Scrapping4fun challenge - GDT card

Hello again friends; I'm back with my second card for today.  I hope you have a fun and relaxing day before the hustle and bustle of the brand new week.  

I'm joining the Scrapping4fun challenge this month as a guest designer and their theme is a fun one - 'fruits and/or veggies'.  

I wanted to use a brand new die set that I had just received so went with fruit for my card:

a close up of my image:

I decorated the inside:

and the Promarkers I used:

Even though I knew what die set I wanted to use I wasn't sure what image to use.  I was rooting around my stash for something else and came across this older Greeting Farm image which was perfect for my card.  I stamped her with memento ink, coloured her with Promarkers and added some white gel pen highlights.  I fussy cut her out and put her to one side whilst I did my die cutting.  I made a card base from white card using the larger die and then cut it again from red card for my mat.  The layer panel was cut with the matching smaller die from white card and I also used a lattice embossing folder for some interest.  The outer apple mat was again cut from red card and the inner piece was cut with white card; I also used a splatter stamp with red ink for some interest on this piece.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink to the left hand side and the image was added with thin foam squares to the right side of the apple.  I die cut one green leaf for the top of my apple and a final touch was 3 red sequins.  The finished card size is just a smidge smaller than 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils

Little Red Wagon challenge - layer upon layer

Shopping Our Stash challenge - colour me beautiful (I used Promarkers) - 13 challenges max

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - shapes (I've used lots of die cut shapes)

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - ATG embossing option bees/beehive 

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG (no topping this time)

Please pop over to the Scrapping4fun challenge blog for all the details/rules and to see the amazing creations from the design team.  I hope you will find the time to enter the challenge and cannot wait to see all you fruits and veggies.  

Thanks for stopping by and see you all soon.  

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

TLC Designs - an apple a day die set

The Greeting Farm - Lottie stamp

Spellbinders - perfect pie sentiments & fillings stamp set (for sentiment) - on sale!

Spellbinders - scarlet smooth disc sequins

Taylored Expressions - splatter background stamp

Gina K Designs - lattice embossing folder

Gina K Designs - red velvet ink pad

Gina K Designs - Breath of Sunshine card kit (for leaf die) (it's sold out but items will be available individually soon)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp set (for inside sentiment)

the basics:

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Promarkers

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen

Versafine onyx black ink (for sentiments)

Memento tuxedo black ink (to stamp image)

red and green card from my scrap bin