The trees are in leaf

The recent warm spell has been meant that all the local trees are now in full leaf...so much new growth. New leaves are such a gorgeous shade of green.

or sometimes red, as in the case of the copper beech.

The blossom is still out too

It's almost time for me to go up to the local nurseries and buy my bedding plants. I need to remember not to "Cast a clout til May be out" and the Hawthorne is not yet in flower ;0) I adore fuchsia and although  it's too early to plant any out I thought I would use my new Chocolate Baroque stamp set to make a card with the fuchsia image.

I have been water colouring some images making cards for the Tea Rooms which opens next week.
Here is one, it's such a pretty fuchsia stamp. I coloured it with distress inks.

I made a background with my bark embossing folder and distress paints similar to the one I made my April Tim card. Here is my finished card. The lovely die is by Joy Craft.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

Chocolate Baroque colour challenge #22
 
Noor spring flowers
Penny Black and More 3/3 anything goes with stamping

Card Mania 2/3 flowers

Deep Ocean 2/3 flowers everywhere
Crafty Friends 1/3  in the garden
Sweet Stampin  2/3 flowers
Artistic Inspiration 1/3 Anything goes/use a die cut
Everybody Art 1/3 flowers
Stamping Sensations 1/3 anything goes


We had some rather welcome rain today, I could not believe how dry my garden was getting. I think the extreme heat of the weekend has settled and we are back to our normal spring temperatures for the next few days. We had a fab time at the weekend, it was steaming and yes that BBQ got fired up too.
This was Daisy Jane making Nanna a "cuppa" in the garden. It was so hot we had to find some shade.... she is so funny..........

 and yes even in 28c she wants to wear her wellies ;0)

and this was the late afternoon sun at the coast

 just bliss.

Thanks for visiting me today and for the kind comments you take the trouble to leave.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x