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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

Monday, 26 September 2011

Gift of Friends and Family

 Hello and good evening to you all
Well did you get the start of this Indian Summer 
We have been told to expect?!
It wasn't too good here first thing 
But then got better and warmer late morning and then for the rest of the day
l'm hoping the rest of the week is going to be as forecast lovely and sunny!
Here i have another challenge 
Less is More Week 34

And this is my card
White Scalloped card stock
Spellbinder Petite Scalloped & Circle  Dies
Gold Glitter Card Stock from stash 
Penny/Black Image Crystal Wreath coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment from Summerdriggs
Wintergifts
The gift of Friends and Family
Is the greatest gift of all!
Gold Glitter card stock 
Thank you so very much for looking
And also any comments you may leave
Do Enjoy the rest of your week
Many Thanks Sandra H xx

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Happy Birthday Sister!

                                                          
Hello Again
Here is a card i made for my sister 
 Her birthday isn't until October but decided to show you
My sister is the youngest of Eleven................Yes
l'm from a large family!
Seven Girls & Four Boys
My father was a Fisherman
 Had very little time at home so made the most of their time
Hence the size of the family........lol 
My entry is for 
Challenge 23-Happy-Birthday
To start i used A4 Green card stock 
Images from Papercraft Garden Fairy Corner Stacker cut out and layered with 3d Sticky pads
 Happy Birthday Doodle Flower Card Front 
See link below
Added Pink Pearls and Gem Stones on the petals
Sister, Happy Birthday, peel offs
  Butterfly from stash
Xcut Corner punch
Thank you for taking an interest 
Sandra H xx

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Princess Bell of the ball!!



 Hi and welcome to my post
As i was going from blog to blog i came across a challenge from
stampchallenges
September something challenge
 it was brought to my attention that this is going to be its last challenge they have decided not to do anymore challenges so i thought the image below was an appropriate image to use,  i hadn't intended to enter this so quickly as i like to keep a challenge going for at least 1week before entering another but couldn't resist this one so here is my card
The image is what i won from

sassystudiodesigns

PRINCESS
Using a 6x6 white Scalloped card background swiss dots embossed folder  Red Crackle iced paper layered with 3d sticky pad, layered again onto plain white card, the image coloured With promarkers glitter around the image and skirt pink ribbon and dark pink card candy
Little Princess stamp lotv
liliofthevalley
and to finish off with a couple of pink gems
 Spellbinders circle and Nellies corners i took out the middle and used the ends to give this panel on the right hand side
Thank you for looking
Sandra H xx
Have a great Weekend
May i say a warm welcome to my latest follower Karen you will find Karen
at the link below
  kaleidoscopicsparkles.