Gardening Fan - Birthday Card

....  Good morning. I hope everyone is well. The high temperature broke yesterday and we were able to sleep well last night. In fact, it was so much cooler yesterday that I was able to work in my craft room (too hot most of last week). I made a birthday card for my mother-in-law, Madeline. Madeline absolutely loves her garden, and so she should, it's amazing. So, this is the card I made for her:

Stamps: Waffle Flower - Elegant Sentiments, Postage Collage Garden Silhouettes, Plant Marker Words, Postage Collage, Green Thumb Sentiments; Aall & Create - Postal Bits, Stamped Horizons

Inks: Gina K - Powder Blue, Peach Bellini, Soft Stone, Sweetcorn, Stormy Sky, Lt Orchid, Med Orchid, Warm Cocoa, Lucky Clover, Lipstick, Dark Chocolate, Kelly Green, Sweet Mango, Petunia, Key Lime, Cadet Blue; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Stencils: Waffle Flower - Postage Collage Gardening, Postage Collage Colouring

Dies: Waffle Flower - Postage Collage, Elegant Sentiments

Accessories: White & Black Card; Black Marker Pen

I loved the last release from Waffle Flower - the gardening theme is fab and perfect for so many of my family and friends - not me though!!

I die cut the A2 stamp block from white card. I used the PC Gardening stencil to create the images on the 'stamps'. The stencils have suggested colours marked on them, and while I followed most of the time. I added some detail to the images with a fine black marker, and then added postage marks. For the postage marks I used a couple of sets from Aall & Create - they have several more 'UK' style stamps. I used the PC Colouring Stencil to create the airmail frame on the A2 white notecard. I layered the stamp panel onto black card and adhered it to the front of the card. I finished the front with an elegant birthday greeting in black ink - I die cut it with the matching die (layered it on 3 blank layers for depth). On the inside I cut a matt layer of black card and on the white panel I stamped a fun greeting, and added a black gardening silhouette image.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge - CIC#638 where the theme is Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More! - ATSM#520 to use diecuts and/or stencils - both!

Just Us Girls - JUGS#829 - to use stencils

Seize the Birthday - STB#329 - I've skipped the topping, and gone for Anything birthday goes

I'm safe to share Madeline's card today and she doesn't use the Internet! It's cooler today too, in fact, the sky is rather grey. I think there may be some rain - I'd be very happy to see rain, as the garden needs it.

That's all for today. See you all soon.