Sunflower image by Pattie G. and CTMH Card Class 7/9/13

My mother and I have been enjoying watching our sunflowers grow this summer.  I purchased a sunflower seed mat from friends who were raising money for their Relay for Life team.  I planted half here and the other half at Mom's.   Hers are much larger than mine.  Just hoping they will feed a few birds this fall.

I've been meaning to make a card with this digi image, one of Pattie's Creations available on Etsy.  Every time I see Pattie's smiling face on her blog, I can't get over the resemblance to one of my childhood friends, Linda.  It almost makes me feel like I know Pattie.  I do know she has some cute digis and she usually has freebies the 1st Friday of the month.

  After coloring I added a thin layer of clear glitter gel to the butterfly wings for bit of shine.  The white lace is by Reflections and is self stick.   I made a small bow with Autumn Spice ribbon that I got from LoveBug Creations and placed it on top of 2 die cut scalloped ovals that were glued together and dry embossed.  I used some Dotty Paper from Close to My Heart. (It was a promotional pack of DP, unfortunately no longer available, but I do have some bits and pieces left.)  The 2 squares were done the same way.  And the card itself is kraft paper.

I followed the sketch from The Rubber Buggy Challenge #8:

 

(The RB post says it's Challenge #8; the sketch says #6.)

This card is on its way to a dear friend in Arizona, after I enter it in the following challenges:
The Rubber Buggy Challenge #8 - see sketch above
Patti's Creation Design Challenge #70- Summertime Fun
Craft-Dee-Bows July Challenge - Anything Goes with a handmade bow
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Anything but a Square Card
Make It Monday Challenge #148 - Always Anything Goes with Milk Coffee Stamps
Love to Scrap! Challenge #9 - Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge #96 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door July 9th Challenge - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Country View Craft Challenge - Summer Sizzler for 5
House of Gilli Challenge - Bright Summer Colors
The Crafters Cafe Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
That Craft Place Challenge - Ribbons and/or Lace
The Ribbon Girls July Challenge - Add a Bow


BTW -  Here are the cards we made at Joyce's class yesterday:

Right now Joyce's Joyful Stars team is having their July Blog Hop.  Joyce has an awesome card posted using some of the new CTMH products.  And there is a new, exclusive, CTMH cricut cartridge available Aug. 1st.  You can check it out here and preorder through Joyce.