Hello lovely crafters!! I’m back after a little break after undergoing shoulder surgery six weeks ago. It will take another couple of months to recover fully I’m currently undergoing physical therapy, which is horrible but hopefully will restore my right arm to its former glory. In other words, I’ll be able to use my Spellbinders die-cutting machine yipee !!! For now, there’s still quite a lot of discomfort but I was able to make a card using mainly my left hand so please don’t judge me harshly.

It’s the midway point at The Flower Challlenge and we are asking you to use spring colours on your cards.

Here’s my left-handed creation…

My Silhouette Cameo was very happy to come out of retirement so I could make the embroidery hoop using Kraft card. For the background, I used an Altenew cover plate which reminds me of the backing fabric used in embroidery. The Flowers are courtesy of Pinkfresh from their Embroidered Blooms range and coloured with distress Oxides.

We hope you will join us at The Flower Challenge there are so many fabulous cards in our gallery and the Design team has once again knocked it out of the park and has been very understanding during my absence.

I’ve really missed crafting and believe me just sitting and doing absolutely nothing for six weeks has taken a toll on my mental health it’s amazing how much this hobby means to me and many others. I promise to get around to seeing you all as soon as possible but even writing this post is a little difficult so please bear with me.

Wishing you all a fabulous day.

Marie