A Spring awakening and new beginnings

Yesterday was the most glorious sunny day. My silversmithing class is off for Easter so I enjoyed a day to myself where I caught up on some of my crafting projects.

It was warm enough to sit outside for lunch. What is there not to love about a blue sky?  It will soon be warm enough to open up my little garden studio.

 My hellebore has so many gorgeous blooms

 My daffodils are now in full bloom.

  and I noticed my tulip blooms are emerging.

 It's so good to see this spring awakening.

I even managed a walk to my beloved ponds where Nature is really waking up for Spring.

Even this fellow was basking in the sun (he's a heron in case you are wondering).

Life feels so good on days like this.

My challenge piece today is an Easter tag. I created this fun background with inks and sprays which I think looks a bit like an bird egg shell.

I added lots of spring embellies including a button. The butterflies are a Nicecrane download. The leaves are by Cheery Lynn. The sentiment is Clearly Besotted

I would like to enter my Easter tag into the following challenges;

Fussy and fancy 3/3 things with wings
Paper creator  1/3 spring colours
Emerald Creek Dares  ring in spring
Try it on Tuesdays  3/3 nature
Little Claire's  2/3 anything goes
Ribbon Girl  2/3 any image
Whimsy 2/3 spring colours or Easter
Deep Ocean 1/3 Fave colour combo I have lots of fave combos but greens/ blues/ yellows is one of them.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 1/5 come rain or shine Come rain or shine we will be enjoying a happy Easter time as we are catching up with our dear family and this is the tag on one of their Easter gifts. I also think my little scene is a sunny one.
Sweet Stampin 1/3 Easter
Allsorts 1/3Easter
Crafty Boots  1/3  Easter

So what's the new beginnings part of this post I hear you ask? Well I finished work today. 34 years as a physio is a long time and it did feel quite surreal but as my Mum says...as one door closes...................so tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life and I am so looking forward to following my crafty pathway.
First I am going to first catch up over lunch with my dearest friend Karen tomorrow.....we'll raise our cappuccini and celebrate my retirement from physiotherapy over a panini in Caffe Nero ;0)

A real Spring awakening all round and lots of new beginnings.

Thanks for visiting and I am looking forward to sharing new adventures in the pages of Jane's Journal with you, there will be lots more to come. I hope to have much more time to be creative.

Here's to my ongoing crafting journey. Cheers!

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x