Make your own flowers at Lovely hAnglar Only!

Hope you're all having a lovely afternoon.  We've had a bright and sunny morning but the clouds are rolling in now and there's a definite chill in the air.

I'm here to tell you about the latest challenge at Lovely hAnglar Only which started this afternoon.  This fortnight we'd like to see handmade flowers on your card.  My Teamies over at LhO have made some amazing creations to inspire you so do hop over here and take a look.

We're sponsored by the lovely Ribbon Girl who are offering one of their fab ribbon packs.

Lifelong crafters Mother and Daughter, Mary and Andrea were tired of having to buy full rolls of ribbon and lace when they only needed one metre. Because they love ribbons and all things pretty, they decided to open their own online shop in 2010 and make small quantities of beautiful products easily available to all crafters. Mary owns the shop and runs it on a day to day basis as well as keeping the website updated while Andrea looks after the social side, The Ribbon Girl Blog and the Design Team. They specialise in supplying small (or large) quantities of ribbon, twine, gorgeous vintage style lace and seam binding ribbon, tiny pom-pom and ric-rac trim, all sorts of buttons, fancy pins, a multitude of charms, pearl and crystal flourishes, wool felt squares, seasonal and unusual embellishments, mulberry flowers, sticky tape and accessories to card makers, crafters, scrapbookers and cake decorators. They stock only the best quality products and only offer for sale goods that they would personally buy and use themselves.

This is the gorgeous prize Mary and Andrea are offering

I know from experience how fabulous these are, as I recently was lucky enough to win one in a Lili's Little Fairies challenge.  So do ink up those hAnglar stamps and join in the fun!

Here's my DT card

I used a Bazzill base and Magnolia paper, which I stitched (badly!).  I then added a square doily and some metal corners.  Ribbon from the Ribbon Girl and loads of die cuts followed:  a Cheery Lynn butterfly, Doohickey leaves and a Doohickey swirl.  The flowers were made from Doohickey die cuts - I don't have this die but I bought a couple of packs of diecuts on Ebay for pennies.  I splodged the petals with some Distress Ink and while it was drying sprayed the diecuts with Chalkboard Mist to give them a lovely shine.  Once the petals had dried I glued them together and added a pearl to the centres.

The image was coloured with Copics and cut with a Nestie, which I then edged with Distress Ink.

Fortunately I've managed to get a fair few jobs done in the garden while the weather has been good.  Yesterday I cut the grass -  it took me 3 hours!  I've got a sit-on mower because the Boy Wonder and I live in the middle of a field (it's supposed to be a small holding but I just don't have enough hours in the day to keep it going) and could I get the thing to start?  I'm no mechanic, so out came the electric mower.  Today the Boy Wonder and I cleared out the greenhouse in readiness for seed sowing and veg growing.  I have to say TBW's reluctance couldn't have been more obvious, but he stuck at it nonetheless.  And I'm happy because I've managed to cross some jobs off my holiday "To Do" list!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Hugs

Tracey xx