Tilda April Mingle

Wow, its been a long time since I finished a card. This one is for Magnolia-licous April Mingle. The requirements included 2 ribbons, 3 flowers and 1 button. I included everything. I really like this one. I have been practicing my Copics techniques. I think I am improving; at least a little. I have a lot more Copics now that Kim over at Cutterscreek.com has been supplying them. Note: Free Shipping if you buy $25 worth of anything. Kims customer service cant be beat.
Ok, back to this Tilda Its called a buckle card. I found an example on ClaudiaRosas Pretty Pressings blog ( her cards are fantastic by the way). Claudia was kind enough to post the cutting directions and I was able to figure out the rest by trial and error...not too much error though. The face I always do the same. Tildas clothes are a mixture of colors. I did not have the exact colors I wanted so I just choose a few pinks and a few greens and mixed them with layering. The paper is SU and Bazzil card stock. My flowers are hand crocheted. I added a little stickles to Tildas dots on her bow and the smocking on her top. stickle Diamond Dust is what I have been using for her wings. This Tilda was a fun one to color. I just leaned about shadow shading..it makes her look like she is standing in her own shadow...makes since I think. I used C1 for the shadows and also shadowed around the entire Tilda. It seems to make her look more alive.