Blue and Yellow

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the color combination blue, white and yellow. So much so that my entire kitchen is decorated in that scheme. Cobalt blue glass and white daisies with yellow centers. So when I saw the challenge over at Design Dollies used this color combo, I got super duper excited. Then when I sailed over to Off the Wall Craftiness and saw they were using that palette too...I dropped everything and hit the scrappy table. Usually I have no problem combining several challenges into one card, but I love these colors so much I made two cards with them. One for each. :) So since the Design Dollies challenge is in my favorites list first, I'll enter the first card there and the second in Off The Wall's challenge :) :) :) :)

Birthday cake card

I was working on a birthday card that featured a cake. I decided to paper piece the cake out of coordinating shades of purple and emboss each layer with a different folder for contrast. The 'icing' seperators are cut out of a third shade of purple with my Fiskars 'sunflower' deco edge scissors. The sticker, ribbon and patterned paper were all from the Target Dollar Spot in a birthday kit I picked up ages ago. It was most certainly a neglected piece of my stash. The stamp set however is brand spankin new. It's was clearanced out at JoAnns for 99cents and came with an entire sheet of birthday images and sentiments!!!!!! WHOO HOO!

This card was created for the following challenges:
Sketch and Stash - new stash/sketch
Party Time Tuesdays - birthday card
The Creative Cottage - touchy feely (embossing)

I ♥ sketches!!

One of my favorite sketch blogs is the fabulous Liz Qualman. I have used her sketches several times before and it has led to some of my favorite layouts. Here is yet another of her brilliant pieces of inspiration HERE. I created the following layout based on her sketch: