A Few new cards and a bit of news

I have been fairly busy with card orders recently, and only now am finding time to blog them

The first is a special "concertina" card, requested by a lady for her husband's 60th birthday. The brief was to use my Sugar Nellie Pirate, and somehow link it to a Ferrari!!!!

I decided on a pirate treasure hunt, and the results are below.






The papers are all free downloads from Monti's Pixel Playground, and I have used Sakura glitter pens and jewels to add a bit of texture.


My next two are for the same lady.

This one was for a Religious Easter card.





Again I have used a free download for the main image. The backing paper was "made" on my own PC.

The second one was for the lady's daughter, with an image of the family pet.





The pawprint background paper was again from Monti's Pixel playground.Fabulous site!!

I am going back to England on Friday for a "girly" long weekend with my lovely daughter Sally, who I miss terribly.

It is both our birthdays in March and our mutual gift to each other is going to a Westlife concert in Manchester, preceded by 2 days in Stoke, where we are both originally from.
We are going to mooch around old haunts, and visit my elderly aunt who is now on her own after 60 years of marriage, as my uncle is now ill and in a nursing home.

I'm also going to take some flowers to the final resting place of my mum, dad, and sister..........sure to be a bit emotional.

Then it's off up to Manchester for the concert ........woooooooooopeeeeeeee!!
followed by some retail therapy in Manchester.

I am really looking forward to it, but know I'll miss hubby terribly.

I'm back again!

Well I see it's over 2 weeks since I last blogged. This is mainly because I've been so busy.
I have 3 Spanish lessons myself per week, I am now giving basic Spanish lessons, and what with the dogs, house, card orders and DH to look after I've been a bit short on time.

However I have lots of cards to show, and gossip to impart.

Today is our 5th Wedding Anniversary, and is a good time to take stock of life.

If anyone had told me 7 years ago that I would be married to a Puerto Rican lawyer, and retired in Spain I'd have had them committed.:-)

They say God moves in mysterious ways, and to that I would add, unthinkable and marvellous ones too. I thank Him every day for the blessings I have received. Life is not perfect, and still fraught with worries about one's children, but I trust God has it all in hand.

Here is the card I made for Frank for our Anniversary. The photo is from last year, and I matted it onto Bazzill cardstock, and just added Prima flowers. he loves it!!!



I will blog my card orders later as I have to rush now to get ready for our lunch out.