Easter greetings

Is it Easter yet? Could it be that time is passing by in record speed? 

It sees to me that only yesterday I was delighted to spot the first snowdrops and today, everything is green and blooming.

I had no mass production of Easter cards this year. Honestly, I had no Easter card production at all. To fill the blank space on my blog however, I might as well present a couple of Easter cards I prepared for my exhibition in January. With the limitation od "flat card" in my mind, one of them was this one featuring a magnificent vintage rooster. I love the colours of the image, and the animal's posture leaves no doubt on who is the boss of the henhouse.

As I didn't want to pull the attention from the rooster, I decided to add a simple background paper with a musical pattern, a matching polka-dot embossing for the transition, and a short text saying "Happy holidays".

A little contribution to the April collection of Create in Austria - artwork created by Austrians and/or in Austria.

challenges: 
- 613 avenue create: ATG with a twist (anything spring)
- a bit more time to craft: ATG
- cardz4guyz: animal antics
- crafty cardmakers: things with wings
- crafty catz: ATG with a twist (animals)
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- creative moments: ATG with a twist (Easter)
- deep ocean: Easter
- friendship challenge: Easter
- inspiration destination: ATG
- little red wagon: happy Easter
- love to craft: ATG
- pennys papertake: ATG
- through the craftroom door: ATG
- wordartwednesday: ATG

And while Mrs. Hen is probably laying her last Easter eggs, Mr. Rooster seems to be hiding somewhere. Where? As I went to the flower market this week, I just wanted to get myself a little something, a splash of colour to put on my table. 
When I was looking at the colourful selection, a couple of yellow ranunculus caught my eyes. What I finally brought home was far from it. 

What might look like a flower-shopping attack has to be explained with the fact that I tend to buy flowers from the same sales stand every time, and "my" flower lady developed the habbit of always adding a little extra. This time, the extra was orange tupils and yellow daffodils.

Putting the flowers together at home, I just couldn't seem to succeed in arranging them into an acceptable bouquet. From the beginning, I decided to split them in in two vases because they were just so many, but neither of them really satisfies me. On the other hand, as they are just for me, I'll guess I won't bother about their shape and arrangement too much and rather enjoy their colours and smell.

A contribution to the Friday-Flowerday at Holunderbluetchen.