Krafty Chicks challenge #832 - birthday

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week is Week 1, our theme is 'birthday' and our hostess is Leanne. We always need birthday cards, gift packaging and decorations so I'm sure you will find this week a breeze!  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

My new kit from Gina K Designs had just arrived so I used the gorgeous mini incentive set which has these gorgeous butterfly images and sentiments.  I used a few different GKD dies and a clean and simple layout and I think it turned out so pretty.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the butterfly images using memento ink onto alcohol marker friendly card.  I coloured them with Spectrum Noir tri-blend markers for a change and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also added some white gel pen highlights.  I die cut the scalloped rectangle (from master layouts 4) and the circle windows plate from white card.  I took the inner part of the circles and ink blended one of them pink, one yellow and one orange using the ink left over on my blending brushes .  I adhered the circles panel onto the scalloped rectangle using liquid glue and then replaced the circles into their spots again using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto the yellow circle using black ink.  I added the butterflies onto the circles using foam squares just under their bodies so that their wings can be lifted up a little.  I also went around the circles with my white gel pen to add some faux white spatters.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I die cut another scalloped rectangle from white card, ink blended some of the yellow and orange inks in the right hand corner and added a pink butterfly over top.  I stamped the sentiment using black ink and added the panel to my card base using double sided tape.

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

* to be updated *

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'birthday' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.  I'll be back in a little while with my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge. 

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Gina K Designs - courage to fly stamp (current incentive will in store next month)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 04

Gina K Designs - circle windows plate 

Gina K Designs - perfect posy mini stamp (for inside sentiment) (Bumbleberry's)

Spectrum Noir - tri-blend markers - orange blend, citrus blend & bright pink blend

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

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 links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x