'Cupcake Inspiration' and lots of other challenges!...

As soon as I saw the photo at Cupcake Inspiration this week a card design appeared in my head and I have now found an evening to put it together!

The colours made me think of the 'Relax' papers from Summertime Designs and the birds reminded me of the bird stamps I got from the Elzybells closing down sale but had not inked up yet! - I know I'm bad!

The sentiment is a freebie from Scrap-a-licious Times and I printed it onto some of the DP by running it through my printer again. (Only do this on inkjets- my husband has warned me that it will do bad things to laser printers!) I coloured a white fabric flower with my Promarkers to match the papers and used a Papermania pearl brad in the center. I wanted this to be really feminine so have also added tiny pearls to the centers of the flowers on the image and 3 at the bottom of the card. The dark brown mats looked a bit too much on their own but when they are put with the other colours I think they work well.

This card also fits the following challenges:

• Daring Cardmakers- The Darling BUGS of May! (the bees)
• Paper Sundaes- Birthdays
• Corrosive- Birthdays
• Cupcake- In the Garden
• Spoon full of Sugar- Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly- Bloom and Grow
• Truly Scrumptious- anything goes
• Do you stack up?- colour- celery, white and sea grass blue