Sunflowers

We bought a wonderful pot of sunflowers for our patio last week, and overnight some animal ate every leaf! Such a disappointment, although I did cut all the flowers and brought them inside. These sunflowers won’t get eaten.

It’s a Word Challenge at Just Us Girls this week. The word is BASKET and it came at the perfect time. I couldn’t pass up My Favorite Thing’s latest kit: “Sending Sunflowers,” and it had just arrived.

I decided to use the sketch at this week’s Freshly Made Sketches, (linked here if you’re interested in the sketch), but missed the deadline by just a few minutes! It’s so annoying when I let that happen. But, the challenge at CAS on Friday is stripes, and I think this works there as well.

When my friend, Michelle, receives new dies, she cuts out lots and lots and assembles them. That’s not usually my style, but this time I did make a lot more than I needed for this card, so you’re sure to see a few more sunflowers before September ends. The MFT kits are a wonderful value, and this one came with two sets of dies, a sentiment stamp set, as well as a patterned paper pad with houndstooth papers (see above!) I used a Stitched Rectangle from Simon Says, but otherwise everything except the kraft cardstock came with the kit. There’s also a mason jar and a cute watering can in one of the die sets. The kit has already sold out, so I’m glad I didn’t wait.

It’s a sign of my age, probably, but I’m in need of new Thinking of You cards. I had a nice stash of them, but I’m down to the last couple. This is a start.