Love you, Mom

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Load on the Flowers
And here is my card for your inspiration:

If you are looking for super adorable images, make sure you check out Di's Digi Stamps!  I just LOVE here adorable, sweet little critters!  This is one of my favorites and I colored it up for my mom for Mother's Day.  I usually color my kitties gray because I've always loved gray cats, but now we have a sweet, little black kitten.  So, I colored up this little kitty to look like our Bagheera (the panther from Jungle Book).  I so happen to have both yellow and deep purple tulips blooming in my garden right now, so that was the basis for the color scheme.  My sister suggested the blue for the watering can, and I really do like the overall color combination with that addition.  I don't have many (if any, really) purple patterned papers, so I made my own using the "Guide Lines 2" stamp set from PTI.  I've had this set forever and it is still a favorite to pull out and play with.  I kept the focus on the yellow and purple, but did add in touches of blue to tie in with the watering can.  Once I finished stamping the pattern, it seemed a bit too bold and bright, so I softened it by covering the whole panel with a piece of vellum.  I also added softness with a bit of mulberry paper (yes, I still have tons and tons!) behind the image panel and the sheer ribbon (only a tiny piece left of it now).

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Watering Can Bunny" digi; Flourishes "Jewish Proverbs" sentiment; PTI "Guide Lines 2" background; Hero Arts "Delicate Snowflake" background stamp on light purple panel
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Cardz TV #114--anything goes
PaperTrey Ink--Mother's Day
Krafty Chicks #506--stamp act (my image is a digi, but the rest are all actual stamps)
Cute Card Thursday #633--anything goes
As You Like It--what is your favorite color to pair with purple (the first color that came to mind is yellow as it is the complementary color to purple.  It's also a really fun, happy color combo.)
Little Red Wagon #548--flowers
Mod Squad--Mother's Day
Fab n Funky #480--cute critters
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania--Mum's the word
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #131--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #397--flowers and/or butterflies
Moving Along with The Times #118--flowers
Crafty Creations #409--anything goes
Artsy Stamper #15--mum's the word
Kat Scrappiness--celebrate moms
Dare 2B Artzy--in the garden
The Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: Mother's Day
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #38--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--fabulously feminine
Sheepski Designs #38--for the girlz
Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Creative Sketchy #47--flowers
Your Next Stamp #138--lots of layers
Shopping Our Stash #419--Happy Mother's Day