Happy New Year!

Today seems as good a day as any to show you my card for the Lili of the Valley Challenge, which this week is "New Beginnings".  I made this card for friends who recently tied the knot after a few years together - it was so lovely to be able to make a wedding card as most of my friends are settled with kids and likely (I hope) to stay that way.

I so enjoyed making this! I chose white Bazzill for the base with Magnolia paper on top.  I used a Lili of the Valley die cut for my image - I'd been hoarding this for ages in the hope that I'd get the opportunity to use it - and I went round three of the sides with my Martha Stewart lacy PATP.  I went over bits of the image with a Quickie Glue Pen and put some Glamour Dust over the top. 

The sentiment was just done on the computer and mounted on a scalloped Nestie rectangle, with a tiny gem in each corner.  The flowers are from the one and only Wild Orchid Crafts and they got a squirt of pearl Glimmer Mist to give them a bit of sparkle, although it's not really showing up in the piccie.

And that's my card!  I've finally finished getting the house back to normal after last night's do.  We had a lovely clear night here - one of those nights when the stars all seem really bright - so we all went outside at midnight and set free some wishing lanterns.  I was amazed at just how high they went and the kids were fascinated by them.  I'd only ever seen them on TV before so it was lovely to watch them floating over the fields until they became tiny brightly coloured dots in the sky. Definitely one of those moments you know you'll remember forever - aahh!

Hope that 2011 is memorable for you, for all the right reasons!

Hugs,

Tracey xx