Thursday 28 February 2013

Lazy Day


Thank you to all my crafty pals for your lovely comments on my male card, I am just about keeping in front of the ones I need, I do have 2 surviving brothers and also 5 BILs,  plus nephews etc and I am now starting to enjoy doing these male cards - lol, it really was a stash thing.  I am always enjoying the gift that is blogland as I love wandering around your blogs. You can imagine my shock when I went to my blog and it said “blog does not exist” – sorry if you heard my squealing expletive, lol - anyway it said to click on something and enter my phone number as someone had tried to use my blog inappropriately – the bloggy people  phoned me and gave me an unlock code and I was back in business. Phew!
Anyway onto my card and my usual bit of being distracted:-
I have been sorting through my dies and noticed that I did not have many border dies, I cannot use punches at all, as my osteoarthritis has taken away that ability (so glad I am not a horse), so I would love to produce what so many of you do with punches such as the Martha Stewart ones. Anyway I didn't find what I was looking for in the crafty shops, got distracted as we do, and I bought a gorgeous Memory Box die which is a butterfly border so my card attempts to make good use of it. This is a long die and I haven't used the full length of it. Did I mention I like butterflies!
Image - Penny Black Lazy Days 3782J and 
a LotV sentiment,
Paper and card - card blank is a 19 x 12cm made from Papermill card,
and backing is  Papermania Capsule Verde,
Dies used – Spellbinders Labels 28,
Lifestyle Lacy Square,
IO Butterfly set and
Memory Box  Butterfly Vine Border.

28 comments:

  1. Flora this is gorgeous. I love that butterfly vine - fantastic.

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  2. Hi Flora, hope you are having a good day xxx
    Love the card, the image is so sweet and the butterflies are perfect for it.
    Huge hugs Mau xx

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  3. This is gorgeous Flora. I love the image, fabulous colours and the butterfly vine is beautiful.
    Hugs Sue

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  4. This butterfly vine looks gorgeous Flora and the Penny Black image is great too. love from Christine x

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  5. So pretty Flora and that butterfly die looks like another one for the wish list - blogging really tots up the pennies.

    B x

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  6. Hello Flora, nice to see you back again and with such a wonderful card. I do love the pennyblack stamps, the hedgies are so cute, an the butterfly vine is gorgeous. I too love memory box dies and find them easy to use, unlike Spellbeinders.

    I don't get on either with border punches, I can mever measure them properly, so I don't bother, I prefer to use the dies.

    Hope all is well with you, take care Kate x

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  7. What a beautiful card love the butterfly die the Image is fantastic aswell .Melanie

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  8. This is a lovely card Flora, such a sweet image and that butterfly border is gorgeous.
    That must have been quite a shock to find your blog gone, thank goodness you managed to sort it out.
    Pauline
    x

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  9. Hello Flora...love your card and especially that butterfly die..mmmm add it to the 'wish list'.lol..lol

    Anne

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  10. Thank goodness your blog does exist Flora lol. Love your gorgeous card. Hope you got those hooks on the go :)

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  11. Very nice Flora I really like your butterfly vine
    jacqui x

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  12. Love, Love, Love it, and that Butterfly Die is beautiful........NO!!get behind me Satin I am not buying anything just now.

    OMW! thank goodness you got you Blog back that must have been a rather nasty shock for you.
    Hugs

    Patricia xx

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  13. Love your card, Flora. Your butterfly vine goes so well with your lovely Penny Black image xx

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  14. Gorgeous card Flora. I love PB stamps and this one looks fabulous. The butterfly vine die looks really pretty too.
    Lorraine x

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  15. Hi Flora, this is fabulous. Love the border and the image is soo cute.
    Can't believe that happened with your blog hun, what a shock. Glad it got sorted.
    Hugs Sue W.

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  16. great card Flora! no wonder you had a panic - I think I'd have had a stress melt-down! good that you're still here!
    Kim x

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  17. Hi Flora, that must have been an awful experience for you, so glad that you got it sorted out! I love butterflies too and I also love your PB stamp, that image is adorable and your card is a real beauty. Hugs, Anne x

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  18. Oh blogger took a fit on me yesterday Flora and everything had gone then I got it back but my stuff was all over the place !! I love the butterflies and that memory box die is fab huggles hun Sue J xxxx

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  19. Seems like blogger is full of tanties at the moment...glad it's sorted out. Great stamp from Penny Black and super designed card, including that gorgeous die...xx

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  20. Wonderful card Flora. Love those hedgehogs.
    I can't say I heard your bad words when your blog vanished. However, I am a little bit deaf! LOL
    I had minor freak out earlier when my list of blogs I follow vanished. Panic stations for me. I resorted to standard practice from when I worked with computers - switch it off and switch it back on again ;-).
    Worked this time!

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  21. Love this gorgeous card...fab butterflies and love the papers.xxx

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  22. Morning sweetie....

    This is gorgeous....

    Love the colours too...

    Huggles Pops x x x

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  23. Hi Flora! I didn't realise I wasn't following you - now rectified :)

    Coo, went cold here when you wrote about the blog not existing message - so pleased it's sorted out - and top of my 'to-do' list is to back mine up!!

    A gorgeous card, that die is so beautiful and as a butterfly lover I now crave it :)) There are so many lovely dies out now which make up for difficulties in punching aren't there.

    I think I understand what you mean about making a triple layer card with frames going inwards - is that a bit like 'invertage'? I'm gonna have a little play here and see if I can work out how to do it 'cos I bet it would look really good.

    Been reading your blog and you do some lovely work, rising above health issues. Good for you Flora - blogging is a great way to 'meet' others.

    Maybe it's time for you to use up some snippets and come to join us in the Playground. The girls are such a friendly bunch and you don't have to go overboard using snippets - even a flower made from leftover paper (or a butterfly - grin) is fine. We don't have any real rules, the girls will hop by to say hello and you could end up with a little prize one week. Plus, they do play very nicely and share their sweeties and even would give you a gentle push on the 'virtual swings' if you like :) Ha, but do watch out for the naughty ones sharing a bottle of wine behind the bike shed!!

    If you want to know more sweetie, just drop me an email here di_wray@hotmail.com

    Hugs, Di xx

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    1. Had a peek around Pixie's Crafty Snippets, really enjoyed what is done with these snippets, as I am on an "I must not buy any more papers" as I am worried my crafty den will proceed downstairs, I am gaining more and more snippets, with the dies I now have I may be saving a cm square. Quite partial to a bit of the grape so I might also end up as a candidate for your other establishment, lol. xx Flora

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  24. Lovely cad Flora! Oh dear, I would have gone into a flat panic too. Enjoy your weekend. Judy x

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  25. hi Flora, fabulous card, I love this border, I have used it by cutting the butterflies off the border, I put them on my wedding cake card, so tiny and cute, gave me a shock about blogger, hope mine behaves. pam

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  26. A beautiful card and I love all Memory Box dies. There is such a big choice in dies now that you can make excellent cards with and not a punch in sight :o)
    Jackie xx

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  27. so gorgeous flora.i love your sweet hedgie image and really pretty butterflies :D

    xx coops xx

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Thank you very much for taking the time to comment. I enjoy reading them and knowing that I have company. Crafty hugs. xx Flora