I'm late!

I missed a birthday last week, and so decided it was a good excuse to create a belated card - which I've never done before! I'm usually very (even annoyingly) organised, but in recent months I've been seriously struggling to remember to even write things on my calendar, never mind to do the task itself!

However, if I was bad before, I've been terrible in the past month. With the snow days, Alex being unwell, inset days (aka teacher training days) and half term, I haven't known whether I'm coming or going! I think I need consistent sunshine - I tend to get mild(ish) SAD.

Regardless of all my blah, I hope you like the card. Its cheerful and pretty, which can only make you feel better :)

The quote is from Alice in Wonderland - but I bet you knew that already:)

Have a good day!

Sx

All the papers and the digital elements - the baking tray, with the heart cookies 'iced' with a mini cookie alpha - have been designed by Dani Mogstad, MandaBean & Fee Jardine. The kit is aptly called Littlest Bake Shop. Its available from Sweet Shop Designs

Blooms: Poppicrafts

Buttons: Doodlebug Designs

Thread: DMC

Chalks: Dovecraft

Seed beeds: JoMil

Guess what?

Oooo, I have some lovely, lovely news to share with you.

I have been asked to become a member of another creative team! The designer who asked me is called Dani Mogstad, and her rather fabulous designs are available from Sweet Shoppe Designs. Her work is so varied from the bold and feminine All You Need is Love to the amazing and grungy Punk'D.

The card below was made using All You Need is Love:


...told you Dani's designs were lovely didn't I? I recreated her heart design in felt as I wanted the main embellishment to be a little more tactile (and I like felt!) - substituting a bloom for a button in the process.

I hope you'll pop by Dani's creative teams blog, Girl Talk, too - I have joined a very talented group of people (and I'm feeling just a little nervous about it!). The blog is full of ideas and challenges - and at least once a month I have to pop a post on it too (ahhh, quick panic...).

By the way - the mini bloom I used on the heart was from Poppicrafts, who are having a bit of a sale right now, which includes these mini blooms now available in packs of 10! Good job 'cos I use loads of this colour. Pop over and indulge!

I now just have to go and figure out how to get Dani's blinkie on to my PC....

Sx

Other bits & bobs used: Ribbon was also from Poppicrafts, buttons & rub-ons by Doodlebug, and chalk from Dovecraft.