Totally different to how I intended

This card started out with a totally different plan, you know how you get an idea and decide mentally thats what you are going to do well I do usually, but this one just went right off the planned route and map and onto a totally different altas.

I decided I would try and make a trishutter card, but didn't have the same size card as the tutorial on splitcoast stampers suggested, guess I should have known then that things weren't going to plan.

I had for a change decided on a couple of challenges to follow and a colour scheme but once I'd inked, embossed and coloured my image it just didn't look right on the card no matter where I put it. I tried differeny papers but that didn't help either. I then got distracted with the flowers and found another tutorial for fan flowers and started to play. One thing led to another and I decided I best have a rethink on my card theme. It had gone from being a card for a child to something that was much more an adult card. I then had a brain wave and decided I'd do a retirement card for my just in case stash, and then it suddenly struck me that my bright and cheerful flowers might not be suitable for a man, could it still be a retirement card. Now don't get me wrong I am all for sex equality but when ever I think of retirement cards I think of mens cards, you rarely here of women retiring. It then struck me like a bolt of lightning as to why. I'm sure many off you will agree and see the answer  before I type it. If a women retires from her job of employment she hasn't really retired at all, all it means is she has stopped working at her part time job and then just continues her full time job which encompasses house keeper laundry master , head cook and bottle washer chaimber maid etc and looker afterer of any male that abides under the same roof. When a man retires he gets to potter about doing all the things he enjoys whilst his beloved wife just carries on. I'm sure you all know exceptions to the rule and I am only jesting but I shall say no more and here is my card.

The papers I used were magazine freebies and the butterflies are from the stampman and are stamped on green vellum and embossed with moonglow starbright gold green powder, gems and ribbon and peeloff from my stash.

I managed to find a fair few challenges that it will fit so I will be entering them into all of those listed below. Hope you all have a great day, well whats left of it, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed thatthe rain will stop so I can go try find the leak in my garden stream after cracking the whip and encouraging my son with some more science revision.


Pollycraft-summer blooms
Easy craft projects-spring
Sentimental sundays-new beginnings
Creative cottage-fancy fold card
Quixotic challenge-DIY flowers
crafty cardmarkers-inside out
Meljens-flowers and blooms
Ooh lala- bright and cheerful
Prairie fairy friday-use some flowers
Stamp something-celebrate something