Anniversary...Mother's Day....and babies!!!

Had a busy couple of weeks preparing cards for last weekend! Obviously I couldn't blog these as I didn't want the recipients to get any sneaky peeks...but here they are now!
On Saturday it was our 23rd Wedding Anniversary...we had a lovely day & overnight in Chester, and thanks to my lovely hubby I am now the owner of a Pandora bracelet :) We went to 'Appy Feet' and had our feet nibbled by little fishies...a strange, yet very pleasant experience!

...And here is the card I made for the man himself....

It's very plain, but I love it for its simplicity! The bird image is Stampin' Up, the writing is all computer generated and the bunting is hand cut from printed paper, then doodled round. Simples!!!

Next up was Mother's Day...obviously we weren't at home in the morning, so Mum had to wait a little while for her card and pressie...she said it was worth the wait...so that was the main thing!! Here's the card...

I created the background using a variety of acrylic paints and ink sprays on watercolour paper. I then stamped the small butterflies (Stampin' Up, again!) onto this and stamped further, larger butterflies onto some offcuts. The words are, once again computer generated. Here's a close up...

The antennae took me longer to make than the rest of the card!!! I threaded seed beads onto very fine florists wire and attached to the back of each butterfly with red line tape. The butterflies are attatched with foam pads on one wing to give a little dimension. I had a spare butterfly left over, so decided to use it to make an insert for the card..

I made..well, with a lot of help from M&S!.....a lovely afternoon tea for us all...in anticipation of our trip to The Ritz for the real thing in May!!! It was a lovely relaxing weekend....though I fear my diet has 'gone to pot'!!! Guess what??? I don't care!! Next week is another week!!!

My final offering for today was made to welcome the most adorable little bundle of gorgeousness I've seen for quite a while! I wanted a slightly unusual present, and whilst I was hunting..came across this....

...which got the old cogs turning...I thought "Hmmmm, I'm sure I can alter that to look more imaginative than it does right now!" I THINK I was right!! 

It went to this...

...with the addition of some gesso and acrylics....and then to this....

...with some die cut flowers and letters!! Not forgetting the charms, of course....

It was posted 'First Class' on Friday....and still hasn't reached its destination, which is about 15 miles away! Could have walked there quicker!! Just hope it hasn't got lost on the way :(

Couldn't finish without a picture of the babe herself...

....how beautiful is she???

Thanks for looking...see you soon!

xx

PS....Just heard from Isabella's mummy...it's arrived!!! PHHHEWWWWW!!!!