Orchid

Can we say we're in Spring now, it certainly seems like it?  The weather has been so good of late I've been out in the garden having a tidy and I've also started running again.  (Too cold for that in Winter!)

In between gardening & running I've manage to find a little bit of time to craft - there's a surprise eh!  Here's my card for this weeks challenge over at Moving Along With The Times.

This time around it was Judith who chose our theme and she's gone with

The Birds & The Bees

By that she means anything nature inspired, so your card doesn't actually have to feature a bird or a bee - phew for me!

Once again, we are sponsored by the fabulous A Passion For Stamps and our lucky winner will get a great prize from their store.  My card was made using the Orchid image available here.

Please also check out the rest of the DT's fabulous cards on the main MAWTT Blog.

Challenges;
Cuttin & Stampin - Use Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Buttons or Bling - Buttons for me
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Flowers & Pearls

Floral Delights

Well today has eventually arrived! My first active day on the MAWTT blog, when I post my first DT card for them which follows the theme of

Floral Delights

and was set by the lovely Hazel.  Thanks ladies for having me on your team, should be lots of fun working with you all over the coming months.

Today's challenge is sponsored by A Passion For Stamps, a company set up by the artist Ruth Hamilton, whom I first met and made friends with on Do Crafts many moons ago!  So one lucky winner will be getting a great prize from A Passion For Stamps.

Ruth was also very generous in giving all the DT a stamp of their choice to play with, thanks Ruth.  For my card, I chose the Thistle image coloured it with Promarkers and set it on a double sided sheet of paper from  the On The Edge range by Teresa Collins.  The ribbon is one I bought in Germany whilst on holiday last Summer and the doily & candi are just bits off my desk.

So that's what I did, now see what the rest of the DT made before joining us in our Floral Delights Challenge, the first of many great challenges in 2013.

Challenges;
Digi Galore - Something New - Image & paper
Tando Creative - Feeling Blue
Papertake - Happy New... Design Team, I'm now happy to be working with the MAWTT girls! (New image & papers too!)
Crafty Creations - Something New - New stamp, new paper & yipee...New DT!
Crafting For All Seasons - Something New - New stamp & papers & DT!

Today is also the day that Alan heads back to Uni to start Term 2 which begins with degree exams set on last terms work - good luck Alan, Jx