Show your spots!

In order to raise money for children in need Alex’s school had a non-uniform day with the emphasis on wearing something spotty. Well, we turned the house upside down and the only spotty thing we could find was a bright red handkerchief that had been given to Tim in a stocking about 9 years ago and he has never used. In the absence of anything else, I ironed it and turned it into a neckerchief with a Pudsey bear pin to hold it in place.  Alex was very happy with it as you can tell from this cheeky photo. WARNING: Proud parent alert!  Alex has been so good this week that he got a star prize from school.  For a little boy that struggles with sitting still for any length of time, this is a major achievement and I am so proud of him.

I have made a couple more Christmas cards over the past few days by recycling cards I was sent last year.  I cut out elements from those cards and re-mounted them in my own way.  This first card uses the Mother and baby image from a card mounted on gold card and then onto cream card which had been embossed with a cuttlebug frame. I then printed out the sentiment 'Give thanks unto the Lord' on cream card on my computer and mounted it onto red card taken from the same original Christmas card, followed by gold card and then finally onto the background.  I am entering this card into Fresh brewed ‘I am thankful’, Penny’s challenge ‘Give thanks’, Simon says stamp ‘thanks giving’ and crafty cardmakers ‘recycle’ challenges.

The second card was made using some of the left over red patterned card from the previous recycled Christmas card and three images taken from another Christmas card mounted onto embossed cream card.  Can you tell I am fond of this Cuttlebug embossing folder?!  I am entering this card into Aud Sentiments ‘give thanks’, crafty creations ‘recycle’, creativecard crew ‘thankful’ and pile it on ‘traditional Christmas’.  That is all from me for now.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Love,
Caro
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