Mom's Birthday Card & Challenge Entries

Hi there! Well this is my mom's birthday card.  It is her day tomorrow and I can safely post this on here tonight as she doesn't read the blog.

So the card deets are:  Image is Spring Kiki by CC Designs coloured with Copics.  Hair is E50, 51, 53 & 33.  Skin is E21 with R11 blush.  She also has some Sakura Gelly roll on the cheeks too.  Dress is R20 and E33.  Pearls are Gelly roll as are the ribbon swirls on the flowers.  Flowers and hair bow are RV21 and I've added some Fruit Punch Stickles (not in the photo) to give it a bit more bling (also on her hair bow and the large pink flower).  Shoes are E33.

Swirl is a Marianne Designs die LR0116, buttons from new stash, leaves are from my new MS branch punch.  Flowers are by Petaloo "Mulberry Street."  I added some pearlescent twine-looking ribbon from DMC.com which I got ages ago in my local haberdashery store (I think!).  Sentiment is LOTV Calendar and is brushed over with Distress Ink Tattered Rose (also the main image too).
Papers are an old Craftwork cards set that I hadn't used at all layered onto 15cm square white card.  I think it was called "Chocolate and Marshmallows"?!  I've stamped "have a wonderful day" inside in Versacolor Cocoa.  The stamp is from Kaiser's mini clear stamps which I got from Bunny Zoe's shop.

I'm entering this in DieCutDreams challenge 90 as I've followed their sketch.  Also 7 Kids College Fund challenge 21 which is to include circles on your card (the main image, the sentiment, the buttons!). And Truly Scrumptious #57 Anything Goes, Papertake Weekly Bloom & Grow & Bling It On #3 (to use something floral - Kiki is holding flowers and there is a flower on the card).

Hope you likey!  Please leave me a comment.  I'm trying to get back into making cards more often than I have and any positive words of encouragement are MUCH appreciated :)
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H xx