In my summer garden

Happy July 1st everyone! I am delighted that it is time for me to host my annual challenge over at Country View. I love being able to choose the theme and I have chosen, "In the summer garden" for our July challenge.

I would like to see anything you might see in your own summer gardens. This could include flowers

sunshine

Insects like the busy buzzing bees

or moths/butterflies

or even dragonflies.

Perhaps pond life...

Or bird life?

Home grown veg perhaps? (Or is that too random?)

You could even include outdoor eating and drinking

I of course had to make a floral card as I adore my pots in my summer garden.

I started off with some Infusions

added some stencilling

I stamped my Tim Holtz's flowers which I watercoloured and fussy cut out (yes I don't have those dies!)

 I added glossy accents to the centres of the flowers

 I die cut the ornate frame and painted it yellow

and then added some crackle paint and vintage photo distress ink for an aged effect.

I stamped my Visible Image words from their new "So much stronger"set. Susan will soon have all the new releases in stock. I then put my design together.

This is my finished card.

and a few close ups

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

A vintage journey stencil it

Creative fingers 1/3 anything goes

Crafty catz 1/3 anything goes +/-embossing

Fussy and fancy 1/3 pretty in pink

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Creative moments 2/3 anything goes

So now it's your turn. We would like to see all your crafty makes where you have been inspired in your own summer gardens.

 As always you can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. Your make can be anything creative! You may even be the lucky random winner of the £20 CVC voucher.

I am really looking forward to seeing all the entries.

All the details can be found here

My 2nd DT make for Country View is on Tuesday..something very different. I hope you will come back to see it. Have a fabulous July and I hope your summer gardens give you as much pleasure as my own one does....someone else who loves my garden is Billy. At the moment though he is keen to find the shade. This heat wave is quite extraordinary..and it is due to get even hotter!

Keep cool and carry on crafting (and gardening)

Bye for now,

Jane x