With flowers that brighten as thy footstep falls...

I have a sweet card made with an equally sweet image, Persephone Lola, from Simply B Stamps’ Teen Scene Gods in Love collection.

This card is going to my cousin’s daughter for her 5th birthday, hence all the pink girlie details.  I followed the current sketch at Outlawz to make the card but I did swap out the heart elements for the butterfly and a simple rectangle.  I don’t know why I thought fussy cutting Persephone Lola was going to be a good idea but I did and therefore didn’t leave enough white space around her to frame her with my die cut rectangle.

Savvy Handmade Cards have a challenge to use your favourite item, I love my flowers, particularly the mulberry ones, and I also love my Fran-tage and both work really well for a girlie card.  And with my flowers I’m also entering this at Stampin’ for the Weekend’s current challenge.

I always think polka dots on a soft background is the perfect designer paper for a girlie card and the grosgrain ribbon with dots ties the foreground with the background of my card.  Spots and dots are also the current theme at Creative Knockouts so I’m entering my card in their challenge. I’ve also got numerous butterflies (what little girl doesn’t like chasing butterflies?) so am also linking this at Digi Galore for their wings’ challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E35, Y26, 0

Lips R29

Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress & Flowers RV 52, RV63, R66, RV69

Shoes Y23, Y26, Y28

Leaves G05, G07, G09

Tree Branch E40, E42, E43, E44, E47

Swing E23, E25, E27, T4

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre, Aged Rose & Shabby White

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ A2 Curved Matting Basics

SVG ~ 3d Cutout Butterfly by Jamie Koay

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Crimson

Mulberry Flowers ~ Gardenias & Roses

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Scattered Straw & Tattered Rose

Uni Posca ~ Gold

Wink of Stella ~ Dark Pink, Gold & Silver

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock ~ Tattered Rose

DCWV ~ The Garden Party

My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found ~ Market Street

Pink Cardstock from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

American Crafts Grosgrain Dots Ribbon ~ Bubblegum with White

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Persephone Lola

Challenges

Creative Knockouts #2 ~ Spots & Dots

Digi Galore ~ Wings

Outlawz Sketch Challenge

Savvy Handmade Cards ~ It’s Love

Stampin’ for the Weekend ~ Flower power

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