weekend

Decided to do two sketches this time as I could not chose between them so thought I would do them both, 

Had a lovely day yesterday, My friend came to see me and we went out for lunch, It was a lovely day and the weather was so kind to us, I took my friend to see an old tree at St Leonard's church Tortworth. I  found this information from the website but the picture I took yesterday, 

This page contains specific information about sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) '12906', which can be found in a meadow near St. Leonard's Church in Tortworth (county of Gloucestershire).

This tree is called "The Tortworth chestnut". A legend says that the Tortworth chestnut was planted in 800 AD. It sprang from a nut planted during the reign of King Egbert in 800 AD. Written records go back to the 12th century.

The tree is measured in 1988 by the Tree Register of the British Isles. It measured a girth of 11m 00cm at a height of 1.00 m. Measuring is very difficult because of a very thick branch at approximately 60 cm.

The old tree, it has wild garlic growing all around, and it looks lovely.   

St Leonards chuch. its lovely as we went and had a look inside, 

Materials  used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope,
• 13 x 10 cm hunkydory card stock,
• 9 x 8 cm white card stock,
• craft Act inc clear stamp,
• Canary, meadow green, cloud blue & poppy, Promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter this card for are,

1. The Merry Christmas Challenge #19,
2. Muse: Christmas Vision 99,
3. Christmas at Sweet Stampin, May Anything Christmas, 
4. The holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #28 Anything Christmas goes, 

                        

On to me second card. 

 Materials used for this card are,

• 21 x 15 cm card blank and envelope.
• 6 x 6cm  5 1/2 x 5 cm & 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 cm white card stock,
• Crafter Companion Flutterby collection clear stamp,
• Purple, Aegean, sky blue, bluebell. Promarkers. 

Challenges I will enter his card for are;

1. I love promarkers,Challenge #358 anything goes optimal CAS,
2. Craftaholics R Us. Challenge #19 Blue, 
3. CAS Colour & Sketches Challenge #271 Sketch. 
4. Shopping our Stash #531  Butterflies,