A Black and Turquise Garden Party

It's time for a new challenge to start at The Latte Lounge!
This one is being hosted by Melissa and our sponsor is JLJ Designs!
Our team was provided with the most marvelous set of Digi Papers to play with and this is how I chose to use them!
The challenge theme is a color combo:

Turquoise and Black

I used the newest freebie image from Designed to Delight and colored the image in Paint.Net, picking up the colors from the beautiful papers! 

I am going to get Double Delightful by also entering this into the Card Ideas challenge which is to create something for a young child... I think this little girly purse would be so cute just full of candies and goodies for any young lady... and it's kid sized! What little girl doesn't love to carry a "grown-up" looking purse? I know I did!!

The winner of the "Turquoise and Black" challenge at the Latte Lounge will be the proud owner of a $10 Gift Certificate from JLJ Designs! I tell ya', $10 can go a LONG way in that shop... you can all kinds of goodies!! What a GREAT prize!!

But the only chance you'll have to win this terrific shopping spree is to enter!!

Whimsical Flowers

Something about this image is just so pleasing to the eye, don't you think?

This is the newest FREEBIE from Designed to Delight.
I am really having a lot of fun with their progressive challenge.
It started with one image and then, every week, just for playing, Faith sends another free image!
I've collected quite a few D2D images now, and each challenge has been great fun to play in!

AND!! The best part is, the Double Delight Challenges!!
After the D2D image is posted, each Saturday, they add a "twist" that works with the new image!
So! The freebie this week is the whimsical flowers and the "twist' is to use Green and Blue.

I saw this spotlight technique "somewhere" and it's been in the back of my mind just waiting for the perfect time to use it! I think these flowers worked out well! And the Cuttlebug "Swirls" folder seemed to match the swirls in the flower stems perfectly! YAY! I love it when it all comes together!

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