More Huge Roses....

 Thanks for all your lovely comments on yesterday's post - some great ideas from you for using big stamps as well, which I will be trying. I had already made two more cards before getting thoroughly bored with the massive rose and putting it away for a while.......

This one i decoupaged. The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch and the tiny ones are Memory Box.....

This last one is a lot prettier in real life, the papers are my all-time favourite DCWV stack called Linen Closet, I love the colours. I stamped onto the pattern papers. The mat layer is lovely and glittery in real life, so just one of those cards that don't photograph well.....

I am running a bit behind schedule - well, a lot behind schedule - with all the stuff I have to do. I need to get the stuff for the CWC workshop under my belt, and then I have a magazine commission with quite a short deadline to get cracking on. Staying in and working never seems a hardship when the weather is so horrible, it's been very soggy here, but at least we are not in danger of flooding, unlike some poor souls who are having to paddle canoes to get a loaf of bread!

We have a hotel about 200 metres away from us, occasionally at weekends we hear music until about midnight, but it's never been a problem. Last night I was really tired and looking forward to some sleep. Head on pillow, loud (very very very loud) thumping, heavy metal type music coming from the hotel. I put up with it for hours, until it was 2.15 in the morning when enough was enough and I rang the hotel. 'Have you got a function there?' I asked politely. 'Yes, a wedding, the bride looks really lovely and they are having a great reception. It's a big wedding'.........WHAT? Did she really think that I had called at 2.15 a.m to find out if the brides dress was strapless or sweetheart neckline? Did she think I was calling to say 'I hope everyone is having a lovely time there with the thumpy thumpy music that I have been dancing to for hours around my bedroom' They found out why I called them this morning, when I rang the council office that deals with licensing - it turns out they aren't allowed to play music after 1.00 am. Oh dear, I do hope I haven't got them into trouble, the manager may have a sleepless night, what a shame.........

See you tomorrow x