Holiday Dove's Season's Greetings Card

I made another season's greetings card for the HA challenge.

I really enjoyed making this card. :)

Technique I used, etc.:
Ball chain is just only wound around a snowflake fastener, and fixing
chain with a Clear Circles and a Clear Card Button to tie them with
DMC embroidery thread firmly at a once.

stamp used:
HA AI: Holiday Doves / LL213
HA Sparkle Clear: Holiday Messages / CL244

paper:
Bazzill Cardstock Brown (and Beige is for a backside)
White vellum
Basic Grey Pattern Paper /Figgy Pudding, Obscure

Ink &coloring:
Ranger Distress ink / Antique Linen, Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles
TSUKINEKO VersaFine / Onyx Black
TSUKINEKO StazOn / Black
Farber-Castelle polychromos color pencils + Dove Blender

Accessories:
HA Felt snowflakes/ CH 162
HA Little Snowflake Fasteners / CH133
HA Assorted Clear Circles / CH 146
HA Clear Card Buttons / CH106
Basic Grey Brad / Wassail
Silver plated ball chain
Torchon lace, Sheer ribbon, DMC embroidery thread Pearl #5

TFL!

I began to join the Heroarts' weekly challenge.

This was my first card to entry the Heroarts weekly challenge.I had been thinking to join the challenge, since their blog was started.

stamp used:
HA Special Edition Good Cheer Messages / LL260
HA Pocketful o' Holiday Trees Small / LL259

paper:
Bazzill Cardstock, WorldWin Translucent vellum / peridot

Ink & emboss powder:
HA Colorbox Chalk Q / ms209
TSUKINEKO Brilliance / Graphite Black, VersaMark, Embossing powder / Gold

Accessories:
HA Felt Poinsettia and Leaves / CH 161
HA Smooth clear Gemstones / CH 153
ribbon

In full bloom (Asian Holly)

I found the flowers of Asian Holly in our garden the other day.

This is a closeup. Tiny white flowers are in full bloom. :)

A story changes..., I don't understand why this blog cannot access to 'edit' directly??? I always found my mistakes after publishing the post. :(

A year has passed...

 A year has passed since my mother passed away.
This day, a year ago, there were so many yellow flowers here and there in the garden, just like to see my mother off. I love this flowers since my childfood, because they begin to bloom in the late autumn, the season there's a few kind of flowers.  We call this 'Tsuwabuki' in Japanese, the botanical name is 'farfugium japonicum', I hear.

While I reminded my mom, and I came to be a little sentimental, an ant appeared on the petal (the bigger flower on the right).

 And the bee was coming to another flower! I could capture them!

If possible, I want to meet you and see your smiling again, Mom.