Fuchsias

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  I'm sitting here this morning thanking mother nature that spring is here.

Last weekend I looked out of my kitchen window at my flowering Cherry Tree thinking it will be in flower soon.

I didn't take a lot of notice of it in the last couple of days and this is what it was like this morning.  Now I know that summer is just around the corner.

This week over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 we have a new sponsor which is 

Andrea from Sheepski Designs

I totally love Andrea shop and her wonderful images.

 Andrea has so many wonderful and varied designs in her Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

Andreas own inspirational Blog is at

https://sheepskidesigns.blogspot.com/

and a challenge blog can be found at

https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/

Here are this month's sketches for you to play with.

Sketch #169 and Sketch #170

                                                 

 Here and both of my sketches and I used this wonderful Fuchsia image from Sheepski Design and these very cute Penguins.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team have \ created for you this month.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge *

2. Always Fun Challenge #130 Anything Goes *

3. QKR Stampede Challenge #365 Anything Goes *

4. Gem of A Craft Challenge Week 19 Anything Goes *

5. Christmas With The Cuties Challenge #31 Ribbons & Bows *

6. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Anything Goes  *

7. Merry Little Christmas Challenge #15 Anything Goes *

8. Sparkles Christmas Challenge #105 Make Us Laugh *

9. Digi Choosday Challenge Week #40 Anything Goes *

10 Southern Girls Challenge Tic, Tac, Toe *
Bling, Die Cut, Ink

 Card Recipies: 

                                                  

1. Base: White card stock French Linen

2. Coloured card: Wine card from Kaisercraft and Rouge from American card stock.

3. Design Papers: Purple from Kaisercraft Violet Crush and Kaisercraft Christmas Cracker 

4. Images: Fuchsias and Penguin Pals by Sheepski Designs.

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used:

 My Favourite Things Stitched Die.
Spellbinders Classic Circles Large and Tear Drops.

8. Embellishments:

I used the tiny Tear Drop die and these wonderful match centres.

 Ribbon, gems and sentiment from my stash.

9. Inside and the backs of both cards.

Wishing everyone a wonderful month and happy crafting.