The Other Side Of Me

I've had a bit of fun recently with my Trendy Trees set.  This came to me in the middle of the night and I couldn't wait to get up and see if I could make it.  I was only thinking this would be a practise run but it worked perfectly, so I kept it! The card is my usual 5"x7" and I just lined the embossing folder up in the centre.  That worked out well so I popped one on either side and it came out beautifully.  I decided to stamp directly into the ovals, knowing that I have the large oval punch on standby, so if the trees didn't look right I could punch out a shape that fits perfectly in the centre of the ovals and try again. The colours I've used are Rose Red and Wild Wasabi which go really well together.  I wanted to make a different style of tree and was really pleased at how well these turned out.  I'm sure I've seen that Rose Red and Perfect Plum will move from Subtles to Regals, which is interesting.  They didn't really look ri...

Hello, dear Blogfriends!  Let me start by saying a big thankyou for all your kind comments regarding the mammogram.  I am delighted to say there is nothing sinister going on, it turns out I have cysts (a lot more than I realised!) which is a major relief.  I have been sick with worry, as you can imagine.  So sick, in fact, I couldn't make it to craft class on Wednesday, which I never miss, so that shows you how bad I've been. I did have a really lovely day on Monday with the local WI who hosted a craft day.  Everybody took along something they were working on (in my case, cross stitch) and we had a wonderful lunch together.  I decided to walk home to burn off some calories! I decided to send the hostess a little thankyou note, so this is what I made: This stamp is from the Fresh Vintage set, and I really love it.  I totally understand that people are using this stamp a lot to go with the Everyday Enchantment paper, and rightly so, as they...