Girlz & The Art of Letters challenge - guest designer card

Hello again friends, I'm back with my second card for today and I am guest designer over at the Girlz & the Art of Letters challenge.  They have a fun challenge based on the letters of the alphabet and this fortnight the letter is L.  So get your thinking caps on and join in the fun. 

I was originally going to use a lion image but changed my mind and settled on using some ladybird (or ladybug to my American friends) images instead, plus a few leaves.  I coloured them with Promarkers and actually mirror image stamped one of them so that they could look different ways.  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside too:

I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I used a mirror image 'stamp' to be able to have the one image facing the other way and although I had the die I decided to fussy cut it out as I wasn't confident that I would cut it correctly if I used the die.  I used the die to cut out the original image and added some white highlights to both images.  I cut a piece of green card 4" x 5 1/4" and embossed it using a lattice design folder and because the green card was quite thin I adhered it to a white panel to give it some stability.  I die cut three ovals from white card and also cut three more so that I could layer them up and ink blended some blue and green ink to mimic sky and grass.  I adhered them to the green panel using liquid glue, cutting off the extra that was overhanging the panel and added the ladybirds to the first two using foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment onto the third oval using black ink.  The leaves were already die cut from a previous project so I added them between the panels using liquid glue.  I finished off with some red solid sequins. The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the green embossed card to the bottom using liquid glue.  I die cut another oval, inked it as before and added it over the embossed strip using liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut another ladybird and added that on the oval using liquid glue.  I also added two more leaves alongside the oval using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel using black ink and added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - add an animal

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - things with wings

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - 3 of something (3 panels, 3 sets of leaves)

I Love Promarkers challenge - your favourite colours or ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - cute creations

I would like to thank Claudia and all the Team for inviting me to be a guest for this fun challenge and I hope you will pop over and leave them some love.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Clearly Besotted - cute as a bug stamp - retired

Clearly Besotted - fancy sayings stamp (for sentiments - retired

Promarkers

Crafts-Too - fancy lattice 5" x 7" embossing folder

Spellbinders - essential stylish ovals die set

Spellbinders - be bold blooms die set (for leaves)

Spellbinders - scarlet smooth disc color essentials sequins

MFT - mirror image stamp

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

green card from my scraps bin