Daisy chain girl

The weather here is completely dreary - so far today we've had hail, snow, rain, sun, snow ... I think you get the picture. So in retaliation I've focused on making a very Spring-y card.

I used one of my favourite Stamping Bella stamps for this card. The colouring is done with Copics and then I've added some Glossy Accents to the balloons. And it's hard to see, but there are tiny pearls at each gather of her dress. This little lady is definitely ready for a fancy party! The papers are all Basic Grey and the sentiment is computer generated. I added a felt daisy chain strip across the front and then added more little pearls to the centre of each daisy. I've gotta say, those tiny pearls are a real pain to work with (I think I lost more than I ended up using).  For the card design, I used a sketch from Paperworks Company:

Challenges:

• Charisma Cardz - Spring has sprung
• Creative Belli - felt or fabric (my daisy ribbon is felt)
• Creative Craft Challenges - cards for teens
• Flourishes - birthday
• One Stop Craft - birthday
• Ooh La La Creations - pink, pink, & more pink
• Scrap-Creations - birthday
• Stamps R Us - for the girls

A bunch of birthday balloons

Every challenge I check out these days is all about Valentine's Day, love, hearts, etc, etc. Well, I had to give in and do a lovey-dovey card but I refuse to make a Valentine's Day card this year (I'm anti-romance right now) so I turned this into a sweet birthday card that I plan to include in the next batch of cards going to Cards for Kids.

I usually use digi stamps but this Stamping Bella rubber stamp caught my eye a while ago. I love the delicacy of the figure and the swishyness (is that a word?) of the dress. After colouring, I added some Stickles to the dress & shoes to give a bit of glitter. I tried to make the scalloped hearts look as if they were part of the balloon cluster so I added a layer of Glossy Accents to both the balloons and the die cut hearts.

Challenges:

Thanks to Feline Playful for providing lists of challenges - I've found a couple of new challenges to follow and participate in. Yippee!

C.R.A.F.T. - use a die cut (I used nestabilities scalloped hearts)

Crafty Cardmakers - hearts

Crazy Challenge - lots of love

Creative Cowgirls - love is in the air

I Did it Creations - love is in the air

Paper Crafting Journey - love is in the air

Paper Playtime - use cupid or hearts

Polkadoodle - with hearts

Simon Says Stamp - love is in the air

Stamp with Fun - love