Good luck at high school!

I cannot believe my lovely niece is starting high school later this week!

Eeek!

(making me feel o-o-o-o-old!)

Anyway, I thought the theme over at Patties Creations 

was perfect to make a card for her...

So I thought outside-the-box a bit, and chose "ladybug family"...

I hand-drew / wrote everything on this card, except the ladybug family!

I drew the "paper" directly onto the card, and separately made - drew and cut out -

 the ruler, calculator, pencils and eraser.

Some of the items, I raised on 3d foam before putting on the card.

The ladybug family were coloured with my promarkers 

and I put glossy accents on their shells. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 1 Oct
Moving along with the times - cute animal - 17 Sept
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Oct
Creative cottage - atg - 6 Sept
CCC digi creations - include a sentiment - 14 Sept
Oddball stamps- back to school - 14 Sept
The sisterhood of crafters - school time - 8 Sept
Crafters cafe - monochromatic for a child - 14 Sept/
Creative moments - atg / add a sentiment - 15 Sept
Simply create too - its a special occasion - 11 Sept
Stamping boutique - back to school - 10 Sept
Melonheadz friends - time for school - 14 Sept
Crafty cardmakers - no pattered paper - 6 Sept
Get creative - no printed paper - 7 Sept
Fussy n fancy - back to school - 19 Sept