossed my design into a bright green parchment and backed it onto matching card stock and then onto a white card base.
It's a simple design but it really sparkles on the mantelpiece.

I look forward to seeing your Challenge cards my lovelies,

Have a lovely weekend,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra
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