Happy Diwali 2018. . . . . . . .

Good morning mon petit champignons. Hope all is good in your part of The Pond.

Thank you for your kind comments on the Mum to Be card. The letters were indeed individual rather than a special die.

Thank you too for your best wishes for my dental visit. As the temporary crown had already fallen out (I crunched on it whilst eating some baked beans) the remainder of the tooth was very sensitive so when he blasted cold air at it, I nearly went through the ceiling.

I had a pact with my dentist when I started seeing him years ago. In the chair, my hand would be at an opportune level with a delicate part of his anatomy, so as long as he didn't hurt me, I wouldn't hurt him.............I nearly acted on it yesterday I can tell you.

I also got a bit nervous when he asked the nurse for the "wide one and the Vaseline".

The tooth is niggling still, even with the crown now on but hopefully, it will settle down.

Now, today is Diwali so I thought that I would show you all the card that I made for Nesta (She doesn't read my blog...calls herself a friend lol!!!) this year.

Ingredients

8x8 cream card blank

Purple and orange card

Gold mirror card

First Edition Storyteller paper (6x6)

SW Tahiti dies

Go Press and Foil gold foil

CE Tapestry embossing folder

Lord Ganesh pendant

Teeny gold bling

My second foray into foiling and still impressed with the effects.

I thought that the pendant would make a lovely centrepiece and Nesta can remove it if she wants to pop onto a keyring or chain.

The blinged up nelliphant was one of the Diwali gifts for her, though its so cute, I nearly kept it myself lol!!!

Well, Mr D has a day off today so I may be lucky and get taken out for lunch............if I can chew lol!!!

Happy Diwali to anyone who is celebrating and happy Wednesday to all.

TTFN

Ang x

One of Those Cards. . . . . . . . . .

Good morning dear blogging chums. Hope everyone is well.

Apologies for being AWOL for a few days but extra days at work and Mr D having a hospital appointment for a consultation about some involved dental surgery has zapped my time.

Hasn't helped with the dreaded "software conflict" still playing up between laptop and camera.

Now, sadly a few weeks ago, I had to make one of those cards. My friend Julie's Mum passed away, in a bit of a blur as the poor lady was fine on minute, then suddenly got rushed into hospital, diagnosed with cancer and passed away within a week. All a bit of a shock for poor Julie and family.

Ingredients

Cream card 

Pale pink pearlised card

CE Tapestry embossing folder

TST Elegance border mask

Presscut Square dies

John Lockwood Rosebud Elements stamp

John Lockwood sentiment stamp

Victorian Velvet DI

Versamark

Dusky pink mica powder

I like to keep these cards relatively unfussy (if that's a word lol!). I cut the aperture inside and around the roses with a craft knife, a wing and a prayer.

Right, off to get a slice of cake before Mr D eats it all (I haven't had any tea so that's my excuse) as I'm scheduling this.

Will hopefully get this camera business sorted in my time off at Easter so I can show you my tiny pile of purchases from the NEC...................it was lovely catching up with Christine but I was done by 3pm as it was not very busy.

Meantime, hope the rest of the week is kind to you all.

TTFN

Ang x