Good Monday Morning Ladies,
We didn't actually get the forecast rain or thunder during the day yesterday, so we got loads of garden jobs done, the sweetcorn I sowed a few weeks back has gotten that big and strong it needed to go out, I planted put the last of my Dahlia, Ranunculus and freesia bulbs in. We didn't finish and sit down until 5pm, (although I did spend a lot of it sat on my walker/trolley) it was lovely to just be outside.
Paul bought some of the patio pots out of the greenhouse, just look at the climbing petunia from last year ....
I wasn't expecting it to last into its third year, I certainly wasn't expecting flowers this early either! Such a lovely surprise.
Today's card is a Throwback to May 3rd 2020, here is the description....
Today's card is one I started a couple weeks ago, following one of Tracy Evans many Tutorials. The background started as a white piece of card, I did the resist technique and then used a combination of Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks, I squished the inks onto a piece of acetate and spritzed with water, i then smoosshed the ink onto my card one at a time and allowed them to dry, I then used a wipe to clean off some of the ink from the resist areas.
I stamped the large flower image coloured it exactly the same as the background and fussy cut it. I stamped the vase, added a little colour and after it dried I added some versamark ink and clear embossing powder, I did this so that the vase had a shine on it.
I did a little background stamping to add some detail and added the flower and vase.
To finish I added some tiny beads to the centre of the flower and added the sentiment .
I hope that you all have a lovely start to the week,
love & hugs to all,
Sandra xxx
Good morning All, we didn’t get the rain either.
ReplyDeleteLove today’s card, can’t remember seeing it before.
Ironing today, I’d forgotten all about it being a bank holiday.
I love your petunia, I’ve not seen the trailing ones before, such a bright colour.
I have some lupins that I planted in the autumn that need planting up so I might try to do them.
Enjoy your bank holiday .
Beautiful card and I was the lucky recipient I still have the card on display in my craft room
ReplyDeleteThe petunias look amazing As Lilian has said a beautiful vivid colour
OH is off to Chelsea and I need to try and tidy up my craft room Decorator coming tomorrow to start doing back bedroom and bathrooms and of course my craft room has been the dumping ground!
Take care everyone and enjoy the bank holiday xx
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and beautiful flowers.
Had a sleepy day but after a shower this afternoon I feel better and thankfully for that as we are seeing Alfie Boe at the theatre this evening. ☺️. Having a meal in a Turkish restaurant first so won't be hungry later.
Thanks Sue for letting me know about your day at Longleat. It sounds great 👍
Love and hugs to you all Maria xxx