Loads of Perfectly Preserved jars

I've decided not to carry on with my regular Masculine Monday slot as I found it was my least popular post of the week. I'll continue to make masculine cards of course and, if you're here looking for male inspiration, just take a look under 'male cards' in the index on my side bar and you'll find plenty of ideas!

Today I want to show you another card I've made with the wonderful Perfectly Preserved set in the new autumn/winter catalogue. This set, with its fabulous jar image, has already provided me with a great deal of fun and I'm certainly not finished with it yet! Come and have a look:

I love the look of recycled glass and found that stamping that gorgeous jar in Gumball Green several times on the card stock gave the effect of a group of them. I added the stalk and the allium style flower head to one of the jars before sponging in a background.

The panel was mounted onto a Basic Grey card base with a ribbed feature made with my Simply Scored board. I finished with this useful thank you tag from the set, stamped in the wonderfully acidic new in-colour Summer Starfruit and popped up on dimensionals...

... and added matching die cut butterflies - oh the beauty of ink and card stock in the same colours!

Here's what you'll need to make this card
Stamps: Perfectly Preserved
Ink: Gumball Green, Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Summer Starfruit
Card stock: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit
Other: Gumball Green marker, Simply Scored, Beautiful Wings embosslits die, small oval punch, stamp-a-majig

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It's been a glorious weekend in Buckingham and we found ourselves wishing we'd planned a trip to the coast. Instead, my husband and I did DIY jobs around the house and garden while the children enjoyed time with their friends. The boys in particular like to hang out with bunches of other boys - in fact I worried slightly that they might get bored with us on holiday and mentioned it to my oldest son before we went. "Oh I'll never be bored," he said cheerfully. "If the worst comes to the worst I can always eat!"

I'll be back tomorrow with another idea for that gorgeous jar (do tell me if you're getting bored with it won't you!)

Hugs,