Pretty in Pink

I shared in my last post about the kindness stamps and dies I had recently bought from Honey Bee Stamps

Something I have been wanting to do in 2018 is start entering card making challenges again. Therefore,  I Googled cardmaking challenges and found some challenges to follow.
So today I am playing along for the first time with the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge.
here's their sketch #416

The link for their blog is HERE

I kinda turned the sketch around so the little pennants are at thetop and bottom of my card but kept the 5" x 7" card in landscape orientation . I had a good look at the DT cards and it seemed ok to do that!

here's my tuesday morning challenge card entry...

I used my new scrapbooking paper pad which my Hubby Kev had bought me just before Christmas.  I have to admit I find it hard to use the papers I really really like. But I wanted to make a pretty feminine creation as I have a lovely lady in mind for this card!
I like florals and I love roses so I had to be very brave (LOL) and cut the rose paper for the background. I am glad that I did, I love it!

I cut the "Kindness" die from white linen card three times and stacked them up on top of each other which gave the word some dimension. I used the stamps from the co-ordinating stamp set for the words on the little pennants.
The card felt unfinished! and my eyes were distracted by that lovely rose pattern. I had to bring the focus back into the centre of the card. The addition of the half doily, tiny butterflies and sparkly gems helped to achieve this

I am really happy with the card and enjoyed my first play along with the Tuesday Morning Challenge and with my new Honey Bee Stamps set below. As for the rest of that lovely scrapbook paper?
I may even do some scrapbook layouts, we will have to see where inspiration takes me!