Little Ladybug Thanks - a Mini Catalogue sneak peak Sale-a-bration item

At On Stage in Toronto early in November, most of the demonstrators there fell in love with the adorable ladybugs in the "Little Ladybug" Sale-a-bration stamp set. And those little critters are cute.  Not as cute as my two little adopted kittens, but that's another story.

I had a lot of fun colouring the various elements of this card, but if you're not into colouring you don't have to.  I just love to colour.

On a 3 3 4/ by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the flower 4 times, followed by the lady bug landing on one of the flowers.

Stampin blends were used to colour both the flowers and the lady bug.  The background was coloured with Light Balmy blue, with the fine dots in darker blue using a stamp from the "Happy Birthday to You" SAB stamp set.

Here are the colours I used:
Flowers:  So Saffron (dark), Daffodil Delight (dark), Early Espresso in the center
Stem and Leaves:  Old Olive (Light and Dark), and Light Daffodil Delight
Lady Bug:  Real Red, Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate.  The face and hands were coloured with the Ivory Stampin' Blend

To make the flowers stand out a bit more, I went around the edges of each with a dark Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend.

This art piece was matted with Basic Black and then mounted on a Daffodil Delight card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Little Ladybug, Happy Birthday to You (both SAB)
Inks:  Black Memento .  See above for others used
Papers:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight