My Daughter's 40th Birthday Card ❤

 Hi My Friends

 

I hope that you all have all managed to stay safe through the storm Eunice. The storm is meant to come back tonight with a vengeance. We have had some damage. Our beautiful Linen ( Handkerchief ) tree is leaning over our lawn, we have 2 pine trees hanging over my car, I went out to try and move the car but it was flat as I haven't been able to drive for months. A heavy wooden chair was lifted over to the pond and the weighted netting on the pond was blown away and my new bird feeder is a battered ground feeder now.. The garden furniture in the back garden was trying to escape across the path in front of the kitchen, and Paul's green house is destroyed. So I think we have got off lightly, but it's meant to be back again tonight, What can you do when mother nature decides to fight back, just gird your loins and fingers crossed.

Well this is my second to last card for February. I thoroughly enjoyed making this one for Claire as I could just make a really girly card. Then during the week I heard that my son's girlfriend had gone down with Covid and that she was really poorly, bless her. The last time I spoke to her we agreed that she was too poorly to make Claire's. With ideas from Dawn I decided that a chocolate cake was the way to go. 1st I made the sponge cake with Bourneville chocolate. The filling is morello cherry and chocolate cheese frosting. I've covered the cake with the frosting and piped 12 swirl's on the top, then dark chocolate will be sprinkled on top of the cake and then each swirl will have a ferrero rocher on top. I just hope it doesn't look too homemade, Time will tell. I have a Fabulous at 40 cake topper and pink sparklers to go on the cake too. I have also bought Claire a crown & sach to wear at the restaurant. She doesn't know that yet!  We're having a surprise lunch for Claire.

I felt so sorry for my sister today 18th Feb as it is her birthday today. I did make her a chocolate cup cake with a candle a card and a glass of wine and said we'd celebrate her birthday on Sunday with a prawn curry & extra's as I have been so occupied with Claire's 40th, not good I know but she had to work over night of her birthday anyway.

I have to say that I'm pleased my Feb birthday's are almost over and I know that a lot of you are still making quite a few more cards for this month, keep going you'll get there 😊. I'm on bed rest as from Monday! 👍

Take care everyone!

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

Well that it folks for this time. I hope you like the card as much as I loved making it. See you soon.

Take Care & Stay Safe

Love And Hugs

Tina XX

2nd Card for February

 Hi My Friends

Well I just about came up with an idea for Paul's birthday card, cutting it really fine, and just finishing it and taking photos at 1.55am today. Later today Paul has asked for dinner, shepherds pie, apple fritters & a home made coffee cake with morello cherry filling with coffee cream cheese frosting. So a busy day tomorrow. IBM give their employees the day off on their birthday,. so the weather in Wiltshire is meant to be sunny, nippy but dry so Paul is planning a long walk. He'll be driving and parking the the car goodness knows where, catching a train to goodness knows where, then walking back to the car. Itinerary to be left for me tomorrow. I would have loved to do that with him but maybe post knee op I can next year. 

I have a busy week next week as it's Claire's 40th on the 16th Feb so another card to make, YAY! a girly one.

I hope you are all well and still staying safe.

Here Goes!

I curved the Happy Birthday die cuts.

Well that's Paul's card, I hope you like it.

Take Care & Stay Safe

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG. 1st card of February

Hi My Friends

 

Firstly, Happy Birthday to my amazing son. Happy Birthday Sonshine!! ( that's just my way of spelling sonshine. ). Craig has been amazing over the year's. Overcoming bullying and a serious eating disorder, or should I say managing it, and also Anxiety. He joined MIND, who helped him so much and has since become an ambassador for MIND. He does lectures about the problems he has had and encourages people with the same problems to TALK. Talk to Mum, Dad, family, friends, wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends Just talk. He's been amazing and I don't know how he has had the strength to get up on a stage and be filmed and open up about his issues and have listened to other people going through what he has. He is just My amazing Wonderful Sonshine XX.

 

Secondly, you know how we all struggle with a man card. Well this is all I could come up with. Hope you approve. Paul's card I've decided to regress as he gets older and I'm going to make it pretty childish ( I think? ). Hey Ho! at this stage he'll be lucky to get one!

 

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Well that's it for this week. Paul's card next Friday.

Take Care & Stay Safe.

Love & Hugs

Tina XX