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:

Die Cut Divas challenge - red and/or pink colours

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food goes

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - happy hearts

PINspirational challenge - red and pink

Stamping Sensations challenge - favourite stamps (I love Gina K Designs stamps)

We Love Stamping challenge - hearts 

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

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.

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

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG

Dream Valley challenge - ATG

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - birthday

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