The Love Month

It's February already and yes that means that our thoughts turn to LOVE. I am an incurable romantic and still love Valentine's day. It is also the birth month of my "baby" boy who will turn 25 on the 24th. I am really enjoying the increasing daylight as well as the progress of the bulbs in my garden. There are lots of shoots around and I know that by the 24th I will have some of my favourite flowers, daffodils, in bloom..

Meanwhile I am making the most of some blooms in my house. My little pot of miniature daffs are coming along really well.

And my water grown hyacinth is in bloom. The scent from it is delicious and so unique. A real promise of spring.

 My card today is a Guest Designer card I have made for Lexi's card challenge. There is a new challenge up today for February and the theme is Valentine's/Love. Do pop along and join in. The sponsor is Fairy Dust Crafts and the winner each month could win voucher for spending in her on line shop.

 I made an anniversary card with lots of love on it.  I chose this sweet bear digi image called lovesick bear and also the sentiment which are for sale there.

I used my Go Create die to cut the shapes. I coloured the bear with Promarkers and highlighted with Prismacolor pencils.I paper pieced the heart and also added the same paper to my Memory Box precious hearts die cuts. The anniversary sentiment is from LOTV and there is a close of of the sentiment below. I used my MB marshmallow clouds die to cut this.I added a red and a white mulberry rose.
The heart button is a Cath Kidston button sent to me by a dear friend which I threaded with string...perhaps I could say this has tugged my heart strings ;0)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Jelly Park lots of love
A Creative Romance show us some love
Rhedd and Rosie anything goes
Pan Pastels anything goes
Simon says stamp anything goes with twine or string there is string in my heart button.
Squirrel and Fox use embellishments
I love Promarkers love is in the air
Passion for Promarkers anything goes
The cupboard Trilogy Love
Natalie and Amy love is all around you
Make it Monday linky party #177
Cute card Thursday something new my new is the digi image and sentiment
Emerald Faeries Let's see a banner
Feeling Crafty use dies/punches
Sweet Stampin  Love/Valentine's
All Sorts Love is in the air
A gem of a challenge all you need is love
The Ribbon Girl hearts
Pile it on ribbon
Crafty Catz anything goes

Thanks for visiting me here today and don't forget to join in with Lexi over at her challenge blog. Good luck to anyone who enters.

The weekend actually turned out much kinder than the forecast and we even managed to get out for a walk in the sunshine. It felt so good to feel the sun on our faces. Mind you this seems a brief respite as yet again we have more heavy rain making its way here. Please take care everyone in the UK. For my friends abroad I hope it's not too cold.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x