Hogs and Kisses

Challenge #262 has just gone live at Time Out Challenges and this fortnight we have an Inspiration Photo Challenge for you!

Here's a closer look!

This challenge is being generously being sponsored by Kim Heggins of Running Stitch Design.  Kim is offering this cute bag to our Top Pick as chosen by the Design Team (inside USA only - thank you for understanding).   Many of you will remember Kim as a former Design Team member at Time Out!  

The Top Pick will also be invited to join Time Out as a guest designer in a future challenge!  Speaking of guest designers, we are joined this challenge by Cornelia Wenokor of Stempel Spass, our winner of Challenge 258!   Cornelia and the rest of the team have plenty of inspiration for you over on the Challenge Blog!

Three things immediately caught my eye - the gingham lower third, the spots and the dogs.  While wrestling with how to use one of the two dog dies I own, my eye fell upon this NBUS pig (Poppy Stamps Whittle Pig) and I then remembered I have the Whittle Wild Animals Sentiment set and gradually, the design began to take shape - replacing dogs with hogs and spots with hearts, three whittle pigs seemed like a good number to have with a fourth heart space for the sentiment.   I don't usually make slimline cards because the envelopes are tricky to find, but this card will fit in a DL envelope!

I couldn't find any black gingham (at least not large enough for a slimline card front) but I did find this rather lovely plaid which I cut with a slimline die (Creative Craft Products Slimline Sewing Edge Nesting Set) and then used a suitable heart die to make the four windows for my whittle Pigs to pop their heads through!  There was a hint of green in the plaid, so I used this olive green card base rather than the teal used in the bag.  The pigs were cut from pink pearlescent card stock (because I had a snippet of that lying around on my desk) that I distressed with Worn Lipstick DI.  I cut extra snouts for dimension and gave them a string of pearls each (how could I not??) and added some glossy accents to the stacked snouts!

So that's how I was inspired by this cute little bag, where will it lead you - looking forward to seeing your projects in the Time Out Gallery!

I'd like to enter the following Challenges

NBUS Challenge #61 -  NBUS Whittle Pig and Slimline set;

Crafty animals Challenge #82 - Anything Goes with an animal;

Snippets Challenge #478 - Snippets of pink pearlescent card from a previous project;

Challenge #62 Day of the Month Club - National Look Alike Day;

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

A Fitting Wedding Card

 

We're half way through Time Out Challenge 261 and as this card I just finished for a friend works for this challenge, I thought I'd share it with you today!   

Challenge #261 is all about this quote

"I'm a romantic!  I live for long, dreamy walks down the craft aisle"!

An Inspired By Words challenge works exactly as you would expect - you take the words from the featured quote and use them to inspire your creation!   You can use one word, multiple words or just the general idea of the quote.  Whereas my previous card focused on the word "Craft", this card focuses on the words "Romantic" and "Aisle".  

I used a jigsaw die (Stampin Up Love You To Pieces) to emboss a piece of white card stock (using a tan embossing mat), which I then cut down with a heart die.  You lose a little of the detail from the embossing by doing it in this order but I prefer to have the rounded edged of the die cut rather than the ragged edges from the embossing.  I then used the puzzle die to cut three more puzzle pieces from cream card stock and one from black.  I cut a v in the top of the black piece and added it to one of the cream pieces.  Then I stacked the other two pieces, added pearls along the "neckline" and the two pieces fit together perfectly.

The names of the bride and groom and the wedding date were cut from gold paper with Gummiapan Alphabet and Number sets - I really love the quirkiness of the font ...  and the size!  

I liked the design so much I made up some others without names for an upcoming market in June!  They can always be personalised as needed!

How do these words inspire you and where do they lead your imagination?  We hope you can take Time Out of your busy schedule to come play cards with us!   

I'd like to join these fabulous challenges

AAA Card Challenges #263 - Wedding/Anniversary Card;

Die Traumfabrik Challenge #127 - They cloned Tyrone is the featured film and my card uses the same puzzle piece with one turned 90º);

Crafty Chicks Challenge #712 - Week 3 CAS;

NBUS Challenge #61 - NBUS Love You To Pieces set!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Cuppa Love

Challenge #161 has just gone live at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge and I thought I'd make a Christmas brew for this challenge - who doesn't love a cup of hot steaming Joe on a Christmas morning!  I cut one of the layers from a Christmas print vellum that I've had in stash for way too long.  I also recycled some gold foiled paper from a box of chocolates that was too pretty to throw out.

The "sending" was cut from brown card stock and gilded with gilding wax.   The other words (WMS Sewing Box Christmas) were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and overstamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold, then cut with nested stitched rectangles (using the partial die cutting technique so the words fitted perfectly).

The Cup of Love set is new so I'd like to enter NBUS Challenge #61!

I'd also like to enter these fab challenges

Caffeinated Christmas Challenge for April - Coffee or Cocoa;

Kraft Chicks Challenge Week 3 - Christmas;

Ellibelle's Craft Wednesday April Challenge - Anything Goes;

Dragonfly Dreams April Challenge - Use a die;

Sweet Stamping Challenge - Earth Day (recycled gold wrapper) and stamped sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Living in a Material World!

 

Not quite what Madonna had in mind when she penned Material Girl perhaps, but perfect for a good friend of mine who likes to sew!   

Perfect for Challenge #261 at Time Out Challenges as well because this fortnight we have an Inspired By Words Challenge with this little quote which will no doubt appeal to anyone who loves shopping for new stash!

"I'm a romantic!  I live for long, dreamy walks down the craft aisle"!

Definitely guilty here - I sometimes think my love of card making comes a close second to my real hobby of buying new dies, stamps and interesting papers!  

An Inspired By Words challenge works exactly as you would expect - you take the words from the featured quote and use them to inspire your creation!   You can use one word, multiple words or just the general idea of the quote.  For example you could choose the word "romantic" or the phrase "down the aisle" and make a wedding card!  Please explain how you were inspired - especially if it isn't obvious!

 This fortnight we are generously being sponsored by Doodle Bugs and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design team a very generous $25 store credit and our Top Pick will also be invited to Guest Design with us in a future challenge.  

Speaking of guest designers, we're joined this challenge by the very talented Milla of Mustesormi as our guest!  Be sure to check out her gorgeous interpretation of our quote as well as the rest of the team on the Time Out Blog!

How do these words inspire you and where do they lead your imagination?  We hope you can take Time Out of your busy schedule to come play cards with us! 

Naturally, my penchant for shopping for stash inspired me to create a birthday card for a good friend of mine who also likes to go shopping for stash - although her addiction is to fabric and wool!  

These dies are all Gummiapan - most of the elements were cut multiple times, snipped apart and stacked up to create dimension.  I cut the table and shelf from Kraft card stock and added gilding wax - there were 4 layers to the table!  I cut the sewing machine from black and added gilding wax so that it resembled my mum's old black and gold Singer machine.  The bolts of fabric were cut from Kraft and again from snippets of patterned paper (I just snipped away the end bits of the patterned papers and overlaid them onto the Kraft).  "FABRIC" was cut from Kraft and then again from one of the patterned papers I used for the bolts of fabric.  The die I used for the floor boards doesn't cut through - you can snip it away easily enough, but I thought it was enough detail to ground the scene and I preferred to leave the whole background white. 

After assembling my elements and creating a little scene I was at a loss for something to say - I know, not like me at all!   So I went through all my sentiment stamps to find something (other than a plain boring "Happy Birthday") that might work.  I was about to go with "Make Today Great" when I spotted this sentiment from the Verve Cupcake set - the set includes a bunch of sayings that can be used with the word Cupcakes (or it's related sets Coffee and Chocolate) and I realised all I needed to do was spell out fabric and it would be perfect!  

With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight vision, I should have placed the "FABRIC" on the floorboards - the top half is way too crowded!  

I'd like to enter the following Challenges

NBUS Challenge #61 -  NBUS Gummiapan dies - Sewing Machine, Sewing Accessories, Slim Table, Hanging Shelf;

Snippets Challenge #477 - Snippets of patterned papers used for the fabric bolts;

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge for April - Anything Goes;

Fab'n'Funky Challenge 593 - Add a Sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Deer Whittle Fallows

 

Challenge #160 has just gone live at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge and here is my DT card.

Last week, I found a pad of patterned vellum papers that I couldn't resist buying mainly because of this tartan one - I do love tartan for Christmas cards and I do love vellum!  I cut a frame from cream card stock using the two largest dies in the Pink Fresh Essentials Diagonal Stitched Rectangles set and laid it over the vellum and trimmed the excess which gave me a place to hide the adhesive so I could add it to the card base.  

The deer (Poppy Stamps Whittle Forest Deer) were cut from cream card stock and coloured with alcohol markers.  I cut just the noses from some brown card stock and added a little glossy accents to make them shine.  The heads were mounted on foam tape.  I would have loved to add the heads on wobble springs but the wobble springs I have were too large for the heads (I wonder if smaller ones are available 🤔)

I'd like to enter the following challenges

NBUS #61 - The Whittle Forest Deer are NBUS;

Crafty Animals Challenge #82 - Anything with Animals;

Alphabet Challenge Blog : Z is for Zoology;

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes;

Kraft Chicks Challenge KCC#709 - All Occasions;

Christmas Craft Creations March Challenge - Use Designer Paper;

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #55 - Anything Christmas Goes;

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #159 - Non-Traditional Colours;

Girls Creative Christmas Challenge #66 - Anything Christmas Goes!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

My Little Unicorn

 

Challenge #260 has just gone live at  Time Out Challenges and this fortnight we challenge you to be 

Striped!

This challenge is generously being sponsored by Lawn Fawn and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design teams a $25 credit to their store!  The Top Pick will also be invited to join Time Out as a guest designer in a future challenge!

Speaking of guest designers, we are joined this challenge by Karen our winner of Challenge 256!  If you're still stuck for ideas, Karen and the rest of the team have plenty of inspiration for you over on the Challenge Blog!

I cut a background panel from some candy stripe patterned paper, then cut an aperture using a WMS Pretty Circles die - which is exactly what I needed to provide a pretty focal space for my little unicorn scene and plenty of room for the stamped sentiment. 

I wanted to create a few of these unicorns for future projects (they're so darned cute) so I created a jig and cut some unicorns and fairies with Lawn Fawn A Little Sparkle Lawn Cuts from white card stock.  I then placed my jig in my stamping platform and aligned the matching stamps perfectly and stamped all the blanks I'd cut. 

I coloured the fairies' dresses and the unicorns mane, tail and hooves with some alcohol markers.  Then added a little sparkle with some glossy accents and glitter!

I stamped the sentiment from the set on the panel with black Memento ink and then again with Versamark (what would I do without a stamping platform) and embossed with a holographic embossing powder.

I wanted my aperture to be recessed, so I laid foam tape strips around the aperture and around the edges and a few other strategic places.  Then I cut some puffy clouds (Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds Border) from some pink vellum and laid these across the base of the aperture so that they would be flat on the card base. Not sure why, but at the time I felt the sky should to be blue so I laid a circle of blue just large enough to cover the aperture and then attached the panel to the card base.  

Then I mounted my unicorn on a wobble spring and placed him on top of the clouds (which is why the clouds needed to be flat against the base) and placed the fairies around him.  Here he is in action

I'd like to enter My Little Unicorn into the following fabulous challenges

The Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge #3 - Anything Fantasy Goes;

Cut It Up Challenge #300 - Happy Birthday;

We Love Stamping March Challenge - Feminine;

Dragonfly Dreams March Challenge - Circles;

Colourful Options March 2024 Challenge - Rainbow Option!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your comments are always appreciated and always bring me joy and if you do leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Shake Your Tail Feather

 

If you read my last post you'll know I had one or two birds left over from false starts when creating a DT project for Challenge #259 at Time Out!

This is yet another bird!  But I noticed that Colour Hues Challenge #83 has a cream/blue theme and as this bird was cream and blue, I thought I'd have a go at making him into a card sooner rather than later ... I also needed a birthday card for my wonderful choir director hence the musical theme!

I used the same Spellbinder Cherry Blossom branch to give this little birdie somewhere to roost that I used for my last 2 birds ... what can I say it was already out and it remains one of my favourite branch dies despite being one of the first dies I ever bought!

I wanted to make this card a little special since it's going to someone very special so I mounted the birdie on a wobble spring which in turn gave me the idea for the sentiment!  I used the font "Are You Freakin' Serious" to create the sentiment and cut it with a speech bubble die from a Deco Time Set (which I've just realised is NBUS so I'd like to also enter NBUS Challenge #60)!

Here is the wobble spring in action!

I stamped the musical score background (Stempelwinkel) onto a piece of vellum.  I cut a frame using the two largest dies in the Pink Fresh Essentials Diagonal Stitched Rectangles set and laid it over the vellum score and trimmed the excess.  Then added this to the card base.  

Once I'd laid down the branch and my bird I added a smattering of quavers and the card was finished!

I'd also like to enter these fabulous challenges

The Card Concept Challenge #205 which has this lovely inspiration

The Four Seasons March Spring Challenge;

The Triple B (Birds/Blooms/Butterflies) March 2024 Challenge;

Crafty Animals Challenge #81!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and hopefully how to find you!

Kate

Bird Blessings

I had a few false starts last week with my DT project for Time Out Challenge #259 Birds of a Feather so I had one or two little birds left over!  

This little bird (Poppy Stamps Nordic Bird) was one of them!  I had made it up in Spring Colours so decided to make an Easter card for one of my sons.  

The background panel was an experiment with a background die (Poppy Stamps Double Diamond Lattice) and a rubber mat.  I quite liked the effect so cut it down with my guillotine to fit a card front.

I added a branch (Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms) and some leaves (Greetery Hey Cupcake).   I then built a nest using Gummiapan Witch Hazel branches cut into thirds and piled on top of each other and speckled some eggs (Poppy Stamps Whittle Chickens) with a fine point marker.

I had made the bird from snippets of a pale blue card stock and couldn't find any more of it - not even enough for this Easter sentiment (The Greetery)!  But this slightly deeper blue tones in well enough IMO and I also used it for the card base.   I bought the Easter sentiment last year and had almost forgotten I had it!  I spelt out "BLESSINGS" with this Tiny Gummiapan alphabet set.

I'd like to enter the following challenges

NBUS Challenge #60 - the bird and Easter sentiment die were NBUS;

The Card Concept #205 which has this lovely spring inspiration;

The Four Seasons March 2024 Challenge with this pretty inspiration;

The Triple B (Birds/Blooms/Butterflies) Challenge with this inspiration;

Traumfabrik #126  which has the film Chicken Run as it's inspiration but anything Easter Egg related will do a long as it's not a bunny;

AAA Card Challenges #261 - Spring Colours;

Inspire Me #530 - Happy Easter;

Krafty Chicks Challenge #708 CAS;

Papercraft Challenges #104 - Easter;

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Easter/Spring!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

 

Tartan Whimsy

 

A fairly quick card this fortnight for The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #159.   

I had 3 small snippets of designer paper that were just large enough for these little trees (Poppy Stamps Nordic Whimsy Trees).  The snowy sky panels was left over from a previous project and I found a pad of watercolour paper on a shopping expedition last week that had a lovely texture (and was a bargain to boot) and I used it for the snow bank (Lawn Fawn Cloud Borders).

I'd like to enter the Snippets Playground Challenge #476 - here are my snippets!

The trees are NBUS so I'd like to enter NBUS Challenge #60!

The theme for Christmas Craft Creations for March is Designer Paper

The current ABC Christmas Challenge theme is E for embossing, F for Faux, G for Gingerbread!  I've gone with faux - a faux stitched panel and a faux embossed snowbank.  

The Sparkles Christmas Challenge #158 has the theme Plaid or Tartan;

 I'd also like to enter these fab challenges

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #55 - Anything Christmas Goes;

Crafty Chicks Challenge #707 - Christmas;

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Toucan Do It!

Challenge #259 has just gone live at Time Out Challenges and this fortnight it's a theme challenge

Birds of a Feather

but it's an egg-stra special challenge because it's a collaboration challenge between the Time Out Challenge and the Just Us Girls Challenge

 

Both challenges are sharing the linkup so by entering the Time Out Linky you will automatically be visible on the Jugs Challenge Blog.  And your project may be showcased in either of the challenge blogs... or in both!  And of course both DT teams have prepared projects so there is twice the inspiration!

The challenge is being sponsored by Waffle Flower, and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design teams a $25 credit to their store - no matter which challenge blog you enter through!

The Top Pick will also be invited to join Time Out as a guest designer in a future challenge!

Speaking of guest designers, we are joined this challenge by Jolanda Johnson of The Inquespot Studio.  Do drop by and say hi - Jolanda is a very talented crafter and her card making credentials are im-peck-able!

So, what are you wading for, get quacking!

I have a soft spot for birds and have so many bird dies and stamps (and cages and birdhouses and eggs and feathery dies and stamps) that my biggest problem was what to choose!  It took me days to decide and I may have one or two other birds lying around on my craft desk!

Luckily, I spotted this gorgeous colour inspiration at Colour Hues Challenge #82 which made me think tropical so I decided to go with this toucan die (Charlie and Paulchen) and create a little rainforest scene.

 

The die is NBUS so I'd like to enter my card into NBUS Challenge #60;

I'd also like to enter Snippets Challenge #475, the toucan pieces and monstera leaves are quite small and was able to cut them from snippets left over from previous projects - here are some of the snippets I used.  As you can see, I actually cut the toucan from pale blue and coloured him turquoise with alcohol markers.  I also added shading to the leaves with alcohol markers and distress ink blending.  The branches were also cut from snippets of brown.

This week Simon Says A Bit o' Green at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and I hope my leaves are enough of a bit!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired and I hope you have time to play cards with us this fortnight at Time Out!

Your comments are always appreciated and are always bring me joy and if you do leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Not Even a Mouse

 

Time for a new challenge at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge where we celebrate the Most Wonderful Time of the Year all year round.  I hope you can join us in getting Christmas cards made throughout the year and sparing that end of year rush!

This card features the lovely Waltzing Mouse 'Twas the Night Before Christmas stamp set and Waltzing Mouse Brogues die set (which I used for the border on either side).  The window featured in the set was designed to fit the Spellbinders Label 14 die.  I miss the wonderful Waltzing Mouse Stamps company a lot - Claire Brennan was such a brilliant stamp designer!

I added glossy accents to the window panes which you may be able to see better in this closeup.   I also added a wee mouse on the sill of the open window.  

I'd like to enter the following challenges

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #55 - Anything Christmas Goes;

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes;

Krafty Chicks Challenge #705 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Tulip Trio

A friend asked if I could make a birthday card for a friend of hers turning 40.  Tulips are her favourite flowers so she wanted these included on the card.  

I was inspired by the mood board over at Inkspirational Challenge #310 (isn't it gorgeous)!

She chose this lovely tulip frame (Memory Box Tulip Trio) as the main image and I coloured the tulips to match the background paper.  I laid the tulip frame onto a piece of vellum and trimmed off the excess. Vellum adds such a lovely softness to a card front - I love using it but it's tricky to attach without the adhesive being seen.  I just hid the adhesive behind the frame and tulips.

I love this tiny alphabet from Gummiapan and I knew the matching number set would come in handy.  They're having their first outing with this card so I'd like to enter NBUS Challenge #60.

Add some flowers and a pretty soft palette and a feminine card comes together pretty quickly doesn't it!  As You Like it Challenge are asking What's Your Favourite - Masculine or Feminine?  Hands down feminine I'd have to say!

I'd also like to enter these fabulous challenges

Allsorts Challenge Week 770 - Spring;

Triple B (Birds, Blooms and Butterflies) Challenge for March;

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes;

Kraft Chicks Challenge #705 - Anything Goes;

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate

Fantastic Mini Beast!

Challenge #258 has just gone live at Time Out Challenges and we have a brilliant Photo Challenge to inspire you!  

This challenge is generously being sponsored by Lawn Fawn and they are offering our Top Pick as chosen by the design team a $25 voucher to their store.  

Our top pick will also be invited to guest design with us at a future date so I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule and come play cards with us! 

Here's a closeup of our Inspiration Pic - our challenge starts on February 29th and we thought this little guy might be just the thing to jump start any flagging mojos!

  

How does this little guy inspire you?  If nothing springs to mind, you might like to hop over to the Challenge blog and see how my talented team mates were inspired - you're bound to find plenty of inspiration there!  

This challenge we're fortunate to have the extremely talented Vicky Dutcher as our guest designer but we're also a little sad as we're saying goodbye to Gerrina who is hanging up her DT cap after 10 years on the Time Out Team!  

 For me, it was hard to get past those huge bulging red and I knew immediately what die I wanted to use -  this funky insect from Tim Holtz!  After stacking and adding a little DI shading, I added glossy accents to all parts of his body and once they were dry, I assembled him.  Once the "helmet" is on there are eye cavities (at least that's what they look like to me) and I added more glossy accents to just this section because I wanted big bug eyes.  I added glitter while it was still wet and once dried, I added another coat of glossy accents so the eyes really bulged!  

Here's a closeup of my beetle!

I then cut a bunch of monstera leaves using various dies from a light green card stock and blended Mowed Lawn DI to give them some depth and laid them over a panel of black.

I was a bit stumped at this stage, until I remembered that English people refer to bugs as mini beasts and then of course I just had to go with this fantastic die (Verve Amazing Adjectives) as a nod to the Newt Scamander films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  I'm also thinking of adding "friends like you are hard to find"!  What do you think, too much??

Well this guy is a little hard to find, despite his red legs and bulging eyes - I did go a little overboard with the monstera leaves didn't I!  I almost binned it, but my lovely team mates suggested I persevere and I'm happier with it after I reworked my beast (lots more glossy accents) and added this fantastically glossy red sentiment! 

There's nothing worse than cutting up a perfectly good card base-sized piece of card stock unnecessarily, so I do keep all small pieces of card stock in bags sorted by colour and they come in handy for projects like this where I need a lot of small die cuts.  I raided the red and green bags for this project so I'd like to enter the Snippets Playground Challenge #474.  Here are some photos of my snippets (I needed a lot more green in the end as I did cut rather a lot of leaves).

I'd also like to enter these fab challenges

Allsorts Week 769 Challenge - Things that fly (pretty sure those wings aren't ornamental);

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #516 - It's Not Easy Being Green;

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says Anything Goes this week!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired!  Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!

Kate