Tiger Lilly sends you her best

Today I stringed together some challenges that shouldn't go together, yet miraculously do. Or how does it strike you to be inspired by bracelets and safari animals at the same time? It was the beautiful desert colors that sparked my interest. My new Tiger Lilly stamp (by Vaessen Creative) would work well there. On a side note, there aren't enough stamps for grown-ups in the cat/ big cat department, I find, that's why I jumped at this stamp.(Although I suspect it's really a cheetah.) Also the stringed circles dies fitted well, they remind me of bracelets.

I started by die cutting many many pearl strings out of all my papers. (In the end I only needed four). My first idea was to use a white card base and criss cross them on the background - now that looked totally wrong, so I came up with the idea of taking the brown panel that I had die cut a string of pearls from and using that as my card base. 

The strings now flank the tiger. She looks sufficiently angry, she must have forgotten to send the greetings on time, or what do you think?  The last addition were some enamel dots to mimic some pearls (still thinking of bracelets).

 

Entering this in these lovely challenges that served me well today:

 Inspired by: #IB400 Bracelets

 

ETA: this challenge had sadly closed before I could enter - including it here anyway for the record. 

As You Like It: Your favourite safari animal (and why) - I love cats and all big cats are my favorites. 

TioT: Make it colourful

Creative Inspirations: August AG

Polkadoodles: #8 AG

and as this stamp is brand new I am showing this card also at NBUS #89 lineup.

 

 

Sweet delights

There is popular and often repeated saying 'Life is better with donuts'. I don't necessarily agree, being more partial to salty liquorice myself, yet today I felt drawn to a couple challenges where I could live out some candy colors.

My all time favorite color combo is yellow with pink, the whole color range of hues ranging from bright to muted. I just find them so cheerful together. Today I picked small color cards in muted hues and partly with shiny finishes, and combined them with a bright yellow background. 

 

I also used different size circles dies. I don't own stamps or dies with 'sweets' motifs, but I figured with my collection of circle dies I should be able to produce some donuts.

In the end I used two irregular circles and one perfectly round one for the hole.

 

I am entering this in these following challenges that inspired me today:

Crafty Gals Corner: #278 Anything goes / Sweets for dad optional - I did go with the 'Sweets' for option, but since I am at the age where my dad is long deceased, this card will be for anyone 

Inspired by: #IB393 Inspired by... donuts - I went with the colors and the donuts

 

As You Like It: Favorite color combo - mine is yellow with pink 

Snippets Playground: #535 AG

Simon Says Monday challenge: Food and/ or drink 

 

ETA: After looking at the finished card for a few hours, I decided to add some Liquid pearl accents on each donut. This tiny addition does make it look more finished.

 

 

It's peony time

 I love peonies. Their appearance is a conundrum: they are large, voluptuous even, but manage to look dainty and sweet. They last only for a few days in the vase and not much longer in the garden - where they are in mid bloom right now. I

 have several peony stamps, but selected one from Creative-Depot this time. (I'm not affiliated, the link is for you in case you are interested.)

I have a strange fascination with large background stamps that are actually just blank. Today was the day to take them all out, as I got inspired by a layout where they fit perfectly.

I stamped the peony twice, with brown ink, as I wanted to use part of the second flower to raise some petals. The sentiment is die cut from brown card stock (paint chips actually - very handy for these purposes.)

The finished card:

Entering into the challenges that inspired the creation process:

Inspired by: #243 Donuts. - I was inspired by the color palette citron-lavender-pink-brown

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: #530 - I turned the sketch 90 degrees.

The Flower Challenge: #81 Use your favorite flower - this is a birthday card (just not in English)

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