X marks the spot ~

Hi all!  Went a little challenge crazy for this card...it's been a while since I played with any of my Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, so I had to play along with this weeks challenge to Reduce, Reuse & Recycle.  Here's a little side story first.  My mom has this amazing service that composts her trash.  Every single piece of trash that can't be recycled is composted for new golf courses, parks, etc.  Well, diapers and such can't be composted but all those cereal boxes and Kleenexes and leftovers from the fridge don't go to the dump anymore!  It's awesome!  Makes me feel like I don't have to save every quarter inch of paper when I'm crafting.  Lol  So anyway, this paper flower was made from some pattern paper scraps that were headed to the composting circular file.  Then I saw this challenge to R,R & R and found an extra button that came with a shirt and called it good on the challenge!  Also, the challenge at JUGS this week is 3D flower embellishments - check!
Little miss Genevieve is stamped on Vintage Cream cardstock to follow along with the Make it Colourful challenge #4 to color on anything but white.  The only problem I ran into is that the whites of her eyes are no longer white...so I colored them with a white gel pen and added her pupil back in with a black glaze pen.  I also gave her some eyelashes with a multiliner cuz I just think these girls need eyelashes - makes them so much cuter!   Her clothing is in the cooler range of colors, so I'm also using this for the Copic Creations challenge #43 - We're cool!
Hope you're having a warm week!!  It was all of -5 here yesterday...I think we're getting up to 0 today!  The low last night was somewhere around -30...so glad we didn't awaken to burst pipes!  Thanks for stopping by!  :o) lyss

Additional Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges #72: Vintage
Cute Card Thursday #149: Sketch  (very loosely based...have to flip and mirror and all that goodness that comes with a starting point!) lol
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes + Flowers

SUPPLIES ~
STAMPS: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Genevieve & Pirate Sayings 
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Antique Linen; Versafine Onyx Black
PAPER: PTI True Black & Vintage Cream; October Afternoon Thrift Shop 8x8 pack
OTHER: Copics {110 Special Black, BG10, BG23, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, E33, E41, E43, E44, R20, Y11, Y21, Y26, W5, W7}; Filigree clear embossing powder; EK Success border punch; Spellbinders petite ovals, classic squares & dahlia nesties; button from shirt; Kaisercraft black pearls; beading thread