Hello there,
This is my second attempt at posting this blog today after spending 2 hours composing and uploading photos the internet crashed and I lost it all. Hopefully this one will be an improvement on the first attempt.
As the title says 'I don't do Christmas in July'. Is it just me or are all the crafting web sites pushing Christmas supplies and card ideas at us? Am I the only one who feels like this? I'm at the stage where I instantly delete any email with the slight mention of the C word. The thought of sprinkling glitter on a card to make it look SNOWY is scarey. It's summer for goodness sake. Let's enjoy it while we can.
For once we actually have sunshine here in Scotland. The real kind. The kind you can sit out in. What a novelty for us. The downside is I'm not doing too well with the crafting side because of it. Things are beginning to pile up a bit, and I haven't even had a wee play with the lovely stamps I got for my birthday yet. I'm only taking time to write this blog because it's now raining cats and dogs.(Typical!)
I was uber busy before school broke up for the holidays. We had staff leaving, retiring, getting married and everyone wanted cards. Not only that everyone wanted BIG cards. I am not overly keen on making A4 cards as there always seems to be a lot of space to fill. I had to put my thinking cap on and try to come up with something appropriate for each one too. Here's a small selection of some of the cards I produced.
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| this brought a tear to my eye |
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| thank you to groom's parents |
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I loved the image of the little girl
and her dad |
I downloaded an image of a father and daughter from a digital stamp company, coloured them in with promarkers and placed them behind the poem which I printed out on vellum. I like the effect.
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| Moving on |
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| wedding party thank you |
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for another wedding
designed by the customer |
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| new job |
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| I blinged this one up |
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| for a cat lover |
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for someone who
was leaving |
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| the elusive gecko |
I was so busy with orders that I was flying by the seat of my pants when I had to come up with a 21st birthday card for my daughter Fiona. Yes, a gecko card again! Poor Feef, she's still hankering for a real one. I could probably handle the lizard (even literally) but no way am I having live crickets in the house!
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| sunset over the hotel pool |
Graham and I are not long back from our holiday in Spain. We have been going to the same area of Spain for a few years now mainly because it's really beautiful there. We booked the same villa as last year because it had everything we wanted in accommodation, ideally located and a private pool. Mar Menor Golf Club near Torre Pacheco,is a gated community and is just a short drive to the beach and the airport. The site has loads of facilities and is really well maintained. Hark at me I sound like a holiday rep. We had a great time and even managed to meet up with my good friend Debbie who was holidaying a few miles away with her family. Why is your holiday fortnight the quickest two weeks of the year? Here are a few pics of our time away.
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| our villa |
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me sitting on the edge of a fountain - risky!
I have a tendency to fall in them |
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| Debbie came to Spain that colour! |
adiós a mis amigos hasta la próxima vez!
