This cards combines a few challenges: the sketch from Papertake Weekly; Crafty Creations 'We want to see you shine'; Crazy4Challenges 'Paper Flowers'; and Teddy Stampers 'Summer'. The adorable image is by Lili of the Valley ('Bear & Butterflies', and the gorgeous sparkly papers are from the 'Penny Lane' glitter stack by My Mind's Eye. The flowers are a mixture of Prima and Petaloo, and the brads are Papermania.
I haven't used this Whipper Snapper stamp (called 'Moo'd Swing') for ages...but there are a couple of 'Black, White & One Other Colour' challenges around this week...and I thought she'd be perfect! lol I followed the sketch from Truly Scrumptious, and used 'Red' as my other colour, as per the following challenges: Crafty Creations - 'Black, White & a Splash of Red'; and Create4Fun - 'Black, White & ?'. I used my 'Victoria', 'D'Vine Swirls' and 'Swiss Dots' Cuttlebug folders for the embossing (which is the 'optional extra' for the Truly Scrumptious Challenge this time). The sentiment stamp is by Cuddly Buddy, and the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I've had this Whiff of Joy image ('Fred the Celebrating Elephant') in my image box for ages...so long in fact, that I can't remember who sent it to me...but thank you whoever you are...he's so cute! I followed the sketch from the Whiff of Joy Challenge...although I did tilt the image the other way...he looked really odd looking 'down hill'! The papers are by My Mind's Eye ('29th Street Market'), and I used my Cuttlebug 'Perfect Paisley' folder to emboss the plain purple one. I distressed the embossing with a sanding block, then all of the edges using my distressing tool...so I'm also going to enter this card into the Crafty Creations 'Distressing' challenge. The flowers are a mixture of Kort & Godt and Wild Orchid Crafts.
