Pretty Flowers

I made this card for the As You Like It 'Favourite Paperbrand challenge.  My favourite is Lili of the Valley as I love the quality of the papers, the beautiful designs and the 8" x 8" size - I just wish they were still available.  For this card I have used a couple of snippets of paper from one of my favourite paper pads and one of my few remaining LOTV Art Sheet images (also sadly not longer available).

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Lili if the Valley 'Pretty Flowers Art Sheet' precoloured image
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics' and Creative Expressions 'Mini Expressions - Stacked Happy Birthday'  dies
     Hole punch
     Snippets of Lili of the Valley 'Antebellum' paper, white matt card, brown matt card and brown ribbon

Before cutting into a full sheet of my precious LOTV papers, I always check my snippets envelope and found two snippets of paper that just needed a little trim to fit the card blank leaving a small border around the edge.  I glued the papers onto a snippet of white card and trimmed around the panel.  I die cut the LOTV Art Pad image with the largest stitched circle die before die cutting the same size circle from the panel.  The panel was attached to the card blank and the circle topper inlaid.  I die cut the sentiment twice from dark brown matt card, layered the two die cuts and attached the sentiment to the lower corner of the card.  To make the tag I took the circle that had been die cut from the panel and cut a smaller circle from the left side before punching a hole in the top and adding a snippet of brown ribbon.  I die cut another sentiment from dark brown card and attached it to the tag.  

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Matching Pairs
     As You Like It - Favourite Paperbrand (Lili of the Valley as I love the quality, designs and size of the paperpad)
     Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
     Snippets Playground - Challenge 497    
     Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies (I have used blooms - no birds or butterflies, but there is a bee!).

Kath x