My niece has a birthday coming up in June, so I took the opportunity to use this week’s sketch at Pals Paper Arts, to make her card.

The challenge:

My card:

I couldn’t resist making this a very girly card with lots of pink and bling, after all, who doesn’t like a little sparkle in their life.  I loved this sketch and thought it was a perfect one to showcase the cake from the Make a Cake stamp set. Can’t wait to give this to my niece!

Thanks for taking a look!

Here’s what I used:

Card Stock: Print Poetry DSP, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple

Stamp Sets: Itty Bitty Banners, Make a Cake

Tools & Embellishments: Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch

Today’s card combines the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches with the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts.

The colour challenge was a lot more ‘challenging’ than I thought it would be, so pairing it with a sketch challenge really helped this time around.

The challenges:

My card:

It really did take a while for me to come up with the right combo of the challenge colours before I liked it.  As for the sketch challenge, I was inspired by one of the cards created by the design team, the very talented Amy O’Neil. Trying to keep the sketch clean and simple was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I still had the Best of Flowers stamp set on my desk after creating this card, so I decided to use it again.  I wanted a more pop of colour than I would have gotten with just ink, so I got out my heat tool and embossed the flowers in white right onto the different card stocks. Definitely not my usual style, but I am happy with the way it turned out.

Thanks for taking a look!

Here’s what I used:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Summer Starfruit, Attic Boutique DSP

Ink: Versamark, White Embossing Powder

Stamp Sets: Best of Flowers, Pennant Parade

Tools & Embellishments: Heat Tool, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, In-Colour Printed Designer Brad, In-Colour Dahlia, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I seem to have taken a bit of a creative break, but I am back with a new card to share with all of you.

I combined two challenges for my card today, Sunday Stamps and Pals Paper Arts.  I really liked the colour combo from Sunday Stamps but knew I would need a sketch challenge to help get the creative juices flowing and the one from the Pals fit the bill.

The challenges:

My card:

I decided to turn my card into a birthday one as I seem to be running low on them.   I also wanted to try out the (new to me) Delicate Designs Embossing Folder and I love how it turned out.

Hopefully I will be back later this week with another new card.

Til then, thanks for taking a look!

Here’s what I used:

Card Stock / DSP: Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral Textured CS, Basic Grey Textured CS, Tea for Two DSP

Ink: Basic Grey, Calypso Coral

Stamp Set: Beautiful Birthday

Tools & Embellishments: Big Shot, Ovals Framelit Dies, Delicate Designs Embossing Folder, Crochet Trim Ribbon, Flower Trim