Pink/blue & white card

Hello lovely friends; I hope you've had a great start to your week.  I hope you've managed to miss most of the really bad weather we've had recently.  It's been really wet and windy here but no damage thankfully; I really feel for the poor people in Jersey whose homes have been destroyed.  Nature is definitely a force to be reckoned with on times.  

On to happier things; I'm here to share a card I made recently for a crafty friend.  I saw the colour challenge over on the Less is More challenge so based my card on that.  Here is my card:

here is a close up of the sweet image:

I also decorated the inside:

plus I decorated the envelope (ignore the crease!):

I began by stamping by image and colouring with Promarkers and then fussy cut it out.  I put the image to one side and began decorating my panel.  I used a stencil with light blue ink, darker in the centre and fading out to white.  I stamped the sentiment on a thin strip of white card in pink ink (although it looks a little red in the photos) and placed this directly onto my panel with liquid glue.  The image was added over the sentiment with foam squares.  The panel was then added to the card base with liquid glue.  Very clean and simple for me and I had to control myself from adding anything else lol!  For the inside of my card I lightly ink blended the same blue ink around the whole of the panel and then use the same daisy stencil at the very bottom for some interest.  For the envelope I used the stencil on the bottom and on the lower part of the flap on the back.  I remember seeing in a Kristina Werner video to use distress micro glaze over your decorated envelopes to protect it from moisture so I tried it in view of the bad weather we'd been experiencing.  I did manage to crease the flap with my overly energetic rubbing but it was ok once the card was inside.  I wouldn't normally use pink and blue together but I think it turned out quite sweet.  Let me know what you think.  

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

Less is More challenge - colour challenge - blue, pink & white

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (I used Promarkers)

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG with option of show some flowers

Crafter's Cafe challenge - flowers

Krafty Chicks challenge - stamp act

Mix it Up challenge - ATG with optional stamping (I used a red rubber stamp)

Triple B challenge - include birds, blooms or butterflies

NBUS challenge - never used this stamp or stencil before

I hope you have a wonderful week.  Thanks for stopping by.  I'll be back on Wednesday for Week 2 of the Winter Wonderland IG Hop so see you soon. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

The Greeting Farm - Anya blooms *retired*

Tonic Studios - dreamy daisies stencil

Promarkers

Personal Impressions - Big sentiments 

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

Gina K Designs - passionate pink ink pad & blue raspberry ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white smooth card

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen