365 Cards Day 79 & Di Hickman May #2

It's day 79 at 365 Cards and the challenge for today is to make a card using your favourite manufacturer. I love bright colours and tend to use them the most when cardmaking. I tend to veer towards DCWV for a lot of my papers as they have such a diverse range of papers and the colours between collections work together. I particularly like the papers that were in the 3 seasons 2 drawer sets I got from QVC last year as they were fantastic value for money and have so many lovely bits in them.

I used last weeks Sketch May #2 from Di Hickman for the layout. I thought it particularly suited as I wanted to make a feature of the swirl on the backing paper as it is only one small part of a 12" page. In the summer drawers there are 3 sunflower papers that all work together the paper is one, the brown swirly border is an offcut from another. The glittered yellow and orange one is from an entirely different sheet but liked them together. The chipboard shape is glittered and from the same 'collection'. This is the last of my chipboard flowers in this set, boo hoo :( I think I could have had 20 of those and still used them all.

The card is finished off with card candy from Craftwork Cards. If you have never seen them before they are like brads but without the legs. You stick them on your card with a 3d foam square or some silicon glue and they add a little bit of depth without lots of bulk. They are also a lot cheaper as you get oodles of them (in co-ordinating colours) in a bag for £1 . The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts. It is the 1st time I have used it today and there is a tiny bubble in the 'k' so it won't stamp perfectly. Tried it a few times on scrap card and it was the same each time so for once it's nbot my dodgy stamping !!