CRAFT challenge - guest designer

Hello again friends; I bet you weren't expecting me here again so soon haha!  I'm honoured to be a guest designer over at the CRAFT challenge this week and the theme is 'anything goes'.  They have two sponsors this week - Sheepski Designs and Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  

I needed a birthday card for a friend so this was the perfect challenge for me.  I used some flowers that I had already die cut and assembled so just had to choose my layout and colours to coordinate.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the flowers:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I don't know why my computer is changing the colours but in real life the flowers and card base are a hot pink colour but they look red in the photos.  

So as I said I had already die cut and assembled all the flowers and leaves from card stock in my scraps bin.  I die cut a white panel with an arch die and lightly inked around the edges with pink ink.  I hate to admit how long I fussed trying to get a pleasing arrangement of my flowers but eventually I got there!  I added all the flowers and leaves with liquid glue except the large flower, which was popped up on foam squares.  I stamped my sentiment in black ink.  I cut my A2 card base from the same hot pink card stock as I had used to cut the flowers and actually found a piece of patterned paper cut to the exact size that I needed 4" x 5 1/4" so added that to my card base with double sided tape.   The arch panel was added to the patterned paper with foam tape.  I finished off with some silver sequins.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4' x 5 1/4' and added a strip of the patterned paper to the bottom, along with another large pink flower.  I stamped my sentiment in black ink in the centre.  I then noticed I had an ink smudge under my sentiment so added the extra white flower to cover my boo-boo!  I'm really happy with this card and I think my friend will like it too. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges 

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Cardz for Galz challenge - inspired by a book (The Flower Arrangement by Ella Griffin)

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option embellishments

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - ATG (3rd entry)

Die Cut Divas challenge - favourite die cut shape (I love using die cut flowers)

Little Red Wagon challenge - layer it up

Pearly Sparkles challenge - one for the girls

PINspirational challenge - flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - in the garden

Tic Tac Toe challenge - #250 - ink blend/flowers/layers

Triple B challenge - use at least one bird, bloom or butterfly optional mood board

I would like to thank Jo and everyone at CRAFT challenge for having me as a guest this week.  I hope you will be able to play along with us as it can't get easier than 'anything goes'.  

Ok, that is it from me for today, but thank you for stopping by and visiting my corner of blogland. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Spellbinders - Be bold blooms dies

Mama Elephant - B2B arches dies

Simon Says Stamp - birthday basics stamp set

Lawn Fawn - spiffy speckles 6 x 6 paper pad

Spellbinders - color essential sequins silver smooth disc

Gina K Designs - dusty rose ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

coloured card from scraps bin