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I'm so behind with my DT cards and I'm desperately playing catch up. I just made it with this card. I bought four new plants last year for the large pots in my garden, a hydrangea and three senettis. The hydrangea was treated as advised by the garden centre, leaving the dead flower heads on until the frost had passed. This didn't work and it died. The senettis were in the shed over the winter and came out as spring arrived to no avail and they died too. My son and DiL were visiting and took me to the garden centre to get four new plants for the four, now empty, pots. One different type hydrangea, a freesia, a primula and a lupin. When I saw the lupin I had to have it as it reminded me so much of when I was a little girl. We had lupins of almost every colour in our garden and I loved them. Believe it or not it was a lovely sunny day when I took the photograph! This to me says summer. The irises I discovered when the raised beds were demolished. I nurtured them and they are repaying me with their beautiful colour. One pot of them is a little slower in flowering but I think one bud has opened today so it should be just as gorgeous as this one in the next few days.
Sorry I've waffled on but now I'll tell you what I've used for my card.
The card blank is a 7x7 by Crafts UK. The coloured card is by Papermill and Hobbycraft. I embossed the yellow card with a Crafter's Companion embossing folder. The doily I've had for probably 20 years. I cut the photo with a Spellbinder oval die and then it was set on top of all the layers as the focal point. I'm hoping the colours of the card remind you of summer, yellow, lilac and orange.
I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Beyond the Blue - Flowers
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Summer Colours
Inspiration Station - Inspired by - A Flower Shop - happy memories
Use your Stuff - Anything Goes
Thank you for visiting.
:) :) Ahhhhh now I know what you were doing at Heighleygate hahahaha, You were certainly a bit unlucky with your first round of plants, hope these new ones know they are in their forever home now :) Love your card Hazel and yes, it certainly reminds me of Summer. Love and hugs xxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers, a lovely card and a great story too!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful card, the picture is lovely. I wish my patio looked like that! Thanks for sharing with us at The Inspiration Station Challenge and we hope you'll play again soon!
ReplyDeleteDonna
The Inspiration Station Challenge
The Paper Funday Challenge
Beautiful - wish the weather here was like that!
ReplyDeleteThank you for entering our Anything Goes Challenge at Through The Craft Room Door. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Sheryl xx
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Hazel, I enjoyed this post so very much. Luins, I love the flower. Your card is beautiful and I brings in a summer feel. Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteOh so beautiful! Has me in the mood to go flower photographing! Thanks so much for joining us at Beyond the Blue!
ReplyDeleteLovely way to showcase your beautiful flowers
ReplyDeleteLove your card, and your flowers are so beautiful. It is the middle of June and I still have not planted anything this year. I was so discouraged with losing most of my planting with the two freezes we had the past two years. I did get all my flower beds cleaned out and mulched, just no flowers.
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