Cowslip

Well the weekend’s almost here and I hope you all have something nice planned, even if it’s just crafting away lost in your own world.
Hopefully I can get some more drawing done & maybe head outside to find something to dig or prune. Spent this morning in the local diy store garden section stroking daffs & sniffing hyacinths just long enough to get my fix without being arrested. Spring is definitely coming…trust me.
I had to make a ‘sympathy’ card this week…I know we all find these kind of cards the hardest to make and I hope the spring feel on this one brings a smile to the recipients face at such a sad time.
Whatever you’re doing this weekend…enjoy!

 

Cowslip Digi – Janey’s Digi Designs

 

Awesome design team creations here.

Entering it into -
Bunny Zoe's - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Flowers


 

An Apple a Day…

It’s been a beautiful, dare I say, spring-like day today.
Mr C & I went for a 3 mile walk after breakfast to shake off the cobwebs (and a few pounds) and then, after a hot coffee, went out in to the Tidy Garden to have a bit of a prune & a clear-up.
Postie thought the sun had gone to our heads, watching us busy gardening as he delivered the mail. It was so good to get back outside.
With that in mind, here’s a card made with another of the fruity Flourishes stamps that I got for Christmas (which by the way is only 328 days away!!) This one is from the Apple of my Eye collection, coloured with Promarkers and matted in layers.

If you’re in the UK Make the Day Special is the only supplier of these fabulous stamps.

Entering it at -
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Simply Create - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - Y for Yummy

New Digi Release

Latest release from Janey’s Digi Designs… the Cowslip

Inspiration, as with all my images, came from this plant growing in the Tidy Garden. Cowslips are spring flowers (here in Blighty) attracting bees n’ bugs with their trumpet blooms. It’s hard to think such a spindly stem can carry such a large flower head.
The image could be used alone or as an embellie on a spring or Mother’s Day card perhaps….hmmmm…got me thinking now. Off to create…enjoy!

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Birthday Boy

Thankfully my son wanted something other than video, TV & computer games (yawn-city…Zzzz Zzzz) for his birthday last weekend…he wanted a ‘proper’ basket ball net & stand. The basket ball ensemble is ENORMOUS and our plan for him to be able to wheel it up & down the drive onto the street to play with went out the window within seconds of its erection.
The base is filled with sand and it’s so heavy even Mr Muscle C struggled to shift it, so he dragged its leaden weight back down the drive against the house. As it’s too heavy to be dragged on a regular basis backwards & forwards, Mr C and birthday boy went off in the car to buy a heavy duty padlock & chain to attach it to the house wall for fear thieves might steal it. Just after he left a gust of wind swept down the drive sending it crashing to the floor…thank goodness the car wasn’t there, I think it would have chopped it in half…lol.
Anyway, there it is outside the front door to annoy all the neighbours with the bang, bang, banging & thud, thud, thudding that only balls against walls & windows make.

Stamp – Slam Dunk from Mo’s Digital Pencil