The Sunday CD challenge - Chocolate, cream and one other colour

Hi,


Gosh so far today no rain,  and the sun popped out,  it did not stay out very long so its still up there. Guess what more rain again tonight,  some more flooding is forecasted,  we are still in drought mode,   how can anyone say we need more rain here in Somerset when we have had so much.   Beats me.  We are officially the wettest part of the UK.
Mothers blanket is finished so I will take a picture before I take in to her for you all to see.



This weeks Sunday CD challenge is chocolate, cream and one other colour,  someone must have been thinking of chocolates,   or sweets, perhaps they have a sweet tooth.
Well thinking of chocolate and cream this image from Joanna Sheen's CD, the Royal Horticultural Society CD Collection and I used CD number one.
This image shouted at me cherries,  and I love Cherries so I used the one other colour as the colour of cherries,  a deep grape colour with matching ribbon, although it looks brown in the picture it is a deep grape colour,  matching the tulip flowers in the image and surround of the image.
I matted the image on embossed miri cream board,  cur some brown card and place it in the corners and then place a gold peel off to break up plain card.
The card used is shades of brown and cream card that came from stock.


I hope you are managing to stay dry and not flooded out.
Until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

1st May, lilly of the Valley Day, Rain rain go away

Hi,


Convallaria Majallis,   or Lilly of the Valley,   in France it is a tradition to buy Lilly of the Valley today.  I love Lilly of the Valley and had some in my wedding bouquet (Silk as it was August).
Lilly of the Valley was the floral emblem of Yugoslavia and is the national flower of Finland in 1967.
It is also associated with the virgin goddess of spring Ostara in German mythology.
Lilly of the Valley are highly poisonous woodland flowering plant found in the cool temperatures of the Northern Hemisphere,  in Europe and Asia.
In the Language of Flowers it signifies the return of Happiness.


Well the photo is my Lilly of the Valley growing in my rain washed garden,  this is all I could find in the rain,  so I hope you will enjoy my few blooms I have.  There's plenty more to come out but until then I am sorry this is all I have to show you today.


Rain Rain Rain go away,   here in Somerset we had three inches over the weekend, we have had more rain in the last week than in the last four months every river in the county is on flood alert, most have burst their banks,  there are a lot of floods,  surface water on the roads and a lot of water running off the fields,  we are awash.  But hang on we are in drought mode,  the ground is hard!!!! and we don't have enough water in the rivers.  We have more rain forecasted over the next few days.   So far we are not flooded but I am live in the Mendip hills and if I was flooded up here then most of the UK would be under water.
I hope where ever you are you are keeping dry and if you need any water just bring a tanker down to Somerset I am sure we can find you plenty for your garden.


In the meantime take care,   
Hugs
Margaret
Information about Lilly of the Valley from Wikipedia

The CD Sunday Challenge -Sweets for my sweet

 Hi,
Well the sun is shining as I write this but don't expect it to stay too long we have already had a few drops of rain. I did put my washing out only it rained so its indoors now and can finish drying on the radiators. Tomorrow they say its coming in again and its going to be a very wet day,  well whats new.  Don't forget this country is in drought mode.


Today I bring you my card for the Sunday Cd challenge, this weeks its sweets for my sweet,  I hope you like my choice of card,  not bad for a diabetic.
The card comes from the My Craft Studio Klever Konstruction CD volume one.
I have 3d the lid with gold peel off line and put some lace around the top of the box lid and a couple of gold hearts.
I 3d the red rose and the rose banner on the bottom layer.

Close up of the box lid

Close up of the rose banner








I hope you like this weeks card and hope you are getting enough rain for your garden,  even if it does only make the weeds grow.
Until we meet again take care and keep dry.
Hugs
Margaret

Happy St Georges Day

Hi,

Today is St Georges Day,  the patron saint of England,  so I wish you all a very Happy St Georges Day.

Until we meet again have a lovely day and take care

Hugs
Margaret

Parchment cards with Peel offs

Hi,
Today's post is under the new blogger,  if you have not tried it yet,  then you might be tearing your hair out as I am now.    I finally got the pictures in the order I wanted them,  but as for the words,  well I can only hope.

I hope where ever you are the sun is shining and its warm,  here we are having heavy rain showers with sun in between,   its windy and its not very warm.  The lovely spring weather seems to have disappeared since they said we have a drought.  Although here in Somerset we have enough water so they say,  the wildlife are the ones suffering as the river levels are very low.

Today I thought I would show you three new cards, the first is my Oriental card with the dragon, and bamboo with the water lilies.   The gold peels have been put on plain parchment paper and them embossed.  I layered the parchment on gold card and then placed on a cream card.   The parchment is attached with brads in the corners.

Close up pictures of the dragon.

This card is of a peacock,  I love the peacock colours and I coloured the peacock with felt tip pens,  and embossed the parchment from the back though the peel off.

Put it on purple card with brads,  and then on a square cream card

Finally this card is orchids,   my favourite flower (my orchid is starting to come in flower I will post a picture when it does)  in the meantime this peel off of a spray of orchids,  I embossed with dots on the petals,  placed the parchment on blue shiny card with flower brads,  on a blue card. 













Well I have battled Blogger,  with hubby saying scrap it,  now I am sure if he meant the whole blog or just this post.  He says I spend too much time on my blog so I think he means the whole blog.
I hope you like today's post,  I still have a few strands of hair left on my head,  but the air is a bit blue here.
Until we meet again take care and have a lovely weekend.
Hugs
Margaret

The Sunday CD challenge - Ring of Roses

Hi
Its been a lovely sunny day today the nights have been very cold but the days have been cooler than of late. We managed to do some gardening, there's a lot to do, as I was unable to do any last year, at least we have made a start and hopefully the garden will start to look a lot better this year.
I have not done the challenge over the last few weeks as I was not well, apart from my stomach I am beginning to feel better, so here is this weeks challenge card.
This week the Sunday CD challenge is Ring of Roses, link to the blog here
My card is from the Roses CD by Robert Addams, its a lovely Cd full of gorgeous roses images.
I used this yellow peace rose and backing paper to match, I matted it on gold miri board and 3d the rose. I was going to make some roses but I did not have any ribbon to match the picture so I used two white ones and coloured them with pro makers, I added ribbon and some silk leaves to the side of the image. Place a white ribbon and bow down the side and finished off the card with gold peel offs and a few small butterflies.






We are forecasted to get rain tonight, although we are not short they have today announced that we are now in drought, there is not enough water in the rivers and wetlands to support the wildlife. Some areas of the UK have been in drought for a few weeks and have had there fish taken out of the rivers due to a shortage of water in the rivers.
I hope you had a lovely weekend, and until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

Happy Easter

Hi,
I wish you all a very Happy Easter, we have had a lovely day after a heavy frost this morning, I managed to get my washing dry today. They say we are going to have rain, the garden could do with it, at least here in Somerset we have not yet got a hose pipe ban. We are an island surrounded with water and we are short of water, in hot countries they used our technology and turn sea water into usable water, but not in this country, we sell the technology to other countries. I will get off my soap box now.
Today I thought I would show you one of my latest stitched cards I have done, this card Starform flowers and borders sewn with pink metallic thread and pink beads with a side panel of green and pink thread matching the flowers and leaves.
I placed pink beads in the flowers and one down the side at every fan stitching.

I have busy with Mothers blanket its coming along and nearly all the squares are stitched and I have started the border, I will of course show you the finished item when its finished.
I hope you have a lovely Easter and where ever you are, the weather is kind to you.
Until we meet again Take care.
Hugs
Margaret