Birthday Girl - Addicted To Stamps DT card

Hello lovely peeps,
Apologies for my unexpected absence, this week has been a very sad & horrible one :(
Jodie's friend Jamie aged only 18 years sadly died on Monday night following a motorbike accident he was involved in earlier in the day when a car driver did a U turn & hadn't seen poor Jamie on his bike.
Jamie always called Jodie his "wifey" & on facebook they are married to each other, he was such a happy lad, always joking & laughing, that young man has left a lot of broken hearts behind, some hearts that never healed after losing little Jake just over 10 months ago. Jodie is back home after spending only 1 night of her holiday in Salou Spain, she wanted to get straight on a plane & come home so there has been lots of hugs & tears all round with everyone being encouraged by Jamie's poor parents to talk & laugh about all the daft things Jamie did :)

The thing that Jodie & her friends have laughed at most of all is me being invited to Somerset Dubs meet by a 22 year old lad! I didn't even know what it was but apparently it's for VW owners to show off their cars, do wheel spins & skids and the average age of the people who go is about 20!! Obviously I'm one cool muma to get an invite lol. I may just have to go to it & drape across the bonnet of my little VW Polo to pose for pictures like the young girls do just to make Jodie & her friends laugh even more lol.

Today is new challenge day at

ADDICTED TO STAMPS

& this challenge our theme is

LOTS OF LAYERS

This challenge will run for 4 weeks instead of the usual two as we are having a little Summer break.

Fortunately I made this card a couple of weeks ago for our gorgeous Casey& didn't get around the blogging it which I was so happy about as that meant I could join my lovely teamies today as I haven't felt at all creative.

The papers I've used are Wild Rose Studio, I've stamped the sentiment using lovely Avery Elle stamps (linked at the end) and of course Simon Says Stamps pretty butterfly and leaf outlines have made another appearance on my card :)

 The copic colours I've used are -
skin - E11, E00, E000, R12, hair E53, E51, E50, clothes - R85, R83, R81 / C3, C1, C00, crown -Y35, Y23, Y21

 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -
Inspire Me Friday - anything goes

 Yesterday I had the honour of having two of my Magnolia cards featured on the fabulous
 SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG
 You could win a Simon goodie bag by leaving a comment on the store blog HERE

Hop over & take a peek & thanks so much Steph for featuring my cards xx

The pool is being filled as I type I can't wait to get in it and cool off, I love the sunshine but this heat is a bit much for my liking. I love the early mornings & late evenings in the garden, it's so nice to be outside pottering about then, the rest of the day I'm either seeking shade or indoors.
Today is the first day I have started to feel copic & blogging withdrawal, my fingers are getting twitchy wanting to hold a copic lol. I haven't coloured an image in over a week & there are little Tilda's sat on my desk still in packets waiting for some attention, & thinking about it my craft room always feels like the refrigerated food isle in a supermarket so it will be lovely sat in there in this heat. After watching the tennis I think my craft room will be my next port of call :)
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