PPA196: Pink with Sprinkles on Top

In a couple days, my niece, Jocelyn, celebrates her 3rd birthday. While I don't know her too well, I do know she is adorable and has the cutest smile! I thought a bright, colourful card from her Auntie would make her day!

I'm posting this card a tad early as I wanted to enter it in the Pal's Paper Arts challenge this week.

I chose to use Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso and Whisper White as my colour combo and I just love how it came together!

The saying in the Create a Cupcake stamp set was just perfect for this card! I stamped the words "pink" and "sprinkles" in pink and orange ink and then fussy-cut them, pasting them back on the sentiment. I embellished it with Melon Mambo candy dots. The cupcake is popped up to give the card some dimension. 

Here's wishing Jocelyn a fun birthday filled with lots of pink, lots of cupcakes, and lots of smiles! 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Create a Cupcake

Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Brights DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo

Tools: Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle punch, Cupcake Builder punch

Accessories: Melon Mambo candy dots, Rhinestone (Michael's)

DS96 & PP156 {Baby Boy Sailboat Card}

Despite the rain, yesterday was a good day! And the rain just makes the snow melt and wash away, so it's not such a bad thing! I spent the morning cleaning the apartment and my crafting table (scraps of paper everywhere!). I then picked up my hubby from the airport (it was SO good to see him!) and spent the rest of the day papercrafting (only 2 weeks left before the craft show!)

For today's card, I played along with two challenges: Deconstructed Sketch and Pal's Paper Arts. 

 

 

I love this colour combo! It's perfect for a baby boy card. And the sketch has just enough layers. Instead of the heart shape, I decided to put together a sailboat using punch art.





 

It was super easy to make! I simply cut a 1-3/8" circle in half for the boat itself, and the sails were created by cutting 1-1/4" and 1" squares in half. I popped it up to give it some dimension. A small green heart is added to one of the sails and bakers twine is wrapped around the boat for an added embellishment.

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Polka Dot Parade DSP, Subtles DSP
Ink: Marina Mist
Tools: 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Square punch, 1" Square punch, Owl Builder punch, 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch, Corner Rounder punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Accessories: Early Espresso bakers twine, Marina Mist 1/4" Taffeta Ribbon

From my heart to yours.

It's Monday morning and it feels like the weekend just flew by! I'm so not ready to go back to work this morning! I'm lacking motivation.. I think it's the winter blues...

I combined another two challenges for my card today -- a card sketch from Pal's Paper Arts and a colour challenge from Dynamic Duos.

I love this card sketch and was so excited to create a card with it! The dessert option for Dynamic Duos is a Valentine Theme. Perfect! I love making Valentine cards :) At first I wasn't sure about using black in my card. When I think of Valentine's, I think of red, pink, white... not black. So, I made the black a very subtle colour in my card... this is how it turned out:



For the background, I used the transparent designer paper from the Candlelight Specialty DSP. It has a felt embossed design on it and I think it's simply elegant! I embossed the Whisper White cardstock with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and it seems to match perfectly! I then wrapped Real Red grosgrain ribbon around the card front. The delicate doilies add to the elegance of this card. I added hearts in white and red.  Small rhinestones embellish the card. The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black and I sponged the edges of the white hearts and doily with Basic Black ink.

 



What do you think of using black as a valentine colour?

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: P.S. I Love You (ret.)

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Candlelight Specialty DSP (Holiday Mini 2012)

Ink: Basic Black

Tools: Delicate Doilies Sizzlits Die, Heart to Heart punch

Accessories: Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your Monday!