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Welcome to Sandra's Blog my escape is card making l took it up in 2007 after l retired from the Civil Service l am recently Widowed have 3 children all grown up and flown the nest Five grand children Tayla, Nathan, Poppy, Mila & Rio they keep me on my toes l adore then but it's always nice when they go home....lol l like making my own cards and enjoy the challenges it provides Sandra H xxx

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

So Adorable My Feathered Friends!



 Hello and welcome
Where oh where is our summer? 
Although its not cold there's no Sun 
 The forecast again is for rain so it looks like another great challenge
Fantastic!
Todays challenge is 
Sketchandstashchallenge-68
With this challenge you can use old and new
So i dug out lots of (old) and only (3 new) and this is how i started
White Scalloped Card Stock 7"x5" (old)  then layered Black Card Stock (old) to give an outline under the Red Crackled Iced Card (old) which i Embossed using Swiss dots Folder 
Cuttlebug (new)
A birthday present from my son and his lovely Wife
Christmas Peel offs these go across the card and the 3 strips under the image, l bought from CreatandCraft about 6years ago one of my very 1st buys!! (old)  Used the same Black Card Stock and 3d form sticky pads (old) to mount the look, Image recently bought From Lotv Feathered Friends (New) Coloured with Promarkers (old) used a little glitter on the Image (old) Christmas Sentiment PennyBlack (new) and to round it off Snowflakes from 
Crafts for Christmas & Red Bow (old)
This will add to my 70 cards that i need to make for family and friends and this is my 13th card 57 to go!! 
l do like making Christmas Cards so i won't get fed up
Anyway i hope you like it and please if you wish to leave any comments please do so
Thank you to all of you that have left Comments on Previous Cards these are very much appreciated and a Warm welcome to my New Followers
Many thanks for stopping by Sandra H xx

41 comments:

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Gorgeous card, love the sweet image. Marianne x

Unknown said...

A nice summery card here Sandra just right for the summer weather we are having.
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Its really pretty

Carol said...

Love this Sandra, the layout is fabby. Carol x

pinky said...

It gorgeous Sandra, love that image and the layout works beautifully.

Kathleen said...

Gorgeous card Sandra. Fab papers and image. Love the design.
Kathleen x

julie_woolston said...

Beautiful card Sandra.

Julie x

Cally said...

Fab card Sandra. Love the image. Cally x

Teresa said...

gorgeous card Sandra.
Teresa xx

Stamps and Paper said...

Great card Sandra and I love your image and layout....lovely.

Anne

Kathleen said...

Fabulous card, lovely image and great choice of colours.
Kath x

Paula said...

Fab Card Sandra! I made some christmas cards today too!!!

Paula. x

Doreen said...

This is gorgeous Sandra.xxx

Bernie said...

You did a fantastic job of blending the old and new Sandra. Great colors and papers lovely image. I've always loved that sentiment.
Blessings Bernie

Jilly said...

Sandra, you did very fantastic job. And really very much helpful for me. I made some of the Christmas card with the help of your step by step suggestion.
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Heidi said...

Really lovely card Sandra, the colour combo is great and your colouring is fab. hugs heid x

coops said...

gorgeous card sandra.i love your colours and design and the image is stunning ;D

xx coops xx

Di said...

Beautiful card Sandra. All so well put together and the image is adorable. Like you I have at least 70 cards to make - so far....only 2!! Help!! Di xx

Diane's Card Designs said...

Hi Sandra, Love you take on the sketch. The image is so cute and love the colours and papers. Come and check out my blog I have some familiar pictures on there.
Diane :-) xx

Sue said...

Really lovely card and so beautifully put together, love it:)

Thank you for using my sketch and for joining us at SnS

Sue
xx

Unknown said...

What a fantastic card Sandra, the image is really gorgeous. Sometimes I wish we have some rainy weather here too so I might be able to stay indoors for some time and do me some nice cards :) Hugs xxx

Diane's Card Designs said...

Hi Sandra, when I was browsing through blogland I couldn't believe it as this is also my home town. I moved away years ago but family are still there. We went to stay with them last week.
Enjoy your evening!
Diane :-) xx

Irene said...

Hi Sandra

A beautiful card with such vibrant colours.
What a brilliant idea to emboss your gorgeous crackle red card, against the black it looks stunning. I love your image and fab sentiment.

luv
irene
xxxx

bevdaw2064 said...

Sandra what a cute card, but I dont want to even think about winter and Xmas yet!!!!

Just to let you know that "Brayering" is simply spreading ink with a rubber roller, and its really effective once you master the flicking technique!! Barbara Gray of Clarity stamps is the Brayer Queen (look her up on you-Tube to see her in action, or the first sunday of the month she's on Create and Craft TV channel)

Thanks for your comments, Bev.x

Rosietoes said...

Smashing card Sandra. Love the lo.

Edna x

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

What a fun card!! I adore your image and coloring!! Beautiful take on the sketch!
~Chris

Jill said...

beautiful card Sandra love the image and your take on the sketch thanks for joining us at sketch n stash hugs Jill xx

Kim Dellow said...

Lovely take on the sketch. Kim

debby4000 said...

Oh this is so cute, wonderful details and sweet image.
luv
Debby

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Sandra, so sweet.
I really must find time to ink up my new LOTV's :)
hugs Mandy xx

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Gorgeous Christmas card Sandra, it's so cheerful and festive, love the fab image and the sentiment.

Enjoy your weekend,

Warm hugs
Maarit

Jo Nevill said...

Very pretty card Sandra. Love your take on the sketch.

Hugs,

Jo x

♥Gemma♥ said...

Gorgeous Christmas card & what a fabbie image...also Thanks for joining us at Sketch n Stash :D
hugs and xxx
Gemma

Mrs A. said...

Gorgeous card and the colour combination is fab. Hugs Mrs A.

julie said...

I love your new card Sandra, the image is so cute.Julie x

~ Ali Robertson ~ said...

Oh this is fab, love it. you are gonna love the New Sugar Nellie Sandra they are fab!!


Ali x

Hazel said...

Hope you don't mind me contacting you. I saw you comment on the LOTV masterclass post. If you are thinking of doing the class on the sunday and want to share the travel costs my friend and I are looking to share a car with someone. I've done a quick blogpost about it here www.threelabradors.blogspot.com
H xx

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

Adorable Sandra!! Love the coloring and that layout is perfect!!
hugs,
Chris

Cheryl said...

Hi Sandra
Thankyou so very very much, for all of those beautiful cards that you donated to Lyndall's Fundraiser.I have already sold some,so they won't appear in the online store.I was totally shocked when I opened your parcel and saw that you had parted with so many of them,much appreciated.
Love and Hugs Cheryl xx

cebelica said...

I like making Christmas cards too. :) And this year I need to make over 100. Phew! Quite a challenge. ;)
Your card is really cute. I love the image you used. Hugs!

Sarpreet said...

beautiful cards, i like making christmas cards all year around.

Thank you for dropping by my blog and for your sweet comments

Jilly said...

Every year I am making so many cards and this year I plan to make 100 cards. I also added your card in my card list, 40 cards I already made, remaining 60 cards will be finish before 1st December.
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