Lake District

I'm off to the Lake District this afternoon, staying with my Aunt/Uncle, as Saturday is the Clio V6 annual meet.  This probably seems a bit of an odd thing to be going to see but this year they have dedicated it to my other half, Nick, who sadly died in a car accident in November last year. 

This is quite a personal thing for me to be posting on here but as he was such a big part of my life it seems only right to mention it at some point throughout my entries.

Nick, owned a Clio V6 which is a very specialist car, which has an internet forum (fan club) to which he was a member.  After his funeral a lot of the members of the club sent donations towards the National Trust, which we had chosen as an alternative to flowers.  They have also dedicated this years Lake District meet to his memory, as he loved it there, and hence the reason for me going along. 

We have had trees planted at a National Trust site in his memory following all the donations received, so I will also be visiting there again whilst I am in the Lakes.  It will be another difficult weekend, although I have begun to get used to doing things like this. 

What I should say is that my crafting hobby has helped me through some of the hardest days, and will continue to do so for many years to come no doubt.

So, let's get back to it and onto today's post :)...

One of my friends asked me to make a joint birthday card for 2 of her friends (a couple) who are 30 next month.  She wanted it to feature a skateboard (which he likes) and a piano (which they both like) but left the rest up to me.  I puzzled over this for quite a while, looking for pictures on the internet that I could incorporate into the card. 

In the end I found a piano and skateboard peel off amidst my stash and then decided on some champagne glasses too. 

I was really struggling with the colour theme as well and eventually settled with black.  If you look closely you can see the DSP feature tiny daisys, which I thought worked well to balance back the masculine feel of the card.  I then decided that I liked them so much I cut out a load and set them on one corner of the main part of the card.

It's turned out ok considering the strange request and fingers crossed she likes it.  I've entered it into the Whoopsi Daisy challenge - 'anything but square', Cupcake Craft challenge - 'how old?' and Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'.