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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Pearly Sparkles challenge - guest designer

Hello again friends; here I am again back with my second post for today!  I am delighted to be a guest designer over at Pearly Sparkles challenge this month and their theme is 'shaped card' so we want you to make a fun shaped card - no squares or rectangles allowed.  I hope you have fun with the challenge and I can't wait to see what you create.
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I decided to make a circle card but with a fun twist - I made it into a doughnut shaped card.  It is so much fun and because my son loves pink sprinkled doughnuts I had to make it pink lol!  It's only a dinky 4 1/4" diameter but it makes it even more adorable.  I hope you love it too.
Here is my shaped card:
A closer look:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by making a 5" x 5" card base from white card and used the largest of my new nesting circle die set to cut out my circle card base.  I also cut a circle from kraft card to place on the front on my card.  I cut out the next circle down from the die set from pink card and traced a wobbly outline with pencil and cut it out with my scissors for the icing of my doughnut (I should have cut it a little bigger so that the kraft card wasn't showing quite so much but I still think it looks great).  I took one of the smaller circles in the set (approx 1 1/2" diameter) and cut the doughnut hole from the card base, the kraft circle and the pink circle. I adhered the kraft circle with liquid glue and the 'icing' with foam squares.  I was thinking about what to use for the sprinkles when I saw a die on my desk from a previous project that I thought would be perfect - a film strip die - the bits that fell out of the die cut were the perfect size and shape.  I cut out multiples from pink, blue, yellow and white card and added them randomly on the icing with liquid glue.  I added some crystal glaze to the sprinkles so that they would stand out and look dimensional.  I stamped the sentiment onto white card and cut it out with a sentiment strip die, adhered it with foam squares and then added a cute twine bow above it with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut another smaller circle from white card, again cutting the doughnut centre, stamped a small sentiment on either side in black ink and then adhered this to my card base with liquid glue.  I added a few of the sprinkles around the sentiment too.  I did cut a small piece off the back of the card base so that my card would stand up straight without toppling over.  This card really makes me smile and I hope it makes you smile too.  

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

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line I - circle or oval card shape, free, button or knot
Seize The Birthday challenge - ATG birthday/no topping

I would like to thank Helen and everyone at Pearly Sparkles challenge for having me as a guest this month. I hope you will be able to play along with the challenge and I cannot wait to see all your shaped card projects.

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

Love and hugs,

card supplies:
Waffle Flower - nesting circle die set
MFT - sweet birthday wishes stamp (for outside sentiment) - no longer available
MFT - sweet 16 stamp (for inside sentiment) - no longer available
Funky Fossil Designs - filmstrip dies (for sprinkles)
Crafter's Companion - kraft cardstock 
Versafine - onyx black ink pad
Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze 
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here - but limited numbers
pink card from stash
twine from stash

8 comments:

Helen said...

This is fabulous, Denise!

It's a great design and I could almost eat it!!

Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer at Pearly Sparkles.

Helen x

Nancy said...

This is such a darling Birthday card, Denise. Luckily for me my favorite donuts are on the island and a bear to get to in the morning. I will just have to enjoy yours today! Thanks for playing at Seize the Birthday.

Cathy said...

What a fun card and clever design! Love it, thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x

Glenda J said...

Denise - this is such a fun (& delicious!) card. Love the glossy sprinkles and that you also put sprinkles inside. Great cheerful colours too. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

Becca Sadler said...

Congrats on being a GDT! And thanks for playing BINGO at ConBC!! Great use of the elements selected to make your sweet doughnut birthday card! -- Becca

Leanne said...

Yummy is a good word for this card, awesome! Have a great day! L

Fiona said...

Such a fun card - Congratulations on being our guest designer this month at Pearly Sparkles

Michelle B. said...

Love the design and it looks so yummy! I love your creativity - so glad you joined us at Chrismtas [or not] Bingo!