Great weekend for stamping!

I have had a wonderful weekend rubber stamping. My dear husband took off down to the Rugby final in London, which gave me lots of time to indulge myself crafting. Over on Outlawz Challenges we were required to make a card showing some of our favourite things. We have always loved traveling hence the background maps, and through the many friends we have made I now love to write letters and send cards. See the pen and the air mail delivery ticket?  I also love my garden so the addition of some flowers and a butterfly completed my collage.   The card below uses the same image from Crafters Companion but in a different format. I have always loved working with black and white medium and this one just has that pop of colour with the red bodice on the dress.  Colouring the dress took rather a long time as I chose to highlight the lace on the dress using a black gel pen.
       

The card below I made just for fun, and decided to send it to a rubber stamping friend of mine who loves angels. I have had this stamp for ages, in actual fact I seem to recall finding it in a garage sale on one of my visits to friends in North Carolina. It says on the side it was a product of Stampotique Originals Inc but whether they are still in business I don't know. I hope you enjoy looking at my creations as much as I enjoyed making them. Comments are always welcome.