Whisper a Wish to a Butterfly

Here is my Design Team Layout for Issue 88 of Scrapbook Magazine.  The theme was "Mum".

I am creating a family scrapbook so I was quite happy to scrap these photographs of my Mum.  I think my Mum was really beautiful when she was a young woman, and she bore a resemblance to our present Queen I think. 

She worked as a nurse, and the 2nd photo was taken on the steps of Westgreen Hospital where she worked and also met my Dad.

 Mum is no longer with me, and I seem to miss her more now, than I did when she first passed away.  There is a saying that if a Butterfly flies close to you, it is someone in heaven come for a wee visit.  When I saw this sentiment card I thought it was perfect, as I would love a Butterfly to take a message back to my Mum to let her know that I miss her and I wish she was here to see the Great Grandchildren which were born after she passed away.

  I used a lot of flowers on this layout, as Mum loved flowers and always pottered away in her garden.

The papers,sentiment and cameo were from Bo Bunny

Flowers from Wild Orchid.

Butterflies are from Prima

I hope you like this layout, it is a very special one to me.  

Take care and I would love to see you come back for a visit soon!

 

Kenny K's Crafty Crew, Wild Orchid, Cutie Pie Challenges

I haven't been blogging in such a long time!! I have been away on holiday and have been really busy since I got back.  I'm back on the ball again, and want to show you a card I have made using a Kenny K image.

 I am entering it onto the blog challenge, which is "Anything goes"
I am also entering this card into Wild Orchid Crafts challenge which is "Summer Flowers
and finally The Cutie Pie Challenge  which is Frames and Borders.

I'm afraid that I don't know who made the papers, as they are from my stash which I am using up.  The pink frame is from Love Elsie, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment was free from a crafting magazine.

I'm going to make this a short post, so as I can go and get crafting again! Bye for now and thanks once again for stopping!!

Bella and Bronte's Challenge (Mo's digital challenge)

 The challenge over at Bronte and Bella's Challenge Blog #94  (Mo's Digital Pencil) is to make an easel  card with an animal or bird and of course, using one of Mo's images.  I just love this cheery lady and this is the first card I have made using this image.  I included a wee pussycat and also a wee bird.  I used up paper from my stash (which I think was a freebie from a magazine) and some bows and gems.  She was coloured with my promarkers, and I paper pieced her dress.

The card below is a Lili of the Valley image and once more it is an easel card. I was rummaging through my stash and found letter and number templates, so I decided to make some 'age' cards, starting with this one. The paper again is from my stash, and the lovely flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/