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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, 25 February 2019

Rudolph-day challenge

Good morning fellow blogger
l hope you are well and today is a good one for you
The card l am sharing with you is Scheduled
So hopefully it will do it's job
l was looking in my local craft shop and came 
Across this gorgeous Paper pad by 
Sara Davies
Signature Collection
 Just perfect for this card 
Side view 
Just love it l decorated the inside too!
Items used 
White Scalloped card and brown card
Sarah Davies Signature Collection Paper Pad
Gorgeous Lotv image Pre-Coloured
Penny Black Merry Christmas Stamp
Spectrim Scissor's used to cut round the Image and Stamp
 Gems, Snowflake and 3d Sticky pads
Added a Reindeer on the inside along with Designer paper
l'd like to enter into the challenge below happens from the 
25th each month 
Up until Nov you don't enter in Dec as you will be celebrating 
Xmas Day with your families so please do join in 
Thank you for your visit
And thank you for any comments you leave they are so much Appreciated
Sandra H
xx

Sunday, 17 February 2019

Betty Boop is my kind of girl!

Good morning 
l hope all is well and for those who need 
Some TLC l am sending you lots
The weather has been so lovely these last few day
l am having a new drive laid and it's really speeded up the job
Hopefully it will stay dry even though showers have been forecast
For sometime in the next few days 
Here is a card to share with you today 
Made mostly from snippets
Items used
White scalloped card/Pink card stock
Lotv Nit Wit collection Perfect pair
Betty Poop images 
3d Pads, Sentiment Die and gems
l am going to enter into 
Di's Snippets Challenge 
Thank you for your time
Hope you have a lovely day what ever your plans
Take care
Sandra H 
xx

Sunday, 3 February 2019

Happy B'day to you

Hello and good morning fellow bloggers
Hope all is well and for those who need some 
Loving care l am sending you loads
Gosh what a change in the weather
l knew it was gong to be cold 
But there's cold and cold
 As you get older
Well speaking for myself l feel the cold more
So thermals on and away to the craft room
While l was commenting l came across a lovely freebie from
Beccy's Place 
Beccy does challenges and this image is for 
Feburary challenge here
This l thought would make a great card for one of my friends b'day
It was a good way to use snippets and so why not 
Enter into
 Pixies Snippets challenge 
Here
This is my card
l used the Pink & Blue colours to match the image
Items used
Scalloped card Pink & Blue card stock
Blue & Pink gem stones
Sentiment
3d Sicky pads 
Silver hearts
Image 
Challenges 
Thank you for your visit 
Enjoy your day
Sandra H xx

Sunday, 27 January 2019

Thank you for your time

Hi fellow bloggers
Todays post is the start of a very special event 
Darnell 
From across the pond has
Initiated a special surprise blog hop
For a very lovely lady who goes by the name of 
Di 
And for the last 7yrs Di has managed the 
Pixies Snippets Playground challenge blog 
Di took it over from another lovely lady by the name of
Jules
The challenge is to create a card/s using up all snippets of card
Here is my card Di to you showing my
Appreciation for your time and effort 
And not forgetting many a tale told about Parsnip
And newest addition Dudley 
Knowing this lady loves pink
l made this using 
White Scalloped card stock
Pink backing card
Lotv & NitWit Collections Perfect Pair Designer Paper pad
Used snippets of the pink & Dp papers to cut out this flower
Added some Pink gem stones 
And Embossed Thank you Folder 
Thank you for your time
Hope you have an enjoyable day
xx

Sunday, 20 January 2019

Noel to you all for 2019

Hello to all my crafty friends
l hope you are well and for those who need 
Some Tlc l am sending you loads
 l had a good start to the year by being one of
Pixiescraftyworkshopholidaygiveawaywinners
So what better to do on a very dismal day 
Than make my first Christmas card using this adorable 
Noel Word Die win that l won
l count myself really lucky to have won this
Items used 
Scalloped card
Kraft card
Lotv Krafty Christmas Paper Pads Designer papers
Gems, Rudolph Word Die, 3D pads and Sentiment
l am going to enter into
Thank you for your visit
And thank you for any comments you do leave
These are always appreciated
Sandra H

Sunday, 6 January 2019

Simply easy peasy

Good morning all
l hope all is well and that your New year brings lots of happiness
Well the start of the new year brings new challenges
So here is my first 2019 challenge card
For 
l am entering into 
Thank you for popping by
Hope you have a lovely day 
Sandra H xx

Saturday, 29 December 2018

Yes it's another pink dress

Hello all
Hope you had an amazing Christmas
And ready for the New year 
l'm just popping by with this card that l made for my sister
Who celebrated her birthday on 22nd Dec
This is the last of the 3 cards which l made some weeks back
The dresses are just so easy to use and dress up with a pink Pearl
And Pink Gems also pretty backing paper and a Sentiment Computer Generated
l'd like to enter this card into Pixies Snippets challenge
Sending lots of love to you and wishing you all the very best for 2019
Sandra H xx