Fifth Avenue Floral gets All Shaped Up!

Good Morning!  At least it was morning when I started- computers. make. me. crazy.  'nuff said!

Today's card was so much fun to make!  I don't usually make a card like this.  Don't get me wrong, all the elements are very much my style.  I just don't typically use so many elements all a the same time!
The sketch comes from Mojo Monday- there was a choice between round or square and since there are two sites to play at today, Penny's Paper Crafty and another new site- Meljen's looking for shaped cards- round was the natural way to go.  The Big Shot was used twice today- once to cut out the large scallop and again to use the Manhattan embossing folder for the banana layer. I trimmed the smaller flower out and layered it over my homemade background paper.  I went over the embossed lines with a banana marker to make sure that work was not lost within all the other details. 
Speaking of homemade background paper, I added this element for Crafty Creations.  When I saw that challenge I chuckled 'cause I love making my own dsp!  The sketch had a border along the top edge that begged to be punched!  (uh-oh- some of my anger at the computer slipped through there- sorry!)  Seriously though, a reason to use the pinking heart punch- cool!  I also used a punch for the small scalloped circle in old olive.  Stamping Royalty is behind all this punching today- I had wanted to use a third but it was just too over the top for me!
Split Coast is responsible for the colors today- Love, love, love Betty's colors- but you already know how much I love her combos!  Another Split Coast challenge over at Free 4 All is to create a card to celebrate May Day tomorrow- which requires lots of flowers, and this card certainly fits that bill.  I used a flower stamp from the Fifth Avenue Floral set to set off the small scallop and keep in theme with the embossed area.  I already know which neighbor is getting this card tomorrow- with a cone of May-bells of course!
I used the Circle Scissors Plus to get those perfect circles that anchor this card down.  All that I added to this layer was a simple thank you from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  That means I can add this to the challenge site ABC, since they are on the letter "T" for thank you!
That makes 8 challenges for this one little card- that might be a record for me so I am going to post it on the Pile It On blog- that site is all about combining challenges along with a challenge of their own.  This week it was to make it sweet- and this card looks like a piece of candy to me!  Ya know, it is good to know that I am not alone in my little obsessions!

Keep On Inking!

Katt

Supplies:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Awash with Flowers and Itty Bitty Bits
Card Stock: Ballet Blue, Old Olive, Barely Banana and Whisper White
Inks: Ballet Blue and Old Olive
Markers: Barely Banana and a Blender Pen
Punches: Pinking Hearts Trim and Scallop Circle
Tools: Paper Snips, Big Shot, Scallop Circle Bigz Die andEmbossing Folder
Accessories: Latte Buttons, White Taffeta, Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots

Comments

[Sabriena Satchwell]

Wow! Super cute card, I love all your attention to detail. Thanks so much for playing with us this week at Stampin' Royalty. :-)

[Lisa]

holy cow! that is a card!! nice job katt!!

[Shanda Stirk]

Fabulous card! I love your design and colors and nice use of those punches. Thanks for playing with us again at Stampin' Royalty!

[Dawn M]

LOVE THIS CARD!!! AWESOME!

[Alison]

Hi
This is gorgeous...
fantastic colour combo....
Such a clean and fresh design...

Thank you for joining us at Penny's this week.
Hugs Alison.
xx

[Shannon]

WOW Beautiful!!!very cute. Thank you for joining us at Meljen's Designs Challenge. Good Luck!

[Sarah N.]

Very pretty! Love the colours! Thanks for playing along with us at Stampin' Royalty!

[Lauretta See (LadyPou)]

beautiful card. i love your color combo.
Thank you for joining in the MelJens Design challenge this week. Good luck!

hugs x

[Shana]

Oh wow! Love the bright colours and the embossed flower which you cut out. Thank you for joining us at Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog - we hope to see you again next week!

[Deena]

Lovely design and colors! Thank you for joining in the Crafty Creations challenge this week!
smiles,Deena

[Dee (Sprytebyrd)]

Oh Katt! This is GORGEOUS! Beautiful job! I love the colors and everything about it!
Thanks so much for joining us at Meljen's Designs!! Good Luck on the challenge!
♥Dee (Spryte)♥