Blossom Bouquet. . . . . . . .

Good morning one and all. Hope that you are all fine and dandy.

Its been all systems go at The Pond with samples to be made for John, hooves to be serviced, car insurance renewal to sort and the dreaded tax return.........its all good fun!!!

I must apologise for some of the quality (or lack of) in my photos but the light was dreadful and I had to rush to get them in the post. It has been nice to be back helping Mr L again.

Now, I was a happy girl getting to go all floral again with John's new Blossom die..........you may have all noticed that I am partial to a flower or two 😀

Ingredients

Cream card, smooth and linen

JND Blossom die 

JND Gerbera Panel (with flowers cut off it as I don't have the gerbera die)

JND Leafy Flourish

SW Catkin Stems dies

JND Loving Sentiments

Variety of distress inks

Burgundy satin ribbon

Stamens

Jelly tot gems

Pearl embellishment

I wanted it to look like a bouquet/bunch of flowers, hence using the catkin stems to form the stems of the flowers in the bunch.

All flowers were made with the blossom die except the burgundy ones.

I loved making this card and was very happy with how it turned out.

That's me for today as off to make some crochet pouches to send to Paws Across the Oceans. Its a group of crafters who are making items to go to Australian animal rescue centres to help the poor animals who have suffered so terribly in these awful fires.

A lady called Jayne has set this up on Facebook during the last few days and its gone mad. She has been on TV and radio as a result and lots of folk are helping out. 

If you cant sew or knit/crochet, they are accepting donations of fabric or wool.

Hope that you all have a fab week ahead. More florals to come shortly.

Be good.

TTFN

Ang x

Ps........... here's a snap of a beautiful sunrise I captured from my bedroom window a few mornings ago. Bought a smile to my face.

Happy New Year and MAWTT Challenge. . . . . .

Well, howdy all and a very Happy New Year to everyone.

Its been a busy few weeks again and a couple of health blips since Christmas but hopefully all will settle down.

I hope that you have all had a super Christmas and Santa bought you lots of lovely things. We had a quiet day, which suited me just fine.

The Girls and Mr D crashed in front of the TV full of turkey and gammon and I was surrounded by the usual Christmas sounds, carols, snoring and wind!!!

Now, its the first challenge of 2020 at MAWTT and from now, the challenge will be a monthly one with a single DT rather than split between A&B.

This month's challenge has been chosen by Amy and is ............................... 

Anything New

This can be new house, new baby, new craft items you are using........you get the picture 😀.

In my case, it was a card that I made for Nesta to give to her niece after the birth of her great nephew.

Ingredients

White and different shades of blue card

Unbranded train die

Unbranded alphabet die

Mixed Hobbycraft baby themed stamps

Memento Dew Drops

I stamped the top layer first then cut out the letters and the train.

I raised the name on a few layers for an eclipse effect and slightly shadowed it. I also raised the train but with fewer layers.

I know that you will be busy having fun today, with games of naked Twister and Beer Pong but if you could pop over to MAWTT to have a look at our DT creations, that would be fabulous and even more fabulous if you join in.

Well, that's me for now. Fingers crossed, I will be able to have some spare time for blogging again as I do miss it. On that note, thank you to Linda H for your kind message through my website and on that note, for anyone who doesn't know, I will be closing the website shortly so there is a 50% off code on there. Just input DOODAH at checkout and it will knock 50% off your order.

There are a few of the media plates that John has been using on Hochanda yesterday and today and a few of his flower and stamp set bundles (Blousy Poppy, Orchid, Hydrangea and Camellia) so grab yourself a bargain whilst they are still available...........remember, they are half the price shown.

Have a great day folks and a fantastic 2020.

TTFN

Ang x