Très Chic!

This is my first post of the day - please scroll up to see my second

Good morning friends and I hope you are well. Welcome to Viv, my newest follower ... hope you enjoy this crafting journey with me! I think I've finally shaken most of the bug that I had last week; unfortunately, I've given it to my family and they are sooooo not impressed with me. Oooops!!!

This morning brings a new challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy, and our theme for you this week is Swirls.

Our lucky winner's prize is (as usual) one sheet of images from the Whoopsi Daisy Store, unless you've used a Whoopsi Daisy Image for your project in which case you can choose two sheets of images. Linnie has also kindly let the DT loose in her store to choose an image to showcase.

I've chosen one of Linnie's newest digis to showcase this week, and here is my card:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Base Card - made from Black card which I cut, scored and folded to make a 15cm square card
• Design Papers - the top one is from a paper collection called Emma's Garden which was a magazine freebie last month. I love the gorgeous colour, and the beautiful swirls. The bottom paper is by  Summer of Summertime Designs and comes from her kit Thanks for Giving - it's called "Torn Cream Paper"
• Image - This gorgeous girl is from Sheet 444 and she is just one of the gorgeous digis drawn by Linne at Whoopsi Daisy. On this sheet there are 2 "older" images, but both are included pre-coloured (for when you need a card in a hurry) and line drawning digis so you can spend more time colouring. I've brought this girl to life using my Spectrum Noir Pens and chalk for the background
• Flourish - is also by Summer of Summertime Designs and comes from the Thanks for Giving kit. It doesn't come in black, so I exported the swirl into my word processing programme and digitally re-coloured it to match my project. I also cut a small slit in the swirl so I could slip one corner of the image shape into it, to make it look like the flourish is a die, rather than a digi creation - do you like this?
• Sentiment - is of course by Paulette at Create with TLC and this was a freebie on her blog just last week.

Do come over to Whoopsi Daisy Challenge and see the other gorgeous creations the Divas have made with  "Swirls". Then, don't forget to come and show us your creations - you've got until Sunday 15th April to link your creations up. And, don't forget if you use a Whoopsi Daisy image, then you can make any style of card or project - you don't have to follow this week's theme!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

• Challenge #36 - Colour Inspiration at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards
• April Monthly Challenge - Pastel Colours and/or Polka Dots at Great Impressions Stamps
• Challenge #41 - Inspired by a Song or Movie at The Squirrel and The Fox - it just has to be the movie "Pretty Woman", although I don't remember Julia Roberts' character wearing anything quite this demure ;o)
• Girly Birthday Challenge at Creative Corner Challenges
• Challenge #166 - Use Any Shade of Pink at Kaboodle Doodles
• Challenge #161 - Birthday Girl in Pink at Totally Papercrafts
• Challenge #41 - Favourite Film at The Cutie Pie Challenge - "Pretty Woman"

Hope you have a great day - Hugs, Helen x