Birthday and anniversary time

A dear friend of mine celebrates her birthday and wedding anniversary on the same day – how lovely!
For her birthday card I chose fuchsias as the theme, as her husband grows such beautiful fuchsias every year in their garden.  I found the design in my Parchment Craft magazine and had a great time making the card, adding my own twist to the design as I went along.
I have a bit of a “thing” about owls at the moment and couldn’t resist making these two for our friends’ anniversary card.  I embossed the card blank with the Sizzix Hearts from the Valentine and Borders Set (#657490)

Heart washi tape and silver peel off greeting completed the design.

Is it really November?

Having started the annual clear up of the garden, I was amazed at how many flowers were still in bloom. In fact I found it quite confusing as there were copious amounts of leaves that had fallen, leading me to believe that autumn had well and truly arrived, but to my amazement, my fuchsias are still in bloom. I have never seen them in bloom in November.

A splash of autumn colour!