Hi Again

First of all I would like to welcome my new follower Julieanne, thank you for following my blog.Well  I have finally given in and bought a Grandcalibur, mainly as now that I am making larger cards, I need larger embossing folders,and it was a good price on Ideal World. So I have had to have a move round to make room for it, and have had a clearout at the same time. How did I accumilate all this stuff? Well the tidy up is nearly finished, and I have a bag of rubbish, a pile of stuff for the grandkids craft box, and some things which I may sell, or should I keep them, will I need them?
Anyway I have managed to make a card today, quite a simple one, but I do like it.

I embossed the lines on the background card, using my Hougie board, and turned a strip the other way for the border. The butterfly is cut with a Marianne die, and the flowers punched with Martha Stewart and Tonic punches,and the papers are from the Papermania  birdsong pack.
                                                                        
Challenges entered

4craftychicks. 133 clean and simple
foreverfriendsl monthly ch lots of flowers
flutterbywednesdays. butterfly or fairy

Right back to finish tidying up, and then some blog hopping tonight.

SNOW AGAIN

Well after the lovely weather at the beginning of the week, we have now  been told to expect snow at the weekend, so  i've made a white card, with just a touch of colour. Maybe the garden will look  like that tomorrow.

I have used Couture Creations tied together embossing folder
Spelbinders majestic elements
Heartfelt Creations vintage floret dies
Marianne Creatables leaves die
and Victorian Velvet distress ink
                                                                  
I am entering .4craftychicks.. ch 132 die for dies

Gardening Weather

Well the sunshine has taken hubby out into the garden, he's not really a gardener, but went out to do a bit of tidying up, he seems to have gone a bit mad with the loppers, hope it all grows back!! Anyway my card today is for my son-in-law who loves gardening

 the image is a digi from here and is coloured with copics, and the watering can was a free stamp with a mag. I cut the leaves using my silhouette and they are also coloured with copics, and the messages are computer generated
I am entering this card in the following challenges
forever friends fortnightly      ch56  bears
joannasheen.       layer it up
divasbydesignchallenge.   anything goes