When life gives you lemons...

As some of you may have noticed, I had a six month hiatus from crafting recently. This was due to a lot of personal reasons, one of which was that I moved house.

I created a layout to celebrate my housewarming, using the Beautiful Friendship Paper Packet, a cute house themed stamp set, the May SOTM and some lemon cardstock.



I stamped the journalling lines in Lemon ink, and added this cute mason jar with a lemon and a straw in it!



This layout reminds me that even when life doesn't go as planned, I have some amazing friends to lean on who love me and will support me.

I am entering this in the Heart 2 Heart When Life Hands You Lemons challenge as I think it fits the theme on multiple levels!

Hey Beau-TEA-ful

I'm having lots of fun with the May Paper Packet from CTMH, and I especially love the matching teapot die!

I'm always a fan of a hot cuppa on a cold day, and here in New Zealand we've been having  a few of them recently. What better way to warm a friend's heart than with a cute teapot inspired card?





I embossed the cardstock before cutting the teapot shape out, which I think matches the floral paper well.

The sentiment snuggled perfectly between the two teapots, and then I added some ribbon and glitter gems to complete the look.

I used Sapphire, White Daisy, Bashful and an additional colour of Smoothie, Heather and Canary in the patterned paper to join in with this week's Color challenge. This is such a beautiful colour combination!

Joining in with Color Dare