M for Mother's Day.

This particular card was used eventually as a Mother's Day card, thus M as the sentiment. It could have been a Birthday or any other occasion, though. Bearing a lot of flowers it's quite universal.

I used:

• Leane Creatief Lea'bilities "Flower 008" 45.0577 
• Scor-Bug Embosser
• Crafters Companion Embossalicious Embossing Folders 6x6 - Floral Stitch Ef6-Fstch
• Joy!Crafts 6002/0378 feather
• Joy!Crafts 6002/0136 ~ Fleur-De Lys (Corner 2)~ Joy Crafts
• Joy!Crafts 6002/0385 Stencil - Roll Up Roses 
• Joy! Crafts mery`s stencil - basic joy!crafts 6002/0403
• Memory Box; Grand Madison Window #815
• Die-Namics Mini Royal Roses 
• Marianne Design Collectables Col1380 vintage alphabet 
• Marianne Design Craftables Cr1266 - - Birds Trellis
• Marianne Design Creatables Lr0270 Anja`S Vintage Ornaments 2
• Marianne Design Creatables Lr 0271 Anja`S Vintage Swirls 
• Marianne Design Creatables lr0263 Parasol
• Marianne Design Creatables Lr0157 Decorative Elegance Lavender
• Marianne Design Creatables lr0150
• Marianne Design Creatables Lr0192 Leaves
• Marianne Design Creatables lr0162 english rose 
• Nellie Snellen Nellie’s Choice Shape Die - Flowers-2 Sd045
• Nellie Snellen Floral Punch - Set Small Rose Flower - Nellie Snellen Flp027
• Nellie Snellen Floral punch jumbo set FLP031 rose leaves
• Nellie Snellen Floral punch set jumbo blad-1 FLP011

PS Detail:

Chalks. I experimented with chalks on the flowers. OK. I've tried it once and I am not going to do it again. Preferably ever. The biggest problem was to combine chalking the flowers and watering them. I always spray flowers a little for better molding. The wet chalk created a rather unsightly effect of dirtiness rather than anything else. Kind of expected, but still disappointing, I had had hopes it might just alter the color very slightly. No luck there. I still used some victims of my experiment on the card though, after adding some lining.