Special Friends

Hello all and I hope that you're all surviving this long winter! But Spring is just around the corner - I promise! I keep finding odd snowdrops out and all the little daffodils in the garden are not far from making an appearance and when I see their sunny yellow heads then that definitely makes me feel better. I'm sure sometimes that I'd be better hibernating and then just emerging as Spring starts to arrive!  Thankfully we had a bright sunny day on Sunday so we were able to embark on 'Operation Greenhouse' and clear up broken glass, scattered flower pots, etc. Some new panels have been ordered to get it straight again so hopefully it won't look as sad as it does at the moment! But ours is only trivial damage compared to how some people have been struggling - we've been incredibly lucky I think, just to lose some roof felt and greenhouse glass!

I think I must have been having a reaction to the grey and gloom when I made this card - and decided to throw myself fully into pinks, spring greens, flowers, etc.!

One of my close friends has a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks - and although we live about an hour apart, it's so good when we can meet up and catch up over a coffee! 

I've used a gorgeous stamp from LOTV, coloured with copics and promarkers. The backing papers are from LOTV, as are the sentiment tags.

I've added some stitching and some gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

The lacy corner die cut is from Joanna Sheen's signature dies, the ribbon is also from WOC, and the pearls are from stash.

Apologies for the overload of pics - but hope the spring-like colours have brightened the day lol! 

I will try and catch up with all my blogland visiting over the next day or so. I must confess that I'm loving playing with wool at the moment and doing a lot of knitting and crocheting - and it's quite addictive in an evening! But I'll have a blog-surfing session and see what gorgeous crafty creations everyone's been up to! 

Back soon,

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Craft Your Passion - girly girl

Created with Love - friends

WOC Challenge - stitching