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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, 31 December 2012

Oh so Angelic !



Fortnightly challenge No52 
 Anything Goes
Hello and welcome
I hope you and your families had a love Christmas
Are you ready to celebrate the New Year 
 l hope it’s going to be a good one for you 
Now why don’t you call and check out the
New challenge at 
Forever Friends & co
Today’s theme
Anything goes
We have as always 2 fabulous Sponsors
The Sponsor for the Randomly Picked Winner is
Oak Pond Creations (OPC)
The Prize is - 3 free stamps of the winner’s choice from the shop.
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The Sponsor for the Forever Friends Favourite is

Delicious Doodles

The prize for the winner will be the 4 digital Images
And here they are don’t you think they are just gorgeous!
Winter Fairy

Floral Watering Can

Butterfly Bliss

Forever Friends

It’s a great challenge and to inspire you why not call on
DT Mates which you will find
 here
And did you know you have a 2nd chance of winning
If you used any item from Forever Friends
But don’t forget to mention it
And here is my 1st card
 Recipe
Using white scalloped card stock
Black card stock
Be Mine Echo Park backing papers
3D Sticky Pads
Pink & Clear Gem stones
Spellbinders & Nellie dies
Used Deliciousdoodles Image Winter Fairy
Promarkers
Glamour dust
Pink ribbon
2nd card
Recipe
White Scalloped card
Blue card 
Summerdriggs backing papers
Image from OPC Studios
Where you can buy from
here
 Coloured with Promarkers
White Pen
Woodware Corner Punch
Bakers Twine, Card Candy
Buttons
Thank you for calling by
Enjoy the rest of this festive period
And all the very best for 2013
Sandra H xx

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Dt Button/Bow

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers
Welcome to our new challenge for
December over at Sparkle Christmas Challenge 23
The challenge for this month is
Button or Bow
It would be lovely if you take part and as always this has to be 
Christmas it can be anything from 
Cards, to tags, bookmarks, scrap pages or 
Anything that you think qualifies the challenge
Our fabulous sponsors for this month is our regular monthly sponsor
  Joanna Sheen
With a prize of a £10.00 voucher for 1 lucky winner
And if you want inspiration please
See the Dt Members creations where you will find
Lots of Inspiration
 here
Here is a little bit of infor about the card l made its a
Scalloped Edged Easel Card
I bought this set some time back for £1.20
Cut out manually not really good with Scalloped Shapes
But l think l managed it what do you think?
Description
Christmas Robins
A really pretty card with a beautiful rich Christmas red background
The kit comes complete with a matching envelope
Which is also included in the instructions.  
The greeting on the card base
"Happy Christmas"
You will receive 6 sheets
3 sheets of card elements
1 backing sheet
2 sheets of envelope elements/written instructions
Original graphics 
Card/Envelope Template - Crafty Creations
You can as l did purchase it here 
 And then click on this link here
Recipe
As you can see l am showing two cards
1st Card without any Embellisments
2nd with added Embellishments
Extra colouring and used promarkers
Red/Green gems stones
Glamour dust
Christmas Ribbon
3D Sticky pads
Thank you for your time and l hope you call back again
Sandra H xx