We started at the break of dawn but the boat was held up by an accident that had happened the night before. Clearing up was still under way and so we sat and waited, and waited, and waited. Eventually we were on board and settling down to coffee and chat. No one seemed too tired to speak, including me, which is very unusual at that early hour of the morning. :)
Once on land we had to hare down to Glasgow from Stranraer. Well more like tortoise down - the traffic was quite heavy and there were always the ubiquitous road works to keep holding us up. We got there a lot later than we had anticipated so it was shopping bags out and plans to sweep the place clean.
I got to meet my lovely boss Gayle briefly as she then had to charge away and collect her son. Hi Gayle!! I'm sure the sight of me terrified the lovely lady, real life ain't quite in the same league as Paint Shop Pro digitised images is it now? LOL
The hall was packed with goodies but I was disappointed not to see some of the big names there. I did get to meet Richard at the LOTV stand and had a lovely chat to him. I picked up bits and pieces but not a whole lot as the prices were no better than on line. Still, I enjoyed the day immensely. It was great to get out and about with friends. I nearly met Carol from the JS forum. Apparently she was standing beside me at the LOTV stand but didn't like to ask if I was who she thought I was. I'm so sorry she didn't as I was trying to see faces I might recognise but I couldn't see one. Never mind, maybe the next time.
Onto today's card at last.
This is another of the Reddy die cut decoupage images from the Fairy Whispers sheets. She is just gorgeous and she's called 'The angel of comfort'
I've teamed her with papers from the Paint Box Poppets CD
The wonderful detail and depth of this decoupage is just stunning. My DH was looking at the finished samples before I sent them off to CC and was blown away by the illustrations and just how real they looked when decoupaged.
I decorated the inside to complement the front. The edges of the mats have been inked with wild honey and brushed corduroy distress inks. The colours really bring out the gold tones of the image.
The embellishment is made up of elements from Spellbinders motif and accent dies from the Floral Doily and Ironworks sets. The button is an Epiphany embellie and the seam binding and embroidery floss have been inked to tone with the card.
That's me for today. Sorry for the long post but I'm glad you held on in there to the end. Thank you for joining me today. Have a lovely relaxing day and I'll see you soon. :)