Behind the Smile Tire Swing Doily Card...

Hello there, it's September already and really excited that my birthday is just around the corner but not loving how allergens are starting to creep on me at the arrival of the fall season.  Anyway, this is the perfect time to enjoy outdoors as the temperature start to cool down a bit, at least not the triple digit we always have to endure at summer days.  So, I decided to make a Card celebrating the outdoors with this pretty digi stamp from Prairie Fairy.  I had her many months ago but just didn't have the time to make a project but one faithful night, ideas came and instead of heading to bed, I decided that it's time for this beautiful stamp to be featured.  Isn't she cute and lovely?  I enjoyed coloring her with my ProMarker/Prismacolor markers.  The border sentiment is from Heidi Grace and the inside sentiment is a freebie from Ginger's House. I wanted the card to have an earthy tone but not lacking wonderful colors like you see at most of my creations.  So, I die-cut a 5.5-inch doily card using my Wildcard Cricut Cartridge on a Kraft base CS.  I used different shades of brown and a beige CS to lay-out more panels with the use of MS Circle Cutter. The polka-dot DP is from Paper Studio (Doo Wap and Diddly Wink) collection.  I used an MS Deep Edge Punch for that fancy border, different color flowers from Recollection, Diamond (Stickles) glitter, die-cut leaves using Ek Success punch, blue Hotfix gems in 2 sizes and glossy accents to highlight the images' eyeglasses.  And as always, this project would not be complete without all the stitching inside and out.  I also have to make a special box thicker than the usual envelope-boxes I made before since the flowers were taller and demanded a half an inch thick envelope-box.  I am delighted at how it turned out and it's well worth the entire night without sleep...LOL  So, hope you can leave me some feedback.  I always love to hear your input.  This Card is entered into the following Challenges:

1.    Simon Says Stamp featuring "Anything Goes"
2.    Cupcake Craft featuring "Flowers" 
3.    Bearly-Mine featuring "Anything that Glitters" 
4.    Crafty Sentiments featuring "Let's Sparkle" 
5.    Everybody Art featuring "Anything Goes" 
6.    Penny's Paper-Crafty featuring "Sparkle and Shine" 
7.    Stamp n Doodle featuring "A Touch of Sparkle" 
8.    MAWTT featuring "Flying High" 
9.    Southern Girls featuring "Flowers" 
10.  Cute Card Thursday featuring "A Stitch in Time" 
11.  Scrapalicious USA featuring "Anything Goes" 
12.  Through the Craftroom Door featuring "Diva or Anything Goes" 
13.  My Mum's Craft Shop featuring "All the Three's"
14.  Word Art Wednesday featuring "Encouraging/Uplifting Sentiment" 
15.  Crafting for all Seasons featuring "Stiching" 
16.  PDCC featuring "Colour Inspiration" 
17.  Sentimental Sundays featuring "Sewing or Faux Stitching" 
18.  Perfect Sentiments featuring "Anything Goes/Sentiment in front" 
19.  Jackson's Digital Expressions featuring "Anything Goes with optional sketch" 
20.  Tammy's Scrappin Corner featuring "Lots of Layers" 
21.  Stampin' Sisters in Christ featuring "Punches, Dies or Shapes" 
22.  A and T Emerald Faeries featuring "Punches/Dies"

 BEHIND THE SMILE TIRE SWING DOILY CARD:

 BEHIND THE SMILE TIRE SWING DOILY CARD LAYERS:

 BEHIND THE SMILE TIRE SWING DOILY CARD INSIDE:

BEHIND THE SMILE TIRE SWING DOILY CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX:

This is definitely one of my favorite cards from my creations.  It's amazing how I started without any idea on what kind of lay-out and colors to use but when the Lord Jesus allowed the creative juice to flow, it does not matter what time of the day it is, I just have to bring it into reality.  Thank You, God!  I hope this Card bless you with a smile on your face. See you all next time.  Hugs!