Spring Flowers for Gran

Evening everyone! Happy Spring equinox!

Its officially spring and almost weekend and boy I can't wait! 

I actually managed to leave work a bit earlier this afternoon to take my young lady to the doctors...nothing too drastic just an infection and antibiotics to clear it up! Pretty sure she'll be back to normal and giving me even more cheek by the end of the weekend! LOL 

(Also gave me some extra time to catch up on my blogging! 

Shhhh ;-))

Anyway my card this week is one that I made for Mother's day, for my Gran. An amazing lady who loves the cards that Mom and I have made for her. She loves them that much that she has proudly displayed them in frames around her bungalow!

The Image is a digi from from Tiffany's Garden called 'Dogwood branch'.

Its coloured using my promarkers and prisma pencils for some extra highlights. I spent ages colouring this image and was really pleased with the finished image. I used the colours in the background papers for inspiration!

The papers are from Papermania and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

The flowers and lace were from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Crafts - Spring Fling

Papertake Weekly - For Mum (or Girlie)

Thanks so much for popping by and I hope that your spring is full of sunshine... and not like the rain we've had here in Doncaster today!

Big Huggles x

2 Little Girls - a special friendship

Hiya Everyone,

Thanks so much for coming to visit last week, it really cheered me up as its been a busy week again at work but at least its now the weekend!! 

Today's card is one I made for my beautiful Mom. We have an amazing Mom/Daughter relationship but the best thing about it all is that she is also my bestest friend in the whole wide world! (and my biggest blog fan! Haha) Love you Mommy!!!

The image is from Lili of the Valley called 'Summer days'. Here's a close up of the image, coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils

The papers are also from Lili of the Valley and part of their amazing collection, called 'Petal fresh'. The papers in the pack just match together perfectly and are fabulous to use!

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, roses, carnations and chrysanthemums, as is the lace.

The butterfly is from my stash of goodies, bought from one of many a craft fair trips!

The inside was decorated with matching papers and a few pearls but I can't seem to remember where I bought the quote from though. Have a feeling it may be one of Mom's that I 'borrowed'! (Haha, love you Mom!)

I've decided to enter this card into the following challenges

Wild Orchid Crafts - Wings and things

The ABC Challenge - G is for Girls

I Love ProMarkers - One for the Girls

Thanks again for stopping by, I'm off to visit you all now! Have a fabulous spring sunshine filled weekend!

Huggles x

A fresh start and new challenges!

Hiya everyone

Wow, I can't believe how long its been since I was last on blogger! Its been a busy few years but I am now trying to ensure that I make some time for myself!! A hard task but someone has to do it so it may as well be me! LOL 

Work has been, well still is, manic. My teenage daughter is being a typical teenager and forever keeping me on my toes if not on the edge of them!

Think the puppy dog is also going through the teenage years... again, at 5 years old. She is so cheeky and yet so adorable at the same time!

I have still been making the odd cards here and there, mainly just for family. Still spending a fortune on new stash though...Mom and I are always at the craft shows and visiting our many friends in the crafting world! 

So that leads me onto my card. Its one I made a while ago but fits in with the 2 challenges I have entered it into, namely ABC Challenge - F is for Flowers and Make it Monday

The image was from Saturated Canary called Violet, coloured using promarkers and prisma pencils. The flowers are from Wild orchid crafts. The little flower charm was recycled from a broken necklace that I had. Far to pretty to throw away and looked beautiful on this card!

Here's a sneak peak inside...

Decorated the same as the outside but with lots of gems!

So that's all from me for now, best get making some new cards for some new challenges! Can't wait!!!

Huggles x