Happy Birthday Card

For this card I designed all the background some months ago for a Design Team card but the challenge blog had to close down.  The backing papers are from my Tim Holtz backing paper pad that my son bought me for Christmas 2010.  I am VERY slowly using it up as I like it too much to use all at once!!  All the papers I distressed with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and added a black chalk ink pad to accentuate the distressed edges.  I have kept to the colour scheme of black and turquoise so added some black card which I embossed with a button mask and then sanded back to release the white underneath.  The image is a Dilly Bean image called "Pinky's skull bow".  I got to like these images courtesy of my friend Sue - she has a lot to answer for.  The image has been coloured in with Promarkers.  The card has been finished off with some bunting, fibres, flowers with brad centres, Marianne's Designs corner and grass embellishment and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Designs by Lisa Somerville - Add texture

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Emboss

Poodles Parlour - Let's see those die-cuts

Dilly Bean Challenge - Worn, torn and distressed

Just Some Lines - layer it up

Dream Valley - Die-cuts and punches

Twisted Tuesday - Are you feeling blue and twist of using one other colour - blue and black for me

Whimsy Stamps - Lots of layers

Paper Pretties - Square cards