Happy Little Flowers

Today I have a cheery little CAS card to share.

These little flowers come from a cover die by Concord & 9th called posies inlay die. I love these little flowers. I cut them from 3 different colours and then pieced them together finishing with glossy accents in the centre. I have used Memory Box pinpoint flower plate on the background panel. I inadvertently stuck it on upside down, but I bet you wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't told you! The sentiment is by Uniko and was stamped in CP rocking red and heat embossed.

I am sharing this at:

Inkspirational #378 - Clean and simple

Addicted to CAS #318 - Happy. I think the colours make this a happy card

Of course I had loads of flowers left over so I made 2 more cards.

The additional dies used on this one are by Craftaddiction UK

The sentiment is another from the Uniko simply said sentiments, the border die is an old one by Spellbinders and the frame is by Heffy Doodle.

I have had several weeks of being quite busy with trips and events in addition to having my wrist in plaster, so have got a little behind with my blog visits. Thank you to everyone who sent me best wishes. My plaster has finally been removed and I am now in the process of getting my wrist to work normally again. It is currently quite swollen and sore, but is getting a little better everyday. Plasters might be good for healing bones, but they are no good for keeping joints healthy. I am doing my exercises religiously and am sure it will be back to normal soon. Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and cards.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it. 

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Today is 2nd of the month so time for the Card Chain Challenge big reveal. This month 29 card makers took part and I sent my card to Linda in Michigan.

This month I used the colours and the sketch.

I also used the friendship them, stencils and tone on tone inking.

I am pleased that I bought myself a new large sticky mat because it has enabled me to ink blend through a stencil one handed. I am now just over 5 weeks into my confinement in a plaster cast and can do much more, but when I made this card, life was quite challenging as I could do very little with my left hand, so I was pleased with my ink blending through these stencils.  Two stencils are used to make this pattern. They are by Stampin Up and were a gift. I used 2 colours for the stencilling and the heart. Catherine Pooler flirty fuchsia and be mine. The little labels are by Craft Addiction UK, as is the slatted heart die. The sentiments are embossed into the labels, see the close up below. I was tempted to use a fine liner to help the words stand out, but I knew I wouldn't manage it one handed. Especially as it is my writing hand that is incapacitated. I used CP bellini ink for the peony colour and embroidery thread for the scarlet.

Considering my current disability, I was pleased with this one.

I was very lucky to receive this gorgeous card from Ellie in Illinois

If you would like to take part in the next card chain challenge, you have until 6th to sign up here.

I am going to be away for a few days from today, so apologies if it takes me a few days to visit the reveal.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.