A Spoon Full of Sugar Sketch with Tilda & Digis

Happy Tuesday friends and fellow crafters!  A Spoon Full of Sugar is back after our short summer hiatus with a sketch challenge by our very talented Sonja.  This week's sponsor is Chi Chi Memories and they have provided a generous prize package for one randomly selected participant.

I have combined 3 images on my card: Tilda by Magnolia from my stash and 2 digital images ~ butterfly swing and tree branch (coming soon) ~ available exclusively at Make-it-Crafty. My very uber-talented friend Zoe recently opened her online store Make-it-Crafty and it's brimming with wonderful products, including fabulous digis and my new favourite Xpress It Blending Card (XIBC) for Copics. This paper is perfect for Copic blending with colours remaining more vibrant than other papers I've used. Tilda was stamped on XIBC with Memento ink and the swing and tree branch were printed on XIBC using my Kodak Printer. Go HERE for Marianne Walker's glowing review of XIBC for Copics. It's only available in Australia so hurry to Zoe's store to get some. AND to keep shipping costs from Australia reasonable, Zoe has created an XIBC International sample pack she can send via international air mail letter post.

I've also discovered some new wonderful dies by Joy Crafts.  I created the flowers with the 3 Daisies die set which I purchased from Skribbles and Scraps.  These dies make wonderful layered flowers from both DP and monochromatic cardstock.  I found that placing wax paper in between the die and cardstock made it a snap for the punched flowers to come out of the dies. 

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

• Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Whateva!
• The Pink Elephant - Summer Fun
• Daring Cardmakers - Peridot
• Little Red Wagon - Circles
• Alphabet Challenge - O for Ovals

You'll be amazed by the DT's samples so be sure to stop by A Spoon Full of Sugar for some inspiration from these super talented ladies and to join in the fun creating.  We'd love to see your creations.

Papers: My Mind's Eye & XIBC
Copics:  E000, E01, E11, E30, E31, E35, E37, R20, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, R000, R29, R81, R83, R85, G24, YG11, BG11, BG13 BG32
Inks: Seabreeze Versamagic Chalk & Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Punches & Dies: MS Large Monarch Butterfly + Gothic Arches Edge punch & Joy 3 Daisies dies
Other accessories from stash

Hugs,
Maria