Totally Ladybug Tuesday - Challenge 35 - Summer Birthdays

Hello!!!

I'm quite excited about this weeks Challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink, because it is my turn to set the challenge... eek!!!  Well I say, this week's challenge, but the challenge will be going Monthly during the summer, before going back to weekly in September

As is usual, the knowledge that it was my challenge sent my mojo into hiding and I've been papershuffling all week, colouring images up, then putting them to one side and then picking them back up again... ho hum, at least I have a few images all coloured in and ready to go :-)

In the end I chose Cupcake Ruby and teamed her with a Lime Twist pad by My Minds Eye

Deep breath, here goes, hope you like it :-D

I'm not sure if you can see in the picture but I distressed all the edges of the paper and CS and then played around with the sewing machine and found this double - I think it makes the stitching pop much more than the normal single sort - let me know what you think!

I cut a shape with my nesties labels 5 (or is it 6!) and then embossed it and sanded it back (I was getting quite into the distressing at this point, although it did look it had been snowing on my workspace!!) to reveal the core, and mounted Ruby onto the panel.

Have you noticed, there's NO paper flowers on my card... but I couldn't give up the ribbon too, and used some lovely hat pins, with a little charm thingy to keep the pointy bits covered (I stuck it with a drop or two of glossy accents, fingers crossed it holds!!)

OK, OK, so there is a flower in there - if this metal embellie counts as such!  I've topped it off with an Epoxy Dot, and added to a banner style sentiment made from the Birthday Wishes sentiment from the It's Only Words 1 set

And the inside, nothing too fancy, but it still finishes the card off nicely :-D

So there you go... I might well be showcasing some more of the ones I coloured but changed my mind on over the next 4 weeks!

I'd like to enter these challenges please

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Fairies
Lawnscaping Challenge - Don't forget the inside
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us - "There was a little girl..."
Paper Sundaes - Stitching
2 Sisters Challenge - Birthdays
By The Cute and Girly - Things With Wings

Thanks for stopping by, Sue xx