Mixed Bunch thank you

I've adored May's floral theme at Make My Monday where I've been guesting this month. This week's twist is to make a card featuring flowers using the colours Pink, Green and White. This is a popular combination I know and it's certainly one of my favourites. I expect you're already thinking of your most gorgeous flower stamps and your favourite pink and green inks! Don't forget to link your card so that we can all see your creation!

Here's what I came up with:

I'm really attracted to these large, single-stemmed flower designs and have made several similar cards (here for example and here.)

The stem on this card is actually cut out of the white card to reveal the green card stock below and I punched the leaves out of matching scored card stock using my Blossom Petals builder punch.

I love the way the flower turned out. I cut one flower out of Blushing Bride card stock using my Blossom punch and then broke down the fibres in the card stock by running it through my crimper a few times and scrunching it up. It's easy then to peel the flower into two layers and the 'rough' side has this gorgeous soft suede look. I layered mine up using glue dots and decorated the centre with an Old Olive button threaded with a knot of white bakers twine.

I'd like to say a really big thank you to the lovely ladies at Make My Monday for having me as a guest designer this month. They're such a friendly bunch and have really made me feel at home, so I've really enjoyed it and will of course continue to join in with these really enjoyable challenges.

Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Thank You Kindly

Ink: Basic Grey

Card stock: Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Whisper White textured

Other: Blossom Petals and Blossom punches, Old Olive button, white bakers twine, stamp-a-majig

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We've just come back from a wonderful weekend away in the Cotswolds where we've been helping my in-laws celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. They didn't want a big 'do' as my father in law isn't well, so they rented a large house for themselves, another couple (one of them had been the bridesmaid at their wedding), their two sons and their families.

I'm sorry to say that in the general madness that is our lives, we forgot to order a cake so I bought a ready-iced one and had a go at decorating it... not a particularly fine effort but they seemed pleased anyway! I was happy with the card I made for them though - I'll show you that some time this week.

Have a good day today!