A simple floral card

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,  

We had another sunny but chilly day yesterday,  Lucy wanted me to go to B & M Bargains with her to get some food storage boxes as her and Soph want to start meal prep for lunches to take to work as the choices they get at work aren't very healthy.   We got home around 4.30 ish,  by which time I was exhausted,  Lucy was panicking because my face was really hot and red which is something I don't usually suffer with until this past few weeks, I did my BP and it was really high again, which is so frustrating because I was consistently lower last weekend (well the top number was) the bottom one never gets below high 80's and my Heart rate remains in 90's at lowest.  I was hoping that if it stayed lower I wouldn't need to take the Ramipril,  but it looks inevitable. 🙄

Today's reminder is another important one to remember,  Paul reminded me of that yesterday,  I wrote about how 'lucky' I was to have him in my life,  his reply was "Well I'm lucky too" and that I should feel like I am valued too.  x 

On Monday I had one of 'those' days,  I sat at my desk for most of the day and made nothing, I couldn't decide what to use or where to start,  so at around 4pm, I closed my eyes and picked a stamp set......

I have had this stamp for a good couple of years,  I have seen many cards that in fact inspired me to buy this stamp set,  a lot of them had a polka dot like background that I loved,   I have bought two different stamp sets trying to get the same effect, but the dots were either too regimented or the dots were too big, more like splatters.   So I had this brainwave yesterday,  I used my black Calligraphy ink to do my own splattered background,  

It still didn't look like I wanted it to but it was Okay,  so I moved on to stamping and colouring the flowers,  I then looked at the stamp set beside me and I noticed the stamp in the top right corner,  

The DOTS!!! Yes the dots that they use to make the dotty background,  all this time I had the stamp to make the background right THERE 🙄🙄🙄🤣😂

What a twit I am!!

I coloured the flowers with my Clean Colour Pens and washed the colour out to the edges with a paint brush and water.  I set this to dry and then die cut the flowers.  

I decided to use that dotty stamp to create my background,  guess what my lovelies..... it's the results I have been trying to acheive for many many months 🙃 🤣😂  

I stamped the border lines up the left side and across the bottom.  I stamped the sentiment and then added the flowers to the right hand side of the card   I added 3 little sparkles to finish the card.  

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx