Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jaydee to host this week and she has a pretty colour challenge for us to work with:

I don't often use pastel colours and certainly not exclusively, so this week was something of a challenge for me. I decided in honour of Jaydee not being a 'pink' person (I don't believe her - she often uses pink to great effect!!), that Bubble Bath would be my feature colour and when I saw the palette at Color Dare, I decided to pair it with Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam and a hint of Pool Party for my pastel vibes - take a look at where I ended up:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Add Colour - To achieve tones of the same colour, I diecut all of my flowers and leaves from solid colour cardstock and for the detailed top layer, I added the same colour ink with a blending brush to give a further depth of colour. 

Add Texture - This card is choc-full of texture with all of the diecut layers! Both the background die and the florals are all from the Delightful Wishes bundle and are diecut only - no stamping required. There are so many layers that with the exception of the sentiment, I didn't use any dimensionals; just by overlaying the flowers you can create depth and texture.

Add Movement - Finally I added a trio of Tiny Bee Trinkets - these little buzzy fellows don't actually move of course, but their presence gives a suggestion of movement to the card.

So what do you think - are pastels for you? Whilst they are generally not a 'go-to' for me, I really love the softness of the finished card. I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone features pastels in the gallery this week!

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Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I am hoping to get out in the garden today and take advantage of the beautiful spring weather we've been having here in the UK this week - long may it continue! I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

DELIGHTFUL WISHES BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (46.75)	TINY BEE TRINKETS (8.50)	VERSAMARK PAD (9.00)	BASICS WOW! EMBOSSING POWDER (20.00)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (10.50)	FRESH FREESIA A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)
BUBBLE BATH A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	SOFT SEA FOAM A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	POOL PARTY A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	FRESH FREESIA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	BUBBLE BATH CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	SOFT SEA FOAM CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)
BLENDING BRUSHES (14.00)

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a couple of challenges:

The sun was finally shining here in the UK today and it had me thinking that spring might finally be on its way! I had the colours out on my desk along with my Floral Delight Suite as I wanted to make something 'sunny'  for the challenge over at Sunday Stamps and then I saw Linda's layout this week over at Freshly Made Sketches and it had me immediately inspired! Take a look at what I came up with:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Delightful Wishes - The Delightful Wishes bundle has so many pretty florals that are perfect for spring. I'm not sure what flower the stem is supposed to be. As a child, my neighbour's garden had a huge forsythia tree and this set so reminds me of it, especially when stamped in yellow. Those blooms are so cheery too, so that's what I went for as the central element of Linda's sketch, and placing the sentiment either side of it on the other side.  

Gingham Vellum - The Floral Delight Suite has two different sets of designer series paper: in addition to the Floral Delight paper, there is a Floral & Gingham Vellum pack, which includes a pretty Pool Party and White vellum. I used this to provide the background for the front of the card, and picked up the aqua with a trio of glossy dots too:

Inside Extra - I used a diecut and stamped stem on the front of my card and added a small stamped one to decorate the inside:

And I managed to use all of the colours on the Sunday Stamps palette too - bonus! I am so done with winter and ready for spring now - bring on the lighter, brighter days!

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You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

DELIGHTFUL WISHES BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (46.75)	FLORAL & GINGHAM VELLUM 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (9.50)	POOL PARTY A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (13.00)	POOL PARTY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	LEMON LOLLY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)
SOFT SEA FOAM CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	PECAN PIE A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	GLOSSY DOTS ASSORTMENT (7.50)

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's my turn to host this week and I have my favourite, a sketch challenge, for us to work with:

I designed my layout with a few layers and a focal sentiment; there's lots of scope for interpretation. I decided to keep my card really simple as I wanted to play with some of the new items in the Floral Delight Suite - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Floral Delight - First up, I used a piece of the Floral Delight designer series paper to cover the whole of my card base. The yellow and blue designs in this paper pack are so cheery and reminiscent of spring - so pretty! I chose a pale blue design covered in bold, bright yellow flowers and kept the rest of my card pretty simple so that it really allowed these florals to shine.

Delightful Wishes - For my focal sentiment, I combined the stamps and dies from the Delightful Wishes bundle, focusing on the layered diecut for the word 'wishing' as my centrepiece:

The sentiments in this set are great and the die can be combined with the stamped elements to create several different greetings. I added them to an elongated rectangle cut with the Nested Essentials Dies, with a couple of flagged banners beneath. I also added a couple of the tiny bee trinkets too - so sweet!

Inside Stamping - There is minimal stamping on the front of my card, so I thought I would use some of the other stamps in the set to decorate the inside:

This stamped flower spray is a two-step stamp and was really easy to line up, adding in the twigs and leaves after the blossoms. I made this card as a get well card for a friend who has recently been a little under the weather; I hope she likes it.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; I'll be spending mine indoors keeping warm and doing a little cooking and crafting, no big plans. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

DELIGHTFUL WISHES BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (46.75)	FLORAL DELIGHT 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (11.75)	TINY BEE TRINKETS (8.50)	NESTED ESSENTIALS DIES (32.00)	POOL PARTY A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	OLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)
OLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (10.50)

Today I'm sharing a card that I made using Amy's sketch layout over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and has a little stencil detail for Just Us Girls:

This is a great layout to showcase some designer series paper, so whilst I had my new pack of Floral Delight designer series paper out on my desk for tomorrow's card (spoiler alert!), I decided to make a second card featuring another of the bold floral patterns in the pack - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I chose a design with large yellow blooms on a white background and used a whole panel of it. On the right hand side of my central panel, I lightly stencilled some Pool Party ink through a stencil made with one of the Delightful Wishes Dies and added another flower, this time fussy cut from another piece of this paper. Then I added a layered diecut and sentiment from the co-ordinating 'Delightful Wishes' bundle, adding a single tiny bee trinket embellishment to finish:

 How cute is that? I love this Floral Delight Suite - the bright yellows, white and pale blue colour combination is totally in my wheelhouse and I can't wait to get more creative with this set.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

DELIGHTFUL WISHES BUNDLE (ENGLISH) (46.75)	FLORAL DELIGHT 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (11.75)	TINY BEE TRINKETS (8.50)	POOL PARTY A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)	POOL PARTY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	OLD OLIVE A4 CARDSTOCK (10.75)
OLD OLIVE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (8.50)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (10.50)	BLENDING BRUSHES (14.00)