Agapanthus

Hi!  How are you all?  I've been missing in action again!  Maybe one day I'll catch up with myself but in the meantime I was spurred on by the Less is More challenge.  I bought this stencil last week at the Sincerely-Yours fair and the idea just popped into my head.  I have to admit I've had the paste for nearly two years and this is the first time it's been opened ... sound familiar?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Fairy Fun Friday - Flowers

Less is More - Sketch

MAWTT - Flowers

Elements :

Image - Agapanthus by Sweet Poppy Stencils 

Medium - white paste by Dreamweaver sprinkled with Glamour Dust

Die - Fleur de Lis Squares by Spellbinders

Sentiment - computer generated (Font : Tangerine)

Acceptance

Hi! I'm still not getting into my normal routine.  Yesterday we had our new boiler and central heating installed.  Oh what a mess the house was in but this morning I was up with the lark and got stuck into the kitchen which was the worst, covered in gritty dust, yeuk!  All is clean again for another couple of weeks as we are getting our new kitchen on 14 May and will be in uproar again.  It will be well worth it in the end.  We bought our house as a shell 20 years ago and had to have everything done and we've never replaced either kitchen or heating since then so I don't think we can complain as neither owes us anything.  In fact I'm surprised the boiler lasted so long as latterly it rattled and banged when it went on in the morning - our alarm!

One of my friends is on holiday this week so we had lunch at a lovely farm restaurant then had a look around the farm shop.  She is looking forward to retirement and can join the 'ladies who lunch' brigade.

We have been invited to a golden wedding so I've made this card for our acceptance.  I was at the Sincerely-Yours craft fair at Ingliston on Saturday and bought some Dreamweaver brushes, a poppy die by Memory Box and a dot template by TCW, all of which I've used on this card.  It's fun using new things.

Challenges :

Crafts for Eternity - Something New

Fab n Funky - No DP

Fairy Fun Friday - Anything with Flowers

Fussy and Fancy - Punch / Die

OSAAT - Anything

Paper Pretties - CAS

Simon Says - Anything

Truly Scrumptious - Distress + Die / Punch

Elements :

Template - Mini Swiss Dots by TCW

Dies - MFD009 by Nellie Snellen : Prim Poppy by Memory Box

Colouring Medium - Pine Needles / Worn Lipstick Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

My Secret Place

Challenges :

CAS-ual Fridays - Text

Fairy Fun Friday - Girls

Southern Girls - Girls

Elements :

BP/ Image / Sentiment - New Heights Deco collection by Gorjuss

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaves - CREAlies die

OLL - DT

Challenges :

Ooh La La Creations - Easter

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Easter

Card Mad Fairy - Easter

Craft Us Crazy - Easter / Spring

Crafty Purple Frog - Not Square

Delightful - Flowers

Fairy Fun Friday - Spring

Inky Impressions - Die Cuts

One Stop Card Crafts - Spots & Dots

Pals Paper Arts - Punches

Patties Creations - Flowers / Pearls

Paper Cutz - Easter

Paper Variety - 1-2-3 Combo (1 DP, 2 flowers, 3 die cuts)

Secret Crafter - Butterflies

Stamp Something - use a Digi

Wee Memories - Favourite Colour (lilac)

Elements :

BP - Spots Bonus Paper from Fleur D'Imagination CD by Ooh La La Creations

Image - Craft Creations

Sentiment - digi from Sans Designs

Dies - Swirl Circle : Frame & Swirls : Garden Branch all by Marianne Design

Edging - String Lace punch by Martha Stewart

Butterflies - Pop Up Butterfly punch by Martha Stewart

Flowers - Daisie punches from Woodware and Carl

Pearls - The Hobby House

I got the idea for this card from one of my fav bloggers Jacqui of The Cats Whiskers.  Thank you once again from your inspiration Jacqui and while I don't profess to be anywhere as talented as you, I'm quite pleased the way this card turned out.  This one will have to be for someone special this Easter.

I may not be around very much over the next couple of weeks as my granddaughter is coming to stay as it's school holidays again.  We hope to go to the cinema to see Hop, go to the Science Museum and have a day shopping in Glasgow.  My poor wee legs will be worn down to the knees.

Iris Decoupage

Challenges :

Aly's - Spring

Amber - Flowers 

Claudia & Co - Colours

Clear it Out - Flowers

Creative Stamp Friends - Spring

Creative Inspirations Paint - Flowers

Delicious Doodles - Floral Fantasy

Fairy Fun Friday - Spring

Gingerloft - Die Cuts / Punches

Make it Monday - Anything

Mami Doodles - Spring

Paper Playtime - Anything

Sew Many Cards - Spring

Sparkles - Spring

Totally Gorjuss - Spring

Tuesday Throwdown - Floral

Wags n Whiskers - Spring

Wee Memories - Anything

Elements :

BP - Bazzill

Image Paper - Iris from Tea Garden collection by K & Co

Edging - Bangle Chain punch by Martha Stewart

Sentiment - Craft Creations