Flowers, flowers, flowers

Last weekend I went to Iceland and it was fantastic. It was a surprise hen do / bachelorette party for a friend of mine and she had no idea she was even going! No idea whatsoever. What a fun surprise! We went whale spotting (with a bonus of dolphins), rafting and after a night out we had some relaxing hours in the Blue Lagoon before heading back home. A busy, but highly enjoyable weekend!

Anyway, time for another card. I will spend a couple of hours tomorrow as well making more cards. This one is made with a pre-coloured image by Lili of the Valley. I have used ribbon from a local shop, a blank card template by Craftwork Cards, papers by Pion Design, a couple of Martha Stewart punchers, pearls by The Hobby House and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Summer flowers

A day off work! Now that is something I definitely need. Last weekend was spent colouring in several recently purchased digital stamps from Saturated Canary and Sylvia Zet. It has been quite some time since I last coloured something. I do love their images. Hopefully I have time to make some cards with them today or at the weekend at least. Perhaps I even have time to colour some more in!

Today’s card is made using a pre-coloured image by Lili of the Valley and flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts. The ribbon is from a local shop and as usual I cannot remember what make the papers are. Sorry!

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Country flowers

Here is another card I made on order recently. The image and colours were picked by the person who made the request. It is a Mother’s Day card.

The doily is by Papermania, the distress ink by Tim Holtz. I have used a pre-coloured image and a stamp sentiment by Lili of the Valley. All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts; the ribbon and bow are also from there, as are the pearls. I don’t remember where I purchased the large gem butterfly, but I believe it was at a local shop.

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Here is a side on view.

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Mid-spring

Last day of April. We’ve had some absolutely lovely days lately, but yesterday the harsh reminder that we live in Norway and not by the Mediterranian hit hard. It was freezing! Hopefully May will bring more summer!

Today I have a card made with a Craftwork Cards card blank, card from First Edition Paper. A Papermania doily, a pre-coloured image by Lili of the Valley. I’ve had the rhinestones for so long I don’t remember where I got them from, but the ribbon is from a local shop and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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