Thanks a million!

I needed to make some thank you cards so I thought that this image from Mitzi Sato-Wiuff over at Aurora Wings would be perfect.  She is called "Red Poppies" and is available from Aurora Wings Etsy Store.

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers (mainly aqua, duck egg blue and turquoise).  I highlighted areas with the Graph'it white pen which is amazing along with my clear Wink of Stella glitter pen.  You MUST get one.  I've tried so many white pens but nothing works as well as this in my opinion and I know Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles certainly says the same and it's her advice I went with to try one.  I have inked around the edge of the image with Tim Holtz's Chipped Sapphire distress inks.

I have kept the card monochrome as I felt it worked well.  The backing papers are from a free magazine CD and the papers are called "Happy Days".  I won some of these papers in a challenge as a paper pad but they very soon ran out so as soon as I saw the magazine advertised with these papers on the CD I had to have it.

I have used a scroll stamp and stamped onto turquoise blue tissue paper, die-cut with a scallop circle die, scrunched the layers and held together with a brad.  

I have finished the card off with a Joanna Sheen bunting die, gingham ribbon, gems, die-cut sentiment and some Joanna Sheen confetti die-cut butterflies (this is one of my favourite dies at the moment.  Sometimes you want just tiny butterflies and these are perfect.  A small foam pad sits on the back and the die cuts out 8 of these little butterflies at a time and all for the cost of £2.99 for the die.  Amazing value).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - C for country flowers - poppies

Sweet Stampin - Mother's day or a special lady - this card is for a special lady that has helped me out recently and it has meant a lot

Totally Gorjuss - Thank you

Aurora Wings Challenge - Anything goes - wishing you all the best in your new venture of a challenge blog

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional theme to use 2D or 3D flower

Bunny Zoe's - Monochrome

Incy Wincy - Monochromatic

Love to Create - CAS and/or classy and elegant - I hope this is OK for classy and elegant

Ooh-la-la-Creations - To a special lady - for a special lady that has helped me recently

Papertake Weekly - For mum (or a girlie)

Passion for Promarkers - Monochrome

Oldie but a Goodie - Bunting (something old is the stamps that haven't seen the "light of day" for maybe 2 years or so)

Tuesday Throwdown - Tic-tac-toe - I have gone for the diagonal line of bling/digi image/ribbon

Everybody Art - Non cute card

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Use a ribbon

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything goes
CRAFT - Photo inspiration - I have chosen to go with the colour blue
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi