Oh so Blue

Good morning all - what's happened to all the lovely sunshine??  The sun has certainly got his hat on and his boots and overcoat 'cause I haven't seen him in a day or two!! I went to the Garden Centre yesterday and they had bedding plants out I thought that was a bit dicey as I'm sure we've not seen the last of Jack Frost this year. I only went for cardstock anyway (there's a craft shop in the garden centre in case you are wondering).

Today's card is rather blue hence the title of my post today:

I wanted to do a card for the challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies and I started one at the weekend which is still lying half finished on my worktop but I wasn't pleased with it at all.  So yesterday I decided  roughly what I wanted to do and went to the haberdashery to get some of this lace which I love to bits - I have some already in beige.  It's quite expensive but I only get 1/2 a metre and that will do for three cards.  It's so fine and delicate really pretty and looks like antique lace IRL.  The ribbon behind the image is gathered already so I knew what I wanted to do which is to make it look like an embroidery hoop.  I have coloured with Prisma Pencils and the glitter is Art Institute which looks so good IRL really sparkly!!  The papers are by Nitwits and I have paper distressed the pattern one behind the image.  I have cut and matted the image with Spellbinders.  The base for the flower and the butterfly are my new Doohickey dies and the flower is by Wild Orchid.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - Ribbon and Lace
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Catered Crop - Use Ribbon
A Gem of a Challenge - Perfect Pastels
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Ribbon, Ribbon, Ribbon
Flutterby Wednesday - Spring
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps - Think Spring
Glitter Geeks - Spring is in the Air

That's it for me today, hope you all have a good day and take care xx