Hi Everyone!
Happy Tuesday!  Seems I just got back into this crafty world and I'm already running behind in it!  Sorry my post for today's new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown is late, but at least it's here!!

We have an awesome new challenge with a fabulous new sponsor this week!  MilkCoffee has graciously provided our team with some wonderful images to go along with our Tic Tac Toe board!!!

And I just realized I didn't watermark my card image!  Ugh...need to pull it together :)

Anyhow, I have used the adorable Heart Sign with Butterflies image from MilkCoffee.  I decided to keep everything pretty light and pastel for this and I followed the "Image, Enamel Dots, Die Cuts" line from our board:

I used an awesome Mama Elephant border die to do my die cut edges, and a fun butterfly die cut from Simon Says stamp.  I cut those out of vellum since I again, wanted everything to be super light.  My image was colored up really simply with pencils and a little glitter brush, then cut out and framed in a scallop oval.  I stamped the simple "Hello" sentiment right on the image and finished it all off with some coordinating enamel dots in the centers of the butterflies.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's creations at Tuesday Throwdown, and then join in our fun Tic Tac Toe challenge!!!  <3

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Happy Tuesday!
We have a fun new challenge for you this week at Tuesday Throwdown with an awesome sponsor!  Our theme is celebrations and the sponsor is MilkCoffee!  I just love their sweet little images, and they were perfect for our theme.

So often a celebration card just focuses on birthdays, but I wanted to reach out a little bit and celebrate something a little different.  Something that always makes me smile :)

New pets!  Unfortunately it's not my celebration :(  I'd love to get a new little cuddly kitty but 3 is plenty for us, and I don't think Matthew would be too happy if I showed up with another one.  But the fun and excitement of getting a new pet is always something to celebrate, and this image was perfect for that occasion!

I used Tiffany in Victorian Dress for my card and colored her all up with my ShinHan markers.  The coloring didn't turn out quite the way I wanted.  It was supposed to be a bit more pale tan-ish...but came out a little more yellow.  But it still works well with the card.  Used my Silhouette to cut out some flowers and then a Lin & Lene heart border die cut along the edge.

I think this is the closest I will ever get to making a vintage styled card :)
Be sure to check out the rest of the design teams creations this week!!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Craft Your Passion #218-3 or More Embellishments
    Stampin for the Weekend-Anything Goes
    Sweet Sketch 2

Thanks for stopping by! <3

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