I won't be dancing the night away

 There will be no dressing up, putting on the heels and partying away the night this New Years Eve, will there - however happy we are to see the back of 2020! 

Looks like it will be a cosy night in watching Great British Sewing Bee and Skyfall, and a bit of gin might be consumed.

Peace on Earth

 Well, it will be a peaceful Christmas this year - no dashing down motorways to visit relatives, no elbowing crowds at the supermarkets to get the last sprouts and, for so many people, the day spent on their own with just the TV for company. 

I, like millions of others, are heading for Tier 4 lockdown on Boxing Day.  Will be sad not to see the wider family over festive time, but all presents have been delivered and the house is warm and full of food - I also feel very lucky that all my family are still  here and healthy.

Wishing you all peace and harmony over Christmas

Having a Play

 

Having finished all my Christmas cards and with plenty of time on my hands, I got out the Cosmic shimmer polishes to have a play with. The Blushed Peach opal polish is great because on black card ( above) it comes out pink, but on white card it goes on as a peachy cream! Two shades for the price of one.

I also wanted to make some some masculine cards, as they make great metallic type backgrounds used on embossed black and kraft card stock

JoJo's Jungle Bargain

 

I bought this JoJo's Jungle decoupage toppers pad this week at the Range, normally £5 it was reduced to £3 - but when I got to the checkout it was reduced again and only cost me £1.50!

I bought it because it would be great to help make cute kids birthday cards ....

and the images are great for both boys and girls!

Scrapbooking for a change ...

 

Whilst tidying out some drawers during lockdown, I came across these hand written notes of my daughters time at nursery school 15 years ago. I had completely forgotten about them!

With all the lovely photos of her playing, they were ideal for making up some scrap book pages 

These are all 'Work in Progress' - the great thing about scrapbooking, is that you can go back to them and add embellishments and decorations once you have sorted out your layouts.

A Wedding Card today

 

So many weddings have been postponed this year and there is still no certainty that large weddings with lots of family and friends will be allowed for a while yet.

But despite that, I've made a wedding card!

  It started off uncovering the 3 leaf charm toppers at the bottom of a box of bits and pieces and thinking 'what the heck can I do with them?'  I matched them up with some other odd bits such as the ribbon, flowers and hearts to make a silver and white based card with touches of glitter.