Afternoon everyone,
Been to Palma this morning with Sara, My daughter. We are starting to prepare the things she will need when she goes to work in Soldeu, Andorra for the ski season.She will be at a 5 star hotel on frontdesk .She is quite excited that she can get some skiing in on her days off. l will be going with her on Saturday , then l will return on Tuesday. There's not alot of snow there at the moment, so Soldeu is saved from my ventures on the 'Pistes'..That is.. till christmas !! hehe
Anyway.. the card l am showing today is a card for little 'Bella' ( my son & his GF's Puppy, pic on my sidebar )l have added a little origami tree which l saw on Ann's blog from 'Just for Fun' details of which are on the post below this one...
For this card l have used a Topper, snowflake embossed paper, sentiment from Kanban Silver mirri card, gems, ribbon and card blank from my stash
l am entering this card at Bah!Humbug!,the theme is 'Fancy Folds '. Over at Pile it On, the theme is ' Furry Holiday Cards '..OSAAT has a 'Winter Wonderland ' theme this week ..Over at Charisma cardz the theme is 'With love at christmas' ...At Artful INKables the theme is 'christmas sentiment'...
Wishing you all lovely afternoon !
Hugs
Susan x
l am so sorry everyone......this is well overdue !
We had a fantastic time in San Diego, we always do ! l managed to find a lovely craft shop there too, its called PaperTales its such a lovely shop and the owner is a lovely lady too !Hope to go back and see them on my next visit.
Sara, is settling back into life over here,she starts back to uni on monday, when she finishes next year,she hopes to go back and work again in San Diego, she had a lovely experience during this past 9 months studying and then working there.
Marcos is fine and has been over to Egypt for work and has just got back from delivering a boat to Barcelona.
Amanda, has started her new school and has settled down well.
Business is going Ok, we have work, but the shop could be doing better. Patience, l suppose !
Its getting towards the end of the summer season here,and things are getting much quiter.Its not been a good summer here for alot of business´s, l wonder what the winter will be like.Most business´s close here from end of Oct till March ! we will just cross our fingers !
Here are few recent makes...Thank you for having a peek ! l will be stopping by to leave some comments on your blogs shortly !.. Today its blogging day ! x
l enjoyed making this card, and have finally started using the set of Laura Ashley papers that my son Marcos and his Gf, Sam, bought me as a lovely surprise some time back...The quality of the papers is really lovely..l decided to just keep it simple, so just created angles to show the paper off...thanks for taking a peek !..
Hi everyone !..
The local Fiestas have finally come to an end! they are always good but its a long two weeks hehe! weather today very changeable, the sun seems to be playing "hide and seek"...but its still very warm !
Amanda now seems fine, which is a relief..starting to think about our next holiday to San Diego and seeing Sara again..time seems to be flying by..it will be autumn soon.Started making a real effort to get back into my card making..its always so difficult when you are having a lot of stress from other areas of life..the business has been a huge worry, but things seem to be going OK, after cutting staff and expenses.It means l am much busier now as l am back at the shop in the mornings, and also doing my job aswell..the accounts work, bank, bills, and seeing the clients etc...but if tha´s what it takes..thats what l have to do...Hubby runs the workshop and is in the shop as well, and does the afternoons so l can get on with the house and family things....phew !...how do us women do it ?....l know, l know...we are a multi tasking super force !!
This is a card l made the other day...have a nice afternoon girls ! x
and of a course a quick update...glad to say that Amanda seems so much better now ! and Hubby had a good birthday yesterday.We all went out for a meal,it was lovely,but we always notice more the absence of Sara when its a family event,still we are going back to San Diego on the 30th of August and she will be returning with us..no more sad goodbye´s ! well, at least not till next year.She has had such a fab time over there, and wants to go back next year after she graduates with her degree in Tourism and Hotel management ! crossing our fingers..as she has only this year till she finishes..
l am sure that most of you have seen the terrible events that took place this week here on the island..such a tragedy ! and for what ?...they could have caused a masacre,with the amount of tourists that are in that area...later, they found another bomb outside another barracks...l live in the north of the island, so we were safe,thank god !
Here, these last few weeks the Island has had loads of local fiestas...and tonight in the old town of Pollensa there is music all night..Marcos (my son ) got in this morning at 5 and had work this morning at 9...tonight, he will probably be at the fiesta all night too !hopefully he will nap this afternoon when he finishes work!
Boys!..we will probably go along for a couple of hours,but thats it..
Here is a card l made the other day !...l could eat that sundae now ! and well, all the rest too...see you all a bit later x
l have decoupaged this fairy..and found some pretty strawberry paper to go with it...added some ribbon and pearls..and, thats it ! Thank you for looking X
Hi all,
Sorry l have not updated since last week....but had a lot on.Firstly,Amanda has been quite poorly,with a bad dose of flu..they said it wasnt swine flu as she didnt have any respiratory problems,but she certainly ticked all the other boxes !! so been home taking care of her..she has also had another problem,that has been worrying but l am hoping that too will begin to stop,if not l will need to get that checked out,as she is feeling very drained having the two things at once (l think you get what l am meaning)...So l have managed to get some cards made and sent out,and l am begining to stock up again,as over on the CB forum there are quite a few birthdays next month..
We have had a heat wave over here,with temps..over 110.at lunchtime the other day..its come down a bit now,but still very hot.Thank god for the A/C..phew !
here are a few cards...My hubby´s birthday card..he is a director of the football here,so this will suit him ..The other is for a special person...sshhhh and has gone travelling...hehe
Becky´s birthday card
After much encouragement from my lovely friend Maureen (Glitzzy),l decided to get my hands back on some crafting stash...here is what l made for the twins (my nieces ) birthday..it was their birthday last tuesday the 14th.They loved the cards and l popped around to my sister´s in the afternoon for some cakes! yes, Cakes ! hehe and a couple of cups of tea!.My sister also lives here on the island and we see each other most days whenever we can.Her twins Ana and Becky are the now the same age as Amanda (15) and they go everywhere together which is nice.
Hi everyone,
Just updating before Amanda and l leave tonight for the airport..we are going around 4.45..its an hours journey to the airport from the north of the island....our first flight is to Madrid ( 1hr.15mins) and it leaves at 7.20am...our next flight leaves at 12.35...Madrid to Philladelphia (9hrs)...then we have the last flight...Philladelphia to San Diego..(6hrs)....so we are travelling around 23 hours...long, long day...very tiring...but oh so worth it !!...here is a pic of Sara´s birthday card,that l am taking there for her to open next month july 18th..
we are returning on the 5th of July, so hope to update with some pics and news...
Hope you all keep well and behave ! hehehe..
will miss you all loads,my good friends, but l know you will keep my seat warm!!
Hugs to you all....XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Its marcos' birthday today and we have just got back from a family lunch...we went to a very good chinese restaurant in town..service and food excellent!well worth the money we paid..He got some lovely gifts and cards..and Sam,his Gf came over from the UK last friday,we picked her up from the airport and she is here till tuesday,so he has had a lovely birthday weekend too..can´t believe he´s 23,how time flies !
Made these special cards for Sara´s friends at SDSU...Chelsea is Sara´s roommate and is from CA and Anna is a International student from Hungary also studying there.The three of them are very close friends.. They are both lovely girls...these cards are to wish them a great Summer in San Diego!
l am working on a special card for Sara too,will post it later.....
l Have left the sentiment off this card so l have multi options....the pocket inside the card is deep enough to take an ATC or gift voucher....very quick card to make..
Thank you for taking a look X
Here is a card that l made for Anna´s 21st birthday ( my friend Diane´s daughter)...She celebrated it over here, with some friends who also flew over...her mum and Dad stayed in Scotland. Apparently, Anna told them there was no room at THEIR apartment LOL....clever girl our "wee Anna"...
BTW..l am learning scottish !...Diane, my Glaswegian friend,is bringing me over a "scottish Phrase Book".. is there such a thing ?? ...a group of Diane's friends are all coming for a few days next month,so we are all going out for the evening!.Now that sounds like fun,l hear you say!...and its going to be fab !..but,there is going to be 6 Scottish lassies from different parts of Scotland ! and me ? well, l am a Londoner! so its going to be a highly entertaining evening!....My first scottish phrase.."l´m a wee bit Crabbit" ?? LOL...but l´m not !!! l swear! LOL
l made this card using the paper and image from Elaine´s RAK....other elements are from my crafty stash !..thought it was rather a fun card! thanks for taking a peek X
