Happily Ever Crafting: Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!

Good morning!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and if you were celebrating Mother's Day yesterday I hope you had lots of fun! I had a lovely time and both my kiddos bought me wonderful gifts..... and I was treated to breakfast in bed and a homecooked meal in the evening..... perfect!!

Whilst the family was hard at work making my day as relaxing as possible, I spent some quiet time in my craft room and created this card. I thought I'd use this sweet pink butterfly as it is quite metallic which fits in with the new Magnolia Down Under Challenge.

As you can see the card has quite a nice 3-d element with all the flowers I added. The papers are Prima and the fence is Magnolia DooHickey. I used another of the new Magnolia images and a gorgeous background from the new range too...... the sentiment is from the last release.

I'm also entering the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar - April Showers Bring Forth May Flowers

Allsorts - Blooming Blossoms

Saturday Challenge - Butterflies

The Corrosive Challenge - Pastel Colours

Addicted To Stamps - Happy Birthday

Paper Sundaes - Spring Blossoms

Hope your week is a good one..... thanks so much for stopping by today ;o)

TTFN and TFL, hugs Tara xxx

23 comments:

Riet said...: So beautiful card Tara,I love the image and the colours.
So gorgeous papers and the details.

Hugs Riet.xx; 4 April 2011 at 08:51
Margarets designer cards said...: Beautiful card, good luck with the challenges.
Margaret; 4 April 2011 at 10:18
debby4000 said...: Oh this is wonderful Tara and adorable cute Tilda, love all the fabby details you've used.
luv
Debby; 4 April 2011 at 10:41
Deborah said...: Oh my gosh... This is amazing beautiful! Love your card!!!
Such a nice details...

Thanks for sharing with us at ATSC!

Greets Deborah; 4 April 2011 at 10:42
Sue said...: Hi ya hun
sounds like you had a lovely day, totally gorgeous card, awesome colouring, your papers & embelies are beautiful luv the little fence, fabby scene, sue,x; 4 April 2011 at 10:55
Lil Daffodil said...: Hi Tara,
Wow this card has everything. There is so much beautiful detail. What a lot of work. Gorgeous embellishments and I lov ethe image. Fabulous work.
Hugs,
Fiona x; 4 April 2011 at 12:24
brenda said...: Very pretty Tara, a real feel of Spring here.

Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation and joining in my Bloomin’ Blossoms theme at Allsorts this week

B x

There's a Stampalot voucher up for grabs here; 4 April 2011 at 12:26
Anonymous said...: Morning tara
Once again what a beautiful card!
The detail is fantastic .You should have a class to pass on your knowledge and talent Stella XX; 4 April 2011 at 13:40
Tab said...: Gorgeous as always, Tara! Such a sweet scene you have created :o) and such pretty emebellies too.
Hugs Tab xxx; 4 April 2011 at 17:24
Joey said...: Hiya Tara

this is absolutely beautiful, I love those pearl embellies so pretty.

Joey xx; 4 April 2011 at 18:41
Imke said...: This is so beautiful ! Thanks for joining ust at The Corrosive Challenge.; 4 April 2011 at 18:42
Georgia said...: This is absolutely stunning Mum, I LOVE it! The image is so cute and I love the leaves and roses and the cute butterfly!! :) Love, Georgia xxxxxxx; 4 April 2011 at 19:37
Liz's creative corner said...: Hi Tara, gorgeous card hun, love your image and that lovely butterfly, thanks for joining us at ATSC, hugs Liz xx; 4 April 2011 at 19:46
Kellie said...: Wow! such a pretty card. Thanks for playing the corrosive challenge. I think I need to borrow some of your talent; 4 April 2011 at 22:16
Teresa said...: Hello Tara,
Thank you for joining us at ATSC, your card is beautiful.
I just read your 'about me' page and I'm the same, head buzzing all the time with ideas lol, I wish I could just sleep sometimes haha!
Have fun crafting! Teresa xx; 4 April 2011 at 22:37
Mummylade said...: what a fantastic card, love all the details. Thank you so much for entering this creation in the Allsorts challenge, good luck!; 5 April 2011 at 15:34
Alica said...: Oh wow! This is perfection! Great coloring, love the flowers and vines! The butterfly is like a cherry on the top!
Thanks so much for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!; 5 April 2011 at 22:13
Lisa said...: Hi Tara, Gorgeous card! Such a sweet Tilda image and I love the pretty garden scene you have created.

Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Calendar Challenge.

Lisa x; 6 April 2011 at 07:15
Nadell said...: Your card is so sweet and I love the details. Thanks for joining us at ATSC.

Hugs Nadell; 6 April 2011 at 09:00
Kleine85 said...: Such a sweet card! The flower arrangement is perfect.

Thanks for joining us at ATSC.

Hugs,

Tanja; 6 April 2011 at 19:35
annes paperfun said...: Oh..my!!! this is gorgeous!!!
So many lovely details.
Beautiful!!
Thank you for joining us at MDUC this week.
Hugs Anne Kristine; 7 April 2011 at 15:47
CraftyC said...: Beautiful card Tara, love the embellishments and pretty colours
Clairexx; 8 April 2011 at 00:47
Juls said...: adorable!!!! as always your details are just perfect!!!! and I love her paper pieced apron!! Hugs Juls; 12 April 2011 at 08:54