Sketch Saturday #51 & Colour Create #16

This weeks sketch is sponsored by All That Scraps and this weeks Colour Create challenge has been set by Kim and is sky blue, tan and ecru ...
So here is my card ... i used this opportunity to make another of my June cards .... and the last Father's Day card on my list ... yayyyy ... only one more male card to do for June and thats my lot. I can then send out my July card request text and hope that i get some girly requests in there somewhere! I've been getting rather frustated when visiting your blogs and seeing you've made all these pretty girly cards for the challenges and i'm stuck with making the male versions! I'm clearly having pink, flowers and ribbon withdrawal lol!

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Birthday pressie from the lovely Linda (thanks x)

Stitching ~ Sewing machine

Image ~ Magnolia & i have no idea where the cute little dog comes from or the paw print, if my memory serves me well and we can never be too sure about that at my age .... eh Vicki! ... I believe i won it, but anyhow, they are both coloured with Whisper Markers and watercolour pencils, with a bit of paper piecing on the tie.

Sentiment ~ PC generated

Buttons & Raffia ~ Stash

The inside was decorated with the off cuts from the front and some more stitching.

Water feature update .... I've not ventured down the garden today, but Andy has and he reliably informs me that we still have water squirting out of the bottom step. The garden is beginning to become water logged, which isn't helped by all the rain we're having again today. I shall be ringing the council tomorrow to let them know that we have a leak as advised by "Leakline", and hopefully they will send the Maintenance officer to come and have a look-see. No doubt he'll stand there and say "Oh it looks like you have a burst mains pipe" much like he did when my bed went through the floor boards and he came and said "it looks like a case of woodworm" that was after he asked if i'd been having a good time when it happened .... how blooming rude is he?! I was not impressed to say the least. Clearly my sense of humour had left me that morning ... or perhaps it was due to sleep deprivation. Oh the joys of social housing pmsl! At least it wont cost us anything. If i get chance i shall start taking photos so that you can see the progress or lack of it. Last time this happened we had a huge hole in the side yard for weeks while they fixed it .... i use the word "fixed" loosely cos the outside loo has never worked since lol! and i feel sure they cemented up a hole that perhaps shouldn't have been! I just thank goodness we've not had the garden landscaped cos i'd be mighty p***** if we had!