Pearly Sparkles challenge - guest designer

Hello again friends; I'm 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 'hearts' which I'm sure will be very popular with Valentine's Day just around the corner but as you will see from my card it can be for any occasion as long as you include some hearts.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

I decided to make a birthday card using lots of different hearts (stamped, embossed and gems) and Valentine colours and it turned out exactly as I had wanted.  It's a fairly simple layout but even so I think it turned out super cute. I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers, added some white highlights and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I used master layouts 4 for all my dies; I cut the smaller heart from white card and the shadow layer from red card and cut the scalloped rectangle from pink gingham card.  I embossed the white heart with a hearts embossing folder and adhered the hearts together with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiments in black ink onto the gingham panel and then adhered the heart on top with liquid glue.  I placed the images onto the embossed heart with foam squares.  As a final finishing touch I added some red heart embellishments in the top right and bottom left corners.  I added some scrap white card behind the scalloped panel and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another scalloped panel from white card and added a strip of the gingham paper to the bottom with liquid glue; I also added a thin strip of red card above to make it look more 'finished'.  I added another image to the bottom right corner and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.

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

* to be updated *

I would like to thank Helen and all the team 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 'hearts' 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:

*Gina K Designs - you are so loved stamp & die

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp (for outside sentiments)

Gina K Designs - happy hearts embossing folder

Gina K Designs - master layouts 4 die set

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

Memory Box - gingham bubblegum card

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card (no longer available but they do have some alternatives here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Promarkers

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - crystal collection - citrus twist - store sadly closed

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store sadly closed

red card from stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x