The Craft Room, Derby: DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT - Painted Lavender and colourful flowers

Thursday

DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT - Painted Lavender and colourful flowers

Good morning and brrrrr, it is so cold in Derby this morning. I see the cars on the street will need a little de-icing.

I have been catching up on lots of little things but not over doing it. Started to try and walk a few extra steps each day but not doing too well with it. There just never seems to be enough hours in the day.

Lots of time spent in the garden these days, in between the rain showers. The lawns have lots of moss in them and hubby has been treating them. This of course means raking out the moss when it dies as it turns black. Its a hard job but so worth it. The rain and the sunshine have brought out lots of lovely flowers.

I have a lot of pots and plants in all of them. This year we are going through each pot, checking the earth (soil) and the plants. Some pots have cracked, some of the plants have died but hopefully by the end of the month, we shall have things looking quite nice. We do have to reduce the amount of pots and the plants in the garden as it does take up so much time. Fortunately we have a greenhouse so we grow a lot from seed which saves us a fortune and gives us the pleasure of knowing 'we grew that'.

Of course I have also been spending time in the craft room, I do enjoy spending time each day in there. This morning I have to spend a couple of hours putting everything away as I did get this out, that out and left them out. Do you create a mess when you craft?

This what I have been playing with. The stamp set is called Painted Lavender. First of all I cut out a large die from the Perennial Postage dies and masked it off around the edges. The first couple of times I did this, the tape stuck to the border which spoilt the card but I managed to find the correct tape, in the end and it turned out just the way I hoped.

I used the stamp set in different purples, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather and Orchid Oasis. The leaves were stamped in Old Olive. I then used the blending brushes to go over the whole image, Highland Heather at the bottom and Balmy Blue at the top. The sentiment is from Sentimental Park stamp set. I have added a list of all the products used at the bottom of this post. This was inspired by a fellow demonstrator called Jenny McCormac who helped me so much get back into creating again.

Next week there is a card making get together if you would like to come along. There are a couple of places available. Do get in touch with me if you fancy this.

Are you free for an hour or two on Sunday 5th May? Do you fancy joining us in the Craft Room? You may have to click on the image below to make it a bit bigger to read.

Do let me know what time suites you best if you can join us.

A lot of the products in the January - April Mini Catalogue and the Annual 2023-2024 Brochure are being retired. This means that they will no longer be available to purchase from 1st May or, when stocks run out. Some of the products are discounted by up to 60%. If you click on the link below you can purchase these products in the Last Chance Sale. If you would like me to order them for you when I next submit my order please, do let me know.

You can find lots of nice things, in the Online Exclusive section of the Stampin' Up! store just by clicking on the image below. It will open in a new window for you. These products cant be found in any of the brochures nor catalogues.

Stampin' Up! have lots and lots of kits and each month they are adding more and more to the collection. If you click on the image below it will show you the kits that are available. You can order these yourself or you are most welcome to get in touch with me to order them for you. If you need any help at all please, just get in touch. My contact details are below

If you need any help with placing an order or you dont have a demonstrator please, do get in touch (my details are at the end of the post). I would love to help you if I can.

I would like to send you a thank you for placing an online order with me and using the Hostess Code. I gather all the online orders placed throughout the month using the Hostess Code and pick a free gift for everyone that placed an order to send out to them along with a hand made card.