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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, 29 October 2012

Sketch Time

Forever Friends Fortnightly challenge No 48
Good morning to all my fellow bloggers in blog land
It’s that time again for our Fortnightly challenge over at
Forever Friends & Co Challenge blog
Today’s theme is this lovely sketch by Rachael
Sketch
The sponsor for the randomly picked winner is Crafts U Love
The prize is a £15 voucher to spend in the web-store
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The Sponsor for the Winner of the Forever Friends Favourite is
Your prize is either 3 Single digis or 1 digi set of the winners choice
How good does that sound it would be lovely to see 
Some Forever/Friend images on your cards 
Again before l show you my creations lt would be nice for you to
See my fellow Designer Team Members creations and you’ll find them
HERE
So without any more further delays here is my 1st card
l used this image because l won it from one of the Forever/Friend challenges 
And you could too!
 Recipe
Using White Scalloped card stock
Forever Friends Christmas backing papers
Gold peel offs
F/F Image & Sentiment
Promarkers
3D Sticky Pads
Glamour Glitter
Memento Ink
2nd Card
Recipe
White Scalloped card stock
Plain blue card
Create and Craft Christmas card stock
I have used this delightful Pink Gems image
Winter Kaya isn’t she just the cutest!!
You can find here  
HERE    
                                  Promarkers                                         
Glamour Dust, White Pen
Deckled Edge Rota Trimmer
Memento Ink
Well l have shown you my cards it’s now your turn to create your own
And remember there are some lovely prizes to be won
Hope you enjoyed your visit
Thank you Sandra H xx

Monday, 22 October 2012

Two great Awards !!



Good Evening and welcome to my blog
Well l got a lovely surprise today and l have been given
Not one but two Awards from the lovely Dawn from
Thank you Dawn the 1st Award is this 
Lovely Blog Award


And the 2nd this 
Sunshine Award How lucky am l.....!!
 
l am truly honoured to accept them both 
Dawn but they do come with some rules
  1. I need to publicly thank the person who gave them to me. 
  2. I am to share some information about myself
  3. I have to nominate some of my favourite blogs
  4. I am to comment on their blogs to let them know 
  5. I’ve awarded them easy peasy she says!!
  I'm truly honored & delighted that you have chosen me!
The One Lovely Blog award asks me to share 
7 facts about myself while the 
Sunshine Award has some 
Specific questions for me to answer. 
The Sunshine Award questions will
Effectively cover the 
7 facts about me.


  1. Is being part of a wonderful family
  2. Having grand children we have one and are about to have a 2nd pretty soon
  3. l love cats we have 3......2 sisters and l stray and they are all of the same age 9Years old
  4. Favourite Number l don't really have one but if l was still working it would be the last day of the month as it would be payday that day......lol
  5. Favourite Drink Black Russian but not too many as they can be a little too sweet if you have too many
  6. l like to read and l have a Kindle they are so handy you can take them away wherever you go
  7. l truly love crafting and have been doing it for 6yrs only sorry l didn't do it earlier

 Hopefully all the questions are answered
 l now have to Nominate 
3 people to give these awards too
And its not easy as there are so many
 Lovely fellow blogger out there so l'm going to say
The Following   
l really hope you all accept these awards
But if your too busy 
 l will understand 
Thank you for calling by
Many thanks Sandra H xx
 

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

A floral Delight !

Hello and good morning to you all
Do l have exciting news for you!
After winning a challenge at
 I was asked if l would like to be one of their
 Guest Designers and use one of the new images 
Which is being released today by the name of  
 Well as you can imagine l wasn't going to say no now was l!!
Images are £1.75 Each and they are just so gorgeous 
l have checked them out and they really are lovely images
And will make beautiful cards for any Occasion 
So why not pop over and check them out for yourself 
You’ll find them at the
LCI Store
HERE
The challenge is Flowers and Embossing and here is my card
Recipe
White Scalloped card stock
Green and Yellow card stock
Image is the delightful Watering can and Tulip
Where you can purchase
 HERE 
Coloured with promarker pens
Added a little White Pen
Spellbinders Scalloped oval Dies
Embossed folder Patience
Flowers with Pearls, Beads 3D Sticky pad
And Ladybird from Local craft shop
Thank you for joining me l hope you enjoyed your visit and that you liked this image
So what are you waiting for it’s your turn please do join in and check out all the other Dt Members
Creation here
You will love them all
Many thanks for joining me
Have a lovely day
Sandra H xx
l am entering in the challenges below