Robin for CCC!

Hello there Everyone, hope your weekend is going well and you are not affected too much with all the snow. It's been quite incredible in some places, not too much here though, we have been very lucky in Inverness, but it's been bitingly cold and temperatures  in the minus during the night, minus 10 one night last week. We haven't ventured out much I can tell you, so plenty time for crafting.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last card, so very kind of you.

Well, it's time for the Christmas Card Club ladies to show their creations for another challenge, and this time around it's been chosen by Mrs. A, known to all as Valery and she would like to see a Robin or Robins.  You can't go wrong with a Robin, cheeky little chaps that are so traditional for Christmas cards. I've made a few as I used a CD and there were lots of images on the sheet that printed out. The CD is by Cupcake Crafting and it's called Magical Moments at Christmas. 

The Robin image is the same on both cards, just one smaller than the other. The first one is matted and layered on to a DL base card, with a little embossed edge that came along with a CC magazine, I've glittered the image up and embellished with leaves, the Ivy leaves I bought form Mrs. Duck, not sure of the brand and the other leaves with the bow are from JND.

Second card is matted on to an embossed black card using a SB EF, the paper is from the CD and I've used a Kraft card base this time. Having glittered the image I than added DI in Black Soot around the edges. The sentiment is one by Inkylious .

My last card is using a lovely image from Chocolate Baroque;

This image is called The Gift and I've coloured with SN Aqua Pens, Sparkle Pens and Sakura Gel Pens. I stamped leaf images in the background and coloured with DI. More CB flourish stamps embossed with WOW Silver powder, then I matted the main panel over it. Added a few sequins and job done.I hope they will do Valery, loved the challenge and was on a roll with it, thank you.

Now let me tell you what I've been getting up to  today. I've been at a Ladies Lunch in aid of Children 1st. The venue was at the Drumossie Hotel here in Inverness and the guest speaker was Professor Dame Sue Black.  For anyone who has never heard of this lady, she is a Forensic Anthropologist  and has worked national and internationally on crimes associated with wars, murders, dismemberment and abuse of children. She is Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification  at Dundee University.  She led a team to identify the remains of the mass murdered victims in Kosovo. It's important to her to be able to give the deceased person a name, but also to gather evidence for war crimes.   She had led research which  develops techniques to make this possible.

She has also developed techniques the police which help to identify those who abuse children, hence her link to Children 1st, and there had been great success in catching these people. 
I could have listened to her all day, a terrific speaker with ever a hint of humour... well with her job she'd need it. 

Now if that's not all... for the readers amongst you and if you like crime novels the Professor is a consultant to Val McDermid when Val need to know about bodies. She is one of my favourite Authors.  

Just after lunch we were entertained by the Inverness Army Wives Choir, and how fabulous they are, you may remember, that Gareth Malone  put the choir together a few years ago and they had a number 1 chart hit. I was so impressed as they sang without music. It was just lovely.

There was an auction which raised £2900, and with around 300 Ladies at the lunch, there would have been a fair amount of funds raised.  So all in all, it's been a lovely afternoon and something different.

I'll be scheduling this post for tomorrow(Sunday). I'm thinking the temperature has  just dropped as it's suddenly become really cold and I've got all the heating on.

That's me for now, keep yourselves safe and warm and see you soon,