Penny Black Summer fun card

A few weeks ago I bought a new Penny Black stamp and have only just got around to using it. I love this cute girly image. There were so many challenges this week for colourful and summery cards that I just had to use these gorgeous echo park papers. They are so pretty and I really enjoyed putting this card together to make a summer garden scene. Lots of layers and I pricked around the edges as this is one of my favourite techniques. I wanted to make one of those whirly things that whiz round when the wind blows so I  put the 3 flowers close together and added a stripy stick to get the effect.  For a change I used my pastel pencils on my image, that have not seen the light of day for several years. Yes, YEARS. I didn't blend or shade with them. I just went straight in and laid lots of thick colour on to match my papers. I wanted the colouring to look "childlike" to go with the image and it worked well. I left her face white as I had no shade in my pastel pencils that was pale enough. I think it looks ok. There are just tons of challenges I made this card for and they are all listed below. I found a new challenge called http://cateredcrop.com/  This looks to be a great fun linky party and I was eager to enter. All you do is list the recipe you used ( you only need to actually use 1 item from a given list) I used the theme of Cheryl's card and the recipe I used is here:-      
                                                   I used some primary colours
                                                   Pastel pencils (colour medium)
                                                   Echo park papers
                                                   Penny Black image
                                                   Pricking (technique)
challenge list:-                            
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/  Summertime                                    
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/  The sun is out
http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/  Summer fun
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/   Summertime
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/      Anything goes
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/      Pick a  bunch of flowers
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ Hot summers
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ Summer
http://kartenallerlei.blogspot.com/ Use stripes
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ Auburn hair
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/ Spots or stripes
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ Square card+piercing
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ For the kids
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/ Photo inspired
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ Spots and dots
http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Summertime
http://sukkersott.blogspot.com/ Stripes and dots
http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/ Sizzling summer+lace/ribb./twine etc( I used tiny gold beaded edging)
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/ Anything goes linky party
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/ No standard card
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Colours of the rainbow
http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/ Flower power
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/ One for the girls
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ Summertime
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes