Another deadline missed...sigh!

Here I was thinking I'd be able to knock over all these challenges in two cards and I've missed a deadline, I got this sketch from 4 Crafty Chicks and got sidetracked last night so it remained partially finished on my desk until this evening when I got home from work and of course, in my usual style, I've missed the deadline!  Never mind, I should still make the other challenges.  I've also found another new challenge sitem at least, new for me.  Gosh, that's two in one week  YAY.

This card uses another favourite colour combo of pinks and browns.  I'm really happy wiht the way this one came together, I thought the sketch was really different.

Challenges are...

City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ Week 74 - I {heart} you

Stampin Royalty ~  Challenge #89 photo inspiration (I went with the colours)

Cards & Things ~  Colour Challenge #87  Early Expresso, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red

Amour!

I'm in a swap with a few friends and this month we had to use a new stamp set that we were able to pre order from the new Ideas Book and Catalogue 2010/11 so I went for Artistic Etchings with lots of stamping and embossing.

Background 1 - Sahara Sand CS and Ink using Sanded and En Francois background stamps.

Background 2 - Basic Black CS and Versamark ink using I {heart} Hearts, Simply Said and Priceless Clear embossed the images.

The rest is pretty easy, using a 1cm circle punch, I turned it upside down and used the markings in side to snip a corner out of the layers......stamped the Eiffle Tower with versamark tapped on black ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder (this is much easier and less messier than using black embossing powder)

The heart is punched out in Whisper White and Black and layered showing a tiny edge at the top in black.  sponged Riding Hood Red on the edges and used a Riding Hood Red ribbon to add a touch more colour.