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

AAA Birthday challenge - DT card

Hello again friends, I'm back with my final card for today (I'm like buses and all my posts come together lol!).  

I'm sharing my DT card for this month's AAA Birthday challenge.  Our hostess this month is Jane D. and she has chosen 'hearts' as her theme.  I know it's very topical with Valentine's Day coming up but don't forget you have to make a birthday themed project for our challenge.   

Isn't that a yummy photo; I could eat those cookies right about now!  I went all rainbow again this month and fairly clean and simple - here is my card:

a closer look at the hearts:

and as always I decorated the inside:

I began by grabbing some card from my 'scraps bin' and cut some strips in rainbow colours.  I adhered them to some copy paper with double sided tape just to give them some extra stability.  I then added them to my white card panel (which was cut to 3 3/4" x 5") again with double sided tape.  I die cut the heart border 3 times from white card and stuck them together with liquid glue.  I like the extra dimension this gives and it always makes them sturdier.  I added the heart border to the strips with liquid glue.  The sentiment was from a pre-printed pack which I cut out with some sentiment strip dies (it was originally a longer sentiment that said 'sending love and hugs on your birthday' but I die cut it into 2 separate pieces and took out the hugs part).  The sentiments were also added with liquid glue over the heart border.  I saved a few of the solid hearts and arranged them around the heart border for some extra interest.  The white panel was then added to my card base with foam tape.  No extra bling as I didn't think it needed anything else.  For the inside I cut more strips, duplicating the same process as above, added them to my white card panel at the bottom and added more solid white hearts.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink and then adhered the panel onto my card base with double sided tape.  

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

Craft Rocket challenge - birthday

Moving Along With The Times challenge - love hearts

Pearly Sparkles challenge - love/have a heart

Scrapping 4 Fun challenge - ATG (3rd entry)

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - have a heart (2nd entry)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (3rd entry)

Snippets Playground challenge - use your snippets (I used pieces from my scrap bin to create my rainbow)

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 blogs.   Our guest designer for this month is Karen so please pop over and check out her gorgeous card too. 

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

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Simon Says Stamp - heart parade die

Creative Expressions - wordies sentiment sheet - birthday

MFT - inside & out birthday greetings (for inside my card)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card (for panels and card blank)

Versafine onyx black ink 

All coloured card from my scraps bin

Tonic - Nuvo deluxe glue

The Works - double sided tape & foam tape