"I got Brass In Pocket..."

Tilda with Little Pocket from the With Love range

 

As promised, here is one of the cards I made from the last set of new Tilda's (at least it was new until the mini Easter collection came along!!), the obviously titled 'With Love' collection. I have made a few cards and will be putting them up over the next few weeks. I am really proud of this particular card though, I don't very often work in green and I think I did a fair job on her little romper suit and I love doing black hair, I find it the easiest one to do but have still to try doing Ginger at some point!!

The dies are my usual mix of Marianne's and Nesties (really disappointed with the new launch on C and C this week! in my opinion Spellbinder dies are beginning to get very samey) and the flowers are of course from W.O.C.

 

So what kind of a week have you had? Mine has been filled with some big ol' shocks and a few soul searching moments.

The shocks have come via the ongoing horse meat scandal and the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church. I admire the Pontiff, it must have been a really hard decision for him to take, walking away from any job is hard enough to do but giving up what he has given up must have been a tremendous wrench for him. I was always really proud of my dad whose eyesight deteriorated thanks to some cataracts and he made the decision to stop driving, even short local trips, because he didn't trust himself on the roads. That same level of self awareness from the Pope must also be admired I think, it takes a strong person to look inward and admit their faults, let alone admit them to the entire world!! Week after week at work I see old men and women behind the wheel of their cars and when they come to my window to pay for their fuel, their hands are shaking so uncontrollably they can't even put their debit cards in the card machine, or their sight is so poor they can't read the numbers on the machine when they try to put their Pin number in! I have yet to get through a morning shift without at least one or two near misses as they pull out of the Station, ignoring the two lanes of traffic coming from their left-hand side!!

As for the horse meat scandal, what can I say that you haven't already said yourself eh! Jo and I get through quite a few frozen meals now, especially as we both struggle to stand and do any 'proper' cooking but we only ever order Chicken dishes because it is a very difficult meat to disguise as something else (plus everyone knows what Chicken tastes like!!). We used to get Asda's own brand Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie but after it was announced that Horse DNA is popping up everywhere there is slim to nil chance of either of us eating those for the very foreseeable future!!

I'm not really scandalised by the fact it is Horse that people have been eating, quite a lot of countries eat Horse so it's obviously a 'safe' meat, what I do object to though is the fact that we no longer have a clue as to what it is turning up in our food chain, the only way we can be 100% certain is to go native, put our loin cloths on and get out there catching and killing what we eat, a return to the Stone-age if you like.

I am of course only joking but on a more serious note, I work with a wonderful lady called Tina and she is a Jehovah's Witness. She spends a lot of her life dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and inner peace through her study of the Bible and we have been talking about religion and what it means to us quite a lot lately. I have always classed myself as C of E but the older I get the more I find myself questioning what that really means to me. I have been a church-goer on and off throughout my life and recently I thought I was okay worshipping at home, on my time-table as it were but Tina has shown me that the Bible teaches us we go to Church to have our faith bolstered by like-minded individuals and I like that thought, I'm just not convinced that the Church of England is where I belong anymore. I'm not about to become member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints but I am definitely on the lookout for something new in my life. I will of course keep you updated as I progress on this journey through 'what I like to call' "Life" (that's one for you Miranda fans out there!!).

So have a great week, hope you like the card and I look forward to seeing you again real soon,

Hugs 'n Stuff,

Andy

xx
Entered Into: Come And Get It Challenge - Colour Challenge
Totally Tilda Challenge #65 - Valentine's
The Squirrel And The Fox Challenge #37 - Love
That Craft Place Challenge - Love
Pile It On Challenge #7 = Clips and/or Pins
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #151 - Make It Girly
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #63 - With Love
Creative Inspiration Paints Challenge - Inspired By Valentin's Day
Challenges For Everybody #14 - Anything Goes
WhoopsiDaisy Challenge - Make It Girly
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
My Grafico Challenge #144 - Anything Goes
Make It Monday Challenge #128 - Anything Goes
Fashionista Challenge #12 - Valentine's
Dutch Magnolia Lovers #50 - Valentine's Day
Crafty Blogger's Network Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
Card Mania Challenge #14 - Is This Love That I'm Feeling?