Thursday 21 May 2020

Green fingers and gardening...

I made this card for my SIL to give to my nephew for his birthday. He has been enjoying his garden recently. Stamps are all from Hobby art and are watercoloured with brush pens. the base card was inked with distress oxides and stamped in versafine clair.
I'm entering it into the Boys and Men challenge over at Penny Black and more and Anything goes at Allsorts. I'm taking it to The Male Room too where the theme is 'in the garden' ( thanks for letting me know, Faith x).
Hope you are all okay. I am fine, if a little green around the edges due to an accident with my brushos!!! I went to pull out the pin on the lid and the entire lid came off. I thought I'd cleaned it all up, but I keep discovering more. It mixes really well with handcream to give an all over green tinge, and I must have sprinkled a minute amount on the bath mat when I went to wash my hands again, as when I got out of the shower this morning I noticed green footprints. I managed to rescue the card I was making, but whether I can rescue the bath mat remains to be seen😂😂😂. Remind me never to try shampooing the craft room carpet!
Thanks for looking and for all your lovely comments


13 comments:

Anonymous said...

The perfect card for an avid gardener! Your colouring is lovely. Oh my goodness, if you ever need strong pins, you’ll know where to find them. Thank you so much for playing along with the Penny Black And More Challenge.
Linda

Mervi said...

Fabulous card, I'd love to receive such a card too.
Beautiful colouring!
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts and over at Penny Black and more Challenges, welcome again;-))m

Helen said...

Love the card, but I am afraid your brusho story did make me chuckle! hope it's all gone now... it's a bit like glitter that goes far ad wide too!

brenda said...

Great cad for the gardeners out there Sal and I'm thinking there are far more of hose that this time last year, many thanks for sharing and joining us at Allsorts challenge.

Hope the green is fading, Eddy and Daisy still have tinges of blue.

B x

brenda said...

Oooops, and Penny Black and Moe, perfect for our Men and Boys heme.

B x

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

This is fantastic Sally. Had to have a little giggle at your accident, mine are normally with glitter just before we are about to go out. Maybe I just need to sparkle.

Sue xx

cuilliesocks said...

Fabulous card Sally, such a super image and beautifully coloured, Kate x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Stunning card Sally, a great garden card, perhaps you can pretend your bathroom mat is from the lawn? LOL. Good luck with that.
By the way The Male room challenge is for gardens. https://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-136-in-garden.html
Take care
Faith x

Pat said...

A great garden scene Sally and I'm sure your nephew will love this if he is enjoying getting out in the garden. I love the green background with the all over leaf pattern too. x

Kathleen said...

What a fabulous image and a perfect card for a gardener, male or female . Super colours and colouring.

Kath x

Tracy said...

Fabulous creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

I'm here to repeat my admiration for this card Sally, I love it. Thank you so much for joining us in our In the Garden challenge at The Male Room this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.

Faith The Male Room DT

Lise Mariann said...

So lovely! Love the coloring. Thank you so much for joining our "In the Garden" challenge at The Male Room.

X Lise Mariann, DT