Pearls, Swirls and Sausages

Dear Reader

Here is a card I've made for the One Stop Craft Challenge brought to my attention by the lovely Janet of PlanetLadyJanet.blogspot.com
who is one of their guest DT's. The challenge is "Pearls and Swirls" so a perfect opportunity to use my Prima heart swirl! I've used a Whiff of Joy stamp and painted it with distress inks. The background paper is Magnolia. I've used acetate over it and the image and stamped in the corners with stayzon white (thanks for the inspiration Jane of Jane's Lovely Cards). I've used a Martha Stewart double loop punch to make a flap of some co-ordinating Magnolia paper to hide the acetate under. I made the sentiment card and decorated with the same loop punch, the Prima swirl and heart and a Woodware tiny sentiment stamped in grey ink. Finally I stickled the bride's veil and tiara to highlight. Thanks for looking!

It's been an interesting evening. I've just got in from judging the e-Factor "It Could Be You" competition. It was a Dragon's Den type situation and the entrants had to stand before the panel and tell us about their business ideas and how they wanted to progress them. We got an opportunity for questions before deciding on an overall winner and two runners-up. I take my hat off to all the entrants as it really took some nerve to do that, especially as people's friends and families were there in the audience and the event was being filmed by Channel 7. I won't give away their business ideas but I really enjoyed the evening and wish them every success for the fuure!

And when I got in Maurice had cooked the most lovely sausage and mash dinner (Birketts sausages - the best!) which went down a treat - I was starving as by this time it was 8.30 pm and I'd eaten my sandwich lunch at 11.30 am lol. A lovely surprise. I think Maurice should have entered the competition with a plan to set up a restaurant judging by that meal !!! xxxx