Birthday Treat

What do you buy the man who needs nothing ?? Well this was the dilemma my brothers & I faced as our Dad turned 70 last month.So after a lot of head scratching we came up with a day at Chelsea Flower Show for both Dad & Mum, Paul & I tagged along to provide company & transport :)

We all had a marvellous day & here are some of the highlights...

 Gnomes allowed for the first time ever :)

 Finding our way around

 Mum & Dad

 The Australian garden

 more show gardens

 Inside the Pavilion

 stunning displays

my favourite with the wall panels made of appliqued leather.

 selfie

 gardener spotting!

The weather stayed dry albeit a little cold but we managed to see everything we wanted to see & came home with our heads buzzing with ideas & flower names for our back garden which really needs our attention this year.

Would I go again...oh yes :)

getting in a scrap...

Taking on some challenges is certainly firing up my mojo this week. I made the next page in super quick time by my standards & I'm really pleased with the result.

My daughter loves taking selfies & this is one of my most recent favourites :)

Snapshot.

I have a "thing" about sequins at the moment & this matt gold ones are a fave.

The journalling card is a cut file for the Silhouette.

This page is based on a Pagemap sketch the Solihull crop have set as this month's challenge for today.

Also this page is for the Onwards Recipe Challenge at the Onwards & upwards Blog weekend by Jennifer Grace. I followed her recipe of a small photo, uplifting words, 1 sticker, something shiny, 3 stars, yellow & a stamp.

...and the good news DD loves it too :D

Taking inspiration...

Over the past few weeks I've noticed I'm scrapping less & less & I'm sure there are loads of reasons why this is happening but to counteract this a little & give my mojo a bit of a kick I thought I'd try my hand at a few challenges...I've attempted 2 challenges in one page, which is a first for me.

Tulips in Amsterdam.

Bespoke background using watercolour paints! - I don't do uncontrolled messy but I quite like the finished result.

This page is using both CSI challenge & To be as free as a bird challenge over on the Onwards & Upwards weekend by Jennifer Grace.

For CSI 71, I have used all 5 colours, evidence- circles, birds & paint splatters. testimony- inspired by song title.

For as free as a bird,I experimented transferring paint splats off my messy mat, stuck every thing down with out a ruler( which is unheard of for me!) & added a bird.

Behind the middle photo is a tag with journalling relating to how different this trip was with just the two of us & how we were free to do just as we liked :)