A Pretty in Pink card

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you all got to enjoy a lovely afternoon in the Sun yesterday,  it was so warm in the sun on our deck that we had to get the parasol out for a bit of shade.  It was so lovely being able to sit outside for lunch and a cuppa and a cake late afternoon.  I repotted my blueberry bushs as they didn't do much last year,  luckily we had some ericaceous compost already,  we did get some rose compost on  Saturday as my Pearl wedding anniversary rose is looking very sorry for itself,  so fingers crossed some new soil will give it a boost.  I sowed Sweetcorn and Runner beans too, potted on my summer squash as they have grown so fast.  Its exciting seeing all the seeds we sowed already have germinated and are ready to pot on (a job for another day though as I was done !!  I didn’t think my poor legs were going to carry me back in the house, I will add that I did most of the potting sat in my sun chair!!  Sadly for most of us our bodies don't hesitate in letting us know if its had enough!  

Today I am sharing the card that I made for Sonia,  congratulating her on the arrival of her beautiful Granddaughter.  I had a great time getting all of my ribbons and laces put, deciding what to use, my desk looked like an explosion of all things pretty and pink !  I remembered that I had the pram die in a bundle that I bought ages ago, so I dug that out and used that as the centre piece of the card,  I was going to go for a white card with pink lace but our printer would not print the exact pink that I wanted so I swapped put for pink with white lace, the little flowers along the centre band were all white so I lightly touched the centres of the with a StampinUp alcohol pen.  My seam binding ribbon collection was a wrinkly mess ( some of the wrinklage is intentional for 'grunge' purposes)  so instead of having to wait for Paul to set the ironing board up for me I simply switched on my hair straighteners and after 1 quick pass the ribbon was lovely and smooth, I finished the bow with one of the flowers from the border, so that everything tied together nicely.   I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed going back to the larger card with all of the ribbons and bows!   However I was equally as happy getting my fingers messy making inky blends for my little inspiration book. 🤣😂

I hope that you all have a great start to your week,

Love and hugs to all of you lovely friends,

Sandra xxx