Lavender

It's quite a challenge to grow lavender in our hot, humid climate. I have found a sunny spot under a overhang so that it doesn't get all the rain. so happy to get lots of flowers this year.

This is my entry for Our Beautiful World : Purple Challenge.

Beautiful October

Our Beautiful World is having a Colors of October Challenge. Most of the photos are in northern hemisphere fall colours. BUT those of us in the southern hemisphere also have an October. But ours is spring! And my garden is full of lovely lavender colours ...

Jacaranda blossoms ...

Don't know what this one is called ...

Lavender ...  

Got this as a Christmas present 2 years ago .. also forgot the name

Forget-me-nots ...(more a blue)

THANK YOU so much

My album of our wonderful trip arrived today! I decided to make one printed album as we had over 2700 photos to choose from - I think I picked about 524 and the album ended up being 132 pages.  (I will be making scrapbook pages of the really special photos.) I made this card to go with the album to thank my husband for a dream come true.

I first painted the background with watercolours. I stamped the map and travel icons in brown, and the rest in black. I stamped the Thank You with Versamark ink and embossed in white. I added black shadow lines to make it stand out more.

I will enter this in the Simon Says Stamp Make your Background challenge, the Just Us Girls Water Color challenge and the Inkspirational Flight Challenge.

Just a taste of our trip .... Edinburgh for my daughter's Graduation

Off to Italy ... Rome, Florence & Tuscany ...

A last stop in Venice ...

Glorious last night!