Blooming birthday!

It is my friend's birthday this week and she is going through a pressurised time at the moment with things in her life. I made this card as a reminder to take time for herself. We have been talking a lot about mindfulness lately and it seemed appropriate.

Once again light conditions before getting it in the post did not help with taking a nice pic of this one. It is actually a really simple construction, put together after faffing about with all sorts of stamped and stencilled bits and giving up on those ideas. I have been feeling a bit under the weather lately and there is no doubt it saps the creativity somewhat!

The main papers are from a Prima 6 x 6 pad which has a strong nature theme and the sentiment is from a matching ATC pad. I added the strip and butterfly from a lovely K & Co set of embellishments that have been languishing unused in my stash for about a year if not longer. It's all mounted on a 6 x 6 card blank. After all my fiddling about I am quite pleased with the result.

On Sunday I went to a craft show in Portsmouth. It is always lovely to see what is on offer and get far too tempted by goodies. I always mean to be good, but I never quite succeed somehow. So I came away with a couple of dies, a few stamp sets, some ink pads and paints, card blanks and a bargain rack for my distress inks. You may recall I made myself a rack I was very pleased with, but for the time being working in my tiny crafty space, the spinner takes up too much surface space, so this one is a flat one which is perfect for now, not least because it only cost me £10!

Thanks for popping by!

Elaine