A is for Africa

I've just finished the first page of a new swap I joined at KCUK.  It's a chunky 4 x 4 inch alphabet swap and we have to make 3 letters each month, until finished, to make our own books.

My first for A is Africa and my images are from Non Sequitur.

I embossed in black and coloured with Promarkers. The photo really doesn't show the richness of the colours despite my trying to enhance them digitally.

I'm still thinking but haven't made my mind up what to do for B and C

As all my poppies are finished, I thought I'd share this fabulous plant which I adore. It's a house plant and was given to me by two late friends/neighbours, Myra and Archie, some years ago. I never knew what it was until I took a cutting, to the other end of the country, to my green fingered friend Lynne, who lives near Rye. She researched in her books and told me that it is a Hoya, commonly known as a wax flower. It is so fragrant and so pretty. It starts with all the petals closed, as above, then they open up to reveal the tiny pink centres which look like plastic and are so unreal.  Here's the fun bit... I save the tiny pink centres and they dry and stay almost the same and I have stuck them on cards!!! Yeah! If you have this plant try it!