Good morning and brrrrr, it is so cold in Derby this morning. I see the cars on the street will need a little de-icing.
I have been catching up on lots of little things but not over doing it. Started to try and walk a few extra steps each day but not doing too well with it. There just never seems to be enough hours in the day.
Lots of time spent in the garden these days, in between the rain showers. The lawns have lots of moss in them and hubby has been treating them. This of course means raking out the moss when it dies as it turns black. Its a hard job but so worth it. The rain and the sunshine have brought out lots of lovely flowers.
I have a lot of pots and plants in all of them. This year we are going through each pot, checking the earth (soil) and the plants. Some pots have cracked, some of the plants have died but hopefully by the end of the month, we shall have things looking quite nice. We do have to reduce the amount of pots and the plants in the garden as it does take up so much time. Fortunately we have a greenhouse so we grow a lot from seed which saves us a fortune and gives us the pleasure of knowing 'we grew that'.
Of course I have also been spending time in the craft room, I do enjoy spending time each day in there. This morning I have to spend a couple of hours putting everything away as I did get this out, that out and left them out. Do you create a mess when you craft?
I used the stamp set in different purples, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather and Orchid Oasis. The leaves were stamped in Old Olive. I then used the blending brushes to go over the whole image, Highland Heather at the bottom and Balmy Blue at the top. The sentiment is from Sentimental Park stamp set. I have added a list of all the products used at the bottom of this post. This was inspired by a fellow demonstrator called Jenny McCormac who helped me so much get back into creating again.
Next week there is a card making get together if you would like to come along. There are a couple of places available. Do get in touch with me if you fancy this.
Do let me know what time suites you best if you can join us.
A lot of the products in the January - April Mini Catalogue and the Annual 2023-2024 Brochure are being retired. This means that they will no longer be available to purchase from 1st May or, when stocks run out. Some of the products are discounted by up to 60%. If you click on the link below you can purchase these products in the Last Chance Sale.
If you need any help with placing an order or you dont have a demonstrator please, do get in touch (my details are at the end of the post). I would love to help you if I can.
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would like to send you a thank you for placing an online order with me
and using the Hostess Code. I gather all the online orders placed
throughout the month using the Hostess Code and pick a free gift for
everyone that placed an order to send out to them along with a hand made
card.
