Just....Thinking of You

This little cutie, 'Summer Milly' from Pink Gem Designs may be thinking about how fast summer days go by. We are approaching the end of July and I don't know where the time has gone! Hopefully you are all enjoying a great summer.

The layout for this card follows challenge Sketch #6 for 'A Gem of A Challenge'. A pretty sketch, I felt it was perfect for my very first easel card. I just had to move the sentiment.

Another first, I used my sewing machine and stitched the red square to the gingham paper.

Using a fine black marker, I added a doodling design border around all of the gingham paper.

The image itself is coloured with water colours, but for the roses I used Tombow markers. The two larger flowers and the sentiment label are chipboard, which I first painted green and then coated with crackle accents. Then, just a few gems and some yellow punched flowers and I was done.

Some other challenges that I also entered:
..Papertake Weekly - Cutie Patootie
...Meljen's Designs - #17 Easel Card
....Cowgirl's Sunday Stampers - Anything Goes
.....Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #2 Summer Days
......Stamp Scrap and Doodle - Digis (use a digi image)
.......Practical Scrappers - Use 7 or more items