Sunday 2 August 2015

THROUGH THE PURPLE HAZE - AUGUST - FLOWERS!


Please note - this is the first of two posts today - pleeeeeeease scroll down for my next DT card - thanks loooooads!

Hello out there in the blogosphere and a huge warm welcome to my new followers, I'm so pleased to see you here on my Planet!  Thank you so much for joining me in my own little world!  

I was up early this morning 'cos I've been really busy just lately and last night was the first night I slept without having one of those 'busy/disturbing' dreams that cause you to wake up in the early hours.  Anyway I poddled off downstairs and the maestro was already in the garden building his wall - you may think he has had the time to build three houses in the time he's taken to build 'The Wall' but the weather has been atrocious, sooooo soggy and windy so it's definitely not his fault.   I'd everything planned for the morning in my mind - I was going to schedule/post several cards but as I appeared in the garden the maestro collared me and said "While you're out here (I was thinking 'I'm doomed!') he said could you just pick the runner beans and some courgettes".  Well an hour and several other jobs later I was back in me craft room wondering where the morning had gone!  Mind you it's our first crop of beans and I am looking forward to trying them.

After all of the waffling, I'm just posting my card for the TTPH Challenge and our theme is 'Flowers'!  We've been sponsored by Sweetpea Stamps this month and our winner will be receiving their images - they have some delicious digis to choose from as well!!



The pic was taken on one of those bad weather days and it's not as bright as it is in real life.  I've put some red streaks in her hair 'cos I thought they would go well with the poppies!!!

Ingredients

7" x 7" White Card blank - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - 'Field of Poppies' - Ching-Choo Kuik at Sweet Pea Stamps
Papers - 'Mariposa' from DCWV
Satin Mirri card - Create and Craft
Die-namics Dies - Pierced Rectangle Stax
CC Designs Dies - Olive Branch
Sentiment - Anna Marie Designs
Flexmarkers
Poppies and pearl sprays - Stash

There can't be many people out there who don't love flowers so I do hope you will be able to join us in our challenge this month.

It's our 46th Wedding Anniversary today so I really didn't mind playing in the garden with the maestro - honest.  You all know what he has to put up with - bless him!  And .... he bought me a lovely card .............  ooooooops!!!

Short and sweet - apart from the beginning!!  Please take care of yourselves and enjoy the rest of the weekend.  Pleeeeeeeeeeease let it stay sunny!

Hugs to you 

Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges -

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge No 15 - http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/challenge-15.html
Morgan's Art World Challenge No 4 - http://morgansartworld.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/challenge-4-use-three-of-something.html (Used three poppies as embellishments)

14 comments:

  1. Well Congratulations to you both on your fabulously long life together, Happy Anniversary and many more of them.
    Beautiful card, I love floral cards and this has a gorgeous image and wonderful detail. Have a lovely day Sue, hugs Kate x

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  2. Beautiful back ground papers, gorgeous design so pretty, love the bird cage too...
    Babs...x

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  3. Happy Anniversary to you both!! LOVE your beautifully coordinated card and your penwork is fabulous, that shading is brilliant xx

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  4. Gorgeous card Sue. A very Happy Anniversary to you both - how lovely to have had so many years together.

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  5. Wooo hoo! Happy anniversary, Sue. here's to many more blissful years together. Mr P is smoking his cigar to celebrate the occasion! LOVE LOVE LOVE the card...beautifully coloured.
    Biggest hugs from all of us.
    xxx Asha

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  6. Hi Sue, wow I love this card. the image is gorgeous and beautifully coloured. Fabulous design papers and just love the poppy's. Many congratulations on your Anniversary and hope you enjoy many more. Thanks for joining our challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and hope you will join us again soon. Jennifer DT member x

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  7. Gorgeous card Sue. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards. We would love to see you again ... Anet DT x

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  8. Lovely card :) Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x

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  9. What a beautiful combination of picture and paper. So pretty. Thanks for joining in the fun at Southern Girls for our 'Anything Goes' challenge. We hope you'll join in the fun again next challenge too. Hugs, Wends x SGC DT

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  10. Beautiful card. Love the colours and the layout.

    Thanks for joining us at Glitter n Sparkle.

    Hope to see you again soon.

    Tracey DTxx

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  11. Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at Crafting from the Heart this week.
    HeatherM

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  12. Beautiful card - love this image and layout of card - also poppies which coordinates with poppies on the image

    Thank you for joining us at Crafting With Friends - challenge 3
    Erika, DT

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  13. Beautiful card, your poppies are gorgeous as is the background paper. Thanks for joining us at Southern Girls Challenge.

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  14. Gorgeous! love the designpaper! Thank you for joining the challenge of cc&CC. Hugs Cindy DT

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Hugs Sue Pxxx