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

Whilst these colours are great for Halloween, I don't have much call for Halloween cards so I decided to tone down the green and pair them with Judy's layout over at Freshly Made Sketches and make a feature of some purple flowers - perfect for the current theme over at The Flower Challenge too. Take a look at what I came up with:

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

Perennial Lavender - I decided that not only should the flowers on my card today be purple coloured, but they should actually be a purple flower - so I went with one of my favourites, lavender. The Perennial Lavender papers were perfect for the coordinated sections of the card's background - the real challenge was to decide which ones to feature. I decided on a floral pattern combined with the mottled purple to really emphasise the colour.

Painted Lavender - I added some sprigs of greenery along with some (retired) diecut lavender stems to decorate my sentiment circle, that I sponged with a variety of inks to add a little texture to them and tied them with a double linen thread bow:

The Right Words - I finished my card with a sentiment from 'The Right Words' - a great set for sentiments inside and out and a trio of sparkly gems. 

Purple is one off my favourite colours and I love the purple and green combo of this week's challenge.

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 back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

THE RIGHT WORDS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH) (£25.00)	STYLISH SHAPES DIES (£28.00)	PERENNIAL LAVENDER 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)	PURPLE FINE SHIMMER GEMS (£7.50)	BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	HIGHLAND HEATHER A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)
GORGEOUS GRAPE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	PRETTY PEACOCK A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	LOST LAGOON A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	CRUMB CAKE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)	GORGEOUS GRAPE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)	LINEN THREAD (£4.75)

It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. Nancy is hosting this month and her final challenge is a sketch challenge, with a sentiment layered over a shaper that is layered over two horizontal elements: 

Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch when making your card.

For my card today I wanted to use another of the cute turtles that I snipped from the Turtley Cute designer series paper - this really is the paper that just keeps on giving! Take a look:

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

I used two of the other sheets in the pack for my spots and stripes background strips and since today's turtle is baking a birthday cake, I used a diecut 'celebrate' sentiment from the retired Wanted to Say Dies for my sentiment: 

A trio of Darling Duckling enamel dots to pick up on the colour of the sentiment complete my card - the perfect simple birthday card that works for girls and boys alike. I added a couple of senitments to the inside of my card from the new 'The Right Words' set - it contains some lovely greetings that work for both the inside and outside of your cards:

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. 

This is a great sketch from Nance this week - I will definitely be using it again. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with news of hands-down the best offer we've had to join Stampin' Up! in a very long time, so stay tuned! Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

TURTLE-Y CUTE 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)

THE RIGHT WORDS CLING STAMP SET (ENGLISH) (£25.00)

TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD (£7.50)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)

DARLING DUCKLING A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

2025–2027 IN COLOR™ FLAT PEARLS (£8.00)