AAA Birthday challenge #68 - lovely layers

Good morning friends and welcome to December!  I apologise for my late post; today is the start of having a new kitchen fitted so I've been frantically clearing out 25 years of stuff and completely forgot about my post.  I am repeating the mantra - it will be worth it in the end lol!  

Today I'm sharing my card for this month's brand new challenge over at the AAA Birthday challenge. This month our theme is 'lovely layers'. Our guest designer this month is the lovely Jo from Dotty Pudding Designs so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love. 

This month we'd like to see some layers on your birthday cards.  Now these could be patterned paper layers, a layering stencil, some layered up dies or mats. Or any other way you can think of!  I went with layers of embossed card and as I needed a birthday for my niece from my boys I combined the two.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A close up of the cute images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I decided to make a square card for a change and the card size is 5 1/2" square.   I began by cutting all my layers from white and pink card in decreasing sizes and embossed the white panels with a swiss dot embossing folder.  I adhered the base layer with double sided tape and the top layers with foam tape.  For some definition I ink blended some pink ink over the embossing on the diamond oriented panels.  I already had the images coloured from a while ago (coloured with Promarkers) and just had to fussy cut them out.  I added them to the top panel with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment and added a cousin word below and then die cut it out with a rectangle die; this was also added with foam squares.  The panel was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  For a finishing touch I added a few pink pearls in each corner.  For the inside I cut a white panel and added a pink mat.  I embossed another piece of white card and added it to the bottom of the panel with double sided tape and added a strip of pink card above it.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape.  Something a bit different from me but it definitely has lots of layers.  

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

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - Anything embossing goes optional twist winter fun

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional twist use 3+ layers

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/springtime

Inspired By challenge - inspired by celebrations (I was inspired by the colours)

PINspirational challenge - ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - birthday

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs.   

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed.  I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

I'll be back later with another card for you so hopefully you can stop by.  Have a great day. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Waltzingmouse Stamps - we go together clear stamp - store sadly closed

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - swiss dot embossing folder

Gina K Designs - innocent pink ink pad

Spellbinders - perfect pie sentiments & fillings clear stamp (for sentiment)

Spellbinders - fashion Bella self adhesive pearl dots

Uniko Stamps - everyday family clear stamp

Uniko Stamps - birthday wishes clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

pink card from stash

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen