You can stand under my umbrella-ella-ella

     Sorry folks but you weren't going to catch me out dancing in Isaac's rain either the first or second time he came through.  You heard me right.  That crazy storm split in two and came right back down on us.  To be honest the second time through was nastier weather with lots of lightening, but didn't last long.
     I am just crazy about these Stamping Bella Uptown Girls.  This is "Lolly and her Brolly".  My card was made for this week challenge at the Catered Crop.  Can you guess what the theme is?  LOL  PINK!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Lilly Belle's Paperie.  My buddy Dorcas just posted what our wonderful Linda McClain had to say about Lilly Belle's and I think I'll take a page from her book and do the same.  She says it so well.  :-)

Shopping at Lilly Belle's Paperie and Textiles is like shopping in a up-town boutique, but with low-down prices. Laura Evangeline has curated some fabulous hard-to-find papers, textiles and embellishments in her Etsy shop and she's organized them all beautifully by color.  So, yes, you can pick up all the pink you need for our challenge right here. "Like" her on Facebook for updates and specials too.
One randomly chosen player will win a $25.00 gift certificate. And, EVERYONE (Yes, I'm Shouting) is a winner for this challenge.
Laura is offering you all a 15% discount in her shop, valid only until our challenge ends, September 15. Oh, be still my heart!

     You can hop over to the Catered Crop to pick up the coupon code.  I can tell you that her cardstock papers are wonderful.  They are a wonderful thickness and she has matching envelopes in different sizes.  I didn't use one with my card cause I made my standard 5.5 x 5.5.  However I did use the cardstock for all of my card except the Copic paper I colored the image on.  The Baker's Twine, ribbon, and that fun fabric flower also came from Lilly Belle's.  It's hard to tell in the photo, but I used my MS Scoreboard to pleat the deep pink band across the center of the card and then I cut pieces of black cardstock to fit in the pleats.  The black makes it hard to see the dimension.
     Hope you'll come play in our fun "Pink" challenge.  It will get you in good practice for October.  :-)
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Poodles Parlour--here come the girls
All that Scrap Wednesday Challenge--anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop--anything goes
Simon Says--use a stamp
Make It Monday--anything goes
The Crazy Challenge--seeing spots
Joanna Sheen--going dotty

     Have a fabulous weekend!


Supplies

• Paper:  Lilly Belles Paperie, Copic XPress-it Blending card
• Stamp:  Stamping Bella Uptown Girl "Lolly and Her Brolly", Stampabilities "Polka Dot Background"
• Ink:  Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Micron pen
• Tools:  Martha Stewart Score Board
• Miscellaneous:  Michael's buttons and pearl, Lilly Belle's Paperie Bakers Twine, fabric flower, and ribbon, Diamond Stickles