Floral Spray. . . . . . .

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all doing fine?

Welcome to Jan Cook who has kindly pressed "follow". Thank you for joining our merry band.

Been missing a few days as had Nesta's Dad's funeral and samples for John's forthcoming shows to get to grips with.

I hope that John has got you all excited and eager about seeing his new range.

Needless to say, there will be some new stock added to my website on Thursday when its allowed to go live.

I did take the plunge and have been fringed by the hairdresser. Yes, Jackie, I am about half a stone lighter for having about 18 inches off my front elevation lol!!! Yes folks, I do have very long hair. Elaine, I cannot show a photo as I am in a Duck Protection Programme.

Now, those of you who have been paddling for some time know that I like a floral or two. This card, I made for a lovely friend and blog chum (so I hope that she doesn't mind me showing it) a few months ago when she had some sad news. 

No sentiment, as it was my way of sending flowers.

Ingredients

Cream, lilac, green and purple card

CE Aztec Flowers embossing folder

SB Bitty Blossoms (Just for a change lol!!)

Sue Wilson Chrysanthemum dies

Britannia medium rose die (For the fuchsia - see tutorial at top of the page)

SB Ivy Die D-lite

Various other foliage dies

Spectrum Noirs

Paper string

Pearlage

Doing floral cards are also a good idea for people in hospital as they are not allowed real flowers any more.

Talking of flowers, I am concerned at Maureen and Wendy's  plans to descend into my garden with the use of parachuting knickers. At least they won't be using Maureen's "smalls" as I think the resulting eclipse of the Sun would alert my security staff.

I hope your plans have been approved by the Health and Safety Executive ladies and that you will be wearing helmets, steel toe capped boots and fluorescent jackets (otherwise know as Saturday night in Wendy's household lol!!!).

Anyhoo, better get back to the samples as will have to be handing them over to Sir John tomorrow.

Be good.

TTFN

Ang x

Ps...........Jayne, you can see the blog post about the crutches and hedge by clicking here.

Moving Along With the Times Challenge. . . . . . .

Good morning dear blogging chums. Hope everyone is good. My head is better, thank you. As for work, I'm playing that one by ear! 

A big splashy welcome to The Pond to Rocky, Lilian and Valerie. Thanks for following the fun ladies.

Now, today's card is my very first DT card for Moving Along With the Times Challenge    (MAWTT).  I was kindly invited by Hazel (Didos) to join the team before Christmas and here is the first challenge of 2015. Hope you can all pop along and have a peek at what my talented team mates (including our Wendy) have created and even better, if you can join in.

               This challenge, as chosen by Carole, is a photo/colour inspiration . . . . .

And I went for both, the flower in the picture and some of the colours too.

Peachy shades are not usually my cup of char but I did quite like the way the colours look on the finished card.

I decided to try something different (for me) with a gatefold card (a sheet of A4) with an aperture cut from the centre, going up a size on the top layer.

Ingredients

Cream base card (Ross)

Rich cream linen card (PMD)

Biscuit card (Lidl)

Peach card (Lidl)

Brown card (Lidl)

SB Labels 28

SB Ivy (D-lite) love it!!!

HC Delicate Asters

Docrafts flower punch

Tonic flower punch

Couture Creations Compassionate embossing folder

Distress inks (Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Victorian Velvet)

Memento Dew Drop inks (Bamboo Leaves, Rich Cocoa)

Crafters Companion sentiment

Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Golden Green gilding wax (Thank you John!)

Copper Krylon pen

Pearls and bling

Phew. . . . . . . . . that's quite a list!

This is the first outing for the Ivy die and I'm in love with it. Each leaf is a separate die and you get 2 different stems as well. Its a shame you can't really pick up the sheen from the gilding wax (boy, does that stuff whiff!).

Well, I hope that you all like my first MAWTT DT post. I look forward to having fun with the rest of the challenges to come.

I am also entering this into Darnell's NBUS challenge No 3 (as I've used my Ivy for the first time)

And Try it on Tuesday's my favourite things challenge as my favourite things to use are dies and particularly flower dies.

 Just a couple of messages before I waddle off (still have Christmas weight to shift lol!!!).

Mrs B, I will do some pics, of how I do the banner, for next week.

Elaine (nattyboots) enjoy your travels, hopefully somewhere warmer than here.

Sue & Sue, great news about the NEC. Will the ASBO be expired by then lol!!!

To everyone who has tried the Thank Crunchie its Friday recipe, glad you have enjoyed it and apologies to your dentists (mind you, the dentists will be happy as it will be funding their yachts!!!)

And as always, thank you for your kind visits and comments. Back in a few days with a pic of Karen's (karenlotty) terrific card.

TTFN

Ang x