Bank Holiday=Sunshine+Picnic+Crafting=Perfect

Morning and what a beautiful day, this a photo heavy post! I’ve made an easel card using a pretty Magnolia stamp. I couldn't resist going to town and trying out my new dies and stamps that I’ve been itching to use.  The pretty paper was a magazine freebie and I love the colour, its perfect for this cute stamp that I had coloured a few weeks ago… It’s for a friend to say thank you…lets hope she likes butterflies! I tried heat embossing the corners but didn't quite work and not sure why but was a strange murky grey colour and should have been white ! so glittered on top of it ! I’ve been busy and made the most of the bank holiday and having most of the day off.  I was working early but we still had time to go on a picnic to Gunby Hall which is a National Trust site near to Skegness, it’s about and hour from where we live so not too far, although the traffic going to the coast was bumper to bumper much of the way, thank goodness HB knows the roads well and found another route. We had a lovely picnic in the beautiful gardens and relaxed, we didn't visit the house; that’s for a raining day and another visit and we wanted to make the most of the glorious weather.

Easel card

Close up Tilda

card base 

I as usual took to many photographs of the lovely Victorian gardens and grounds including some stunning magnolia trees in full bloom. It was a perfect spot for our picnic and enjoying the sunshine and then double bonus I did some crafting when I got home. 

I used the following products

2 x 6x6 linen textured based cards

Various shades blue and white cardstock for die cuts and layering

Magnolia stamp-Tilda loves flowers coloured promarkers/copics

dies used- 
Die -Namics -butterflies 
Memory box- dancing butterflies 
Marianne designs -Hearts dies and stamps, leaves, butterflies and corners  
Spellbinders- Adorning squares -3 biggest dies used 
               Scalloped borders 1
               Leaves from delicate asters set 
               Fancy framed tags 
cArt US- butterflies 

large blue die cut butterfly-  magazine freebie

Various blue and white flowers

Pearls, gems, ribbon and Buttons 

Victorian walled garden

Magnolia tree in bloom 

I have got to get on  as off to work shortly. I hope you a great week and enjoy the sunshine … if you get the get the opportunity. Thank you for visiting and hopefully I will be posting another of my completed cards soon .Have a great week, hugs … Andrea X. 

Challenges I would like to take part in

Stamp and create with Magnolia challenge #8- Spring with Buttons.

Tilda's Town challenge #51- Anything goes

Lady Anne’s Challenge#2^nd Challenge-May-Easel Card

Marianne Designs Challenge - Going Girly 

Lovely Haenglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge#68 -Anything Goes 

2 Sisters Challenge#142 -Bingo Bash-(easel card, image and die cut/punches)

Di’s Digi Challenge-Anything But Square

Addicted To Stamps Challenge#55 –Beautiful Buttons

The Ribbon Girls May Challenge -Add a Button

Jelly Park Challenge -Its Girly theme

Natalie and Amy challenge #9-Things with wings 

No Matter Which Challenge#9- Things with Wings