Pretty in Pink

Well yet another wet bank holiday weekend is over, the good news is the house is 'spick and span'. I spent Saturday gardening (it had finally stopped raining, albeit a little shower or two!). The borders are looking good, baskets and pots all filled and set to bloom in the summer (well it sounds good... and I always have high hopes for my little plants), but oh do my legs ache today! I was going to do the ironing but as Tuesday was my last day off before going back to work, I spent  most of the morning blog hopping, watching tutorial (so many skills that I want to learn), and generally pottering around the house.

I always struggle with ideas of what to create on my cards and look to blogs and challenges for inspiration, so I made an easel card. I planned to do a 'lots of layers' card as I spent lots of time in the  morning looking at lots of layers! But then I popped over to the Crafty Ribbon site and this week the challenge is an easel card, so that was it, my next card was in the making... an easel card with lots of layers using my favourite things flowers and butterflies. I have made a few errors but overall as a first attempt I'm pretty pleased. I should have used foam pads to put my stamped image on and not tape, which I realised too late as it had stuck solid (although I did mange to put a few behind the top half of it) the bottom half looks a bit squashed! I also made my fold in the wrong place, it should have been more even, which means it sits at an angle and is too far back. I think it's the most'bits' I've ever used on one card, it was to late to post last night so here I am doing it now as I woke very early as usual.

I used the following materials:

• A white scalloped card, Pink plain and textured card stock for matting
• Pink checked, word papers free download
• Butterfly paper- freebie magazine.
• Doily-Tea party from Dovecraft
• Sarah Kay stamp coloured with Promarkers
• White lace,pink braid,satin ribbon,punched border and pearls from stash.(eBay purchases)
• White roses,pink roses and rose buds bought at craft fair last week and sadly didn't keep the details as would love more!
• Rose washi tape -magazine freebie
• Sentiment and love chipboard's - yes more magazine freebies
• Punched butterflies (with left over pink card stock)- Tonic (since buying it last week at the craft fair I haven't stopped finding paper and card scraps to punch out more !..I love it.

Also check out my side bar for my new Dilly Beans challenge winner badge... I am so happy with it and another bonus I also get too choose 3 cool digi's... how lucky am I? Thank you very much to Dilly Beans designers.

I would like to enter the following challenges -

Challenge 20-easel Card- crafty ribbons challenge

Challenge# 163-anything goes -digital tuesday challenge

Challenge #92 -anything goes -Make it Monday 

Challenge-18 things with wings -Liastampz challenge

Challenge #106-make it girly- Ooh-la-la-Creations

Magical Monday -3 in a row-Paper cupcakes (I used punches,ribbon 2 or more papers)

Flowers and butterfly's-come and get it challenge

Use pink- card caravan #20-The Hybrid chick

Use ribbon or lace-The ribbon girls

Challenge #19 - die cuts and punches-The Cutie Pie challenge