Just a Quickie

We had a lovely afternoon on Saturday, we visited Kedleston Hall, nr to Derby. Neither of us had been there before and were pleasantly suprised. The Hall itself is impressive and looks over the Derwent, it was owned by the Curzon family before becoming a National Trust Property and a descendant still lives there today in a private wing. They apparantly came over with William the Conqueror so the lineage goes back almost 1000 yrs.

The National Trust have restored most of the Hall to it's original condition when it was built in the 18th Century. They have copied and replaced some beautiful silk tapestry which were used on the walls and furniture in some of the rooms. The thinking is that when building the Hall the Curzon's were trying to compete with the Devonshires who had built Chatsworth. There are two curved corridors one connecting the kitchen and the other the family's appartments. The kitchen one has a normal wooden floor but in the other the oak floorboards are curved to match the shape of the walls. Very impressive.

But that digresses from the reason for my blog, so here is a quick card I made on Friday evening

I used a cream linen finish CS that I have had for ages, along with Early Espresso, the stamp sets are Charming and Heard from the Heart. I used the reverse side of the cream CS to stamp the writing in Crumb Cake before adding the flower in Early Espresso, I cut the squares to size beforehand. The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso. I then mounted them onto the Early Espresso CS. The sentiment is flat to the card and the flower squares are raised with sticky pads.