Roses are Pink...Two-for-One Valentine's Cards

Today I have not one but two cards for you! Both cards fit this week's colour challenge over at Pals Paper Arts, where there is a gorgeous colour palette to work with this week:

I absolutely love this colour combination and couldn't wait to create something pink and pretty with it. Here is my first card:

I layered the colours in two sections and in the central section used one of the lovely rose die cut panels from the Artisan Embellishment kit as a stencil and stencilled the roses in the two shades of pink, adding in touches of Basic Grey for the flower leaves. These die cuts are so beautiful - it's a shame there are only two in the kit! Here's a close up of the sponged area:

The form of the roses is just so pretty I think and looks really beautiful. I added a bow in luxurious silver satin ribbon and stamped my sentiment on the wide mat layer of Pink Pirouette, stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in pewter. This card is full of romance, but I think it would work equally well as a birthday card.

My second card today uses exactly the same colour palette, but is altogether a more clean and simple affair. This week the team over at Less is More is celebrating its 4th birthday and have a colour challenge of 'pink and grey'. Here is my card for this week's challenge:

My card started out as a two-tone pink and grey affair, with an inlaid split sentiment - I die cut the word 'love' using my Little Letters thinlits, then did the same with the cardstock the other way around top and bottom in order that I could paper-piece the reverse colours into the negative space. The more I looked at it though, the more it needed a little something else - I toyed with a scrap of Rose Red that sat on my desk leftover from the first card and the addition of the tiny heart with a tiny sparkle was just what it needed. You can see the detail of the die cut and inlaid letters below:

Congratulations to Chrissie and the team on their 4th birthday - you are an awesome bunch who run a most successful weekly challenge and are truly an inspiration. 

I'll be back tomorrow with another card; until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Card 1: 

Artisan Embellishment Kit	Hello Life Photopolymer Stamp Set	Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad	Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock	Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad
Rose Red A4 Card Stock	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock	Embossing Buddy	Versamark Pad
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Silver 5/8" Satin Ribbon

Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock	Rose Red A4 Card Stock	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock	Little Letters Thinlits Die	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack
Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents