I made this card really just by playing around. I had no real plan, just the background paper which is called Smitten 12x12 Pretties that I bought at Michaels.  I colored Tilda to match using E37.E33, E31 for her hair and R22,R21, R20 and R00 plus E29,E27,E25 for her clothes. I cut the the corner and border from Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents out of Brown cardstock, embossed them and used Perfect Pearls over the embossed parts. The larger flowers were made from Spellbinders Rose Creations and the smaller were out of a small retro flower punch. The leaf spray is a Sizzix die and MS Pine branch are added touches behind the flowers. I regret to say I have not figured out how to make my own rose buds so those are purchased. Swavorski crystals accent the photo corner and the lower right.

I have a new card to share today. I made this as an End-of-the-Year Thank You for my daughter's teacher. I also made an envelope box to match. It is a center step card using Split Coast Stamper's tutorial of the week.

I used Magnolia's Mermaid colored with Copics and embellished with Stickles. The shell wave behind her is a Jolee's sticker. I use some generic  skittles as bubbles on the center panel and the side panels are embossed and sanded using Sizzix summer embossing set. The "Ocean Floor" is tan card stock with super sticky tape over top and real sand pressed on. I made the pearl stick pins and the beaded sprays. The flowers and "sea weed" are both organza ribbon that I melted with my heat gun.

I made the box using the tutorial from Pop'sPlace Blog, If you have a chance, check out her blog, she is incredibly talented.  I stamped the lid before gluing the corners with some shell stamps and put some white tulle around the card.