Just Us Girls #190 - Inspiration Challenge

First and foremost, I want to wish Vicki Dutcher a very happy birthday!!   Her birthday was this past Wednesday, and the JUGS design team decided to celebrate Vicki by each of us making a birthday card for her using this week's inspiration picture.  Happy Birthday, Vicki :)

I found this totally fabulous cake image on Pinterest and fell in love with it right away.  The colour combo, mix of chevrons and polka dots, the frilly white middle and the big flower on top just stole my heart.  Lots of inspirational elements you can use as a launching pad for your card

I used this week's Verve sketch and some of my favorite supplies on this card: Swiss dots embossing folder, elegant leaves die and matching leaf stamp, a flower, a butterfly and the heart trim die.  I know my card doesn't say Happy Birthday, but I just love this sentiment as it is a good reminder to "embrace life" no matter what your age :)

The rest of the  JUGS team has some wonderful samples to get your inspiration going, so just hop on over to the Just Us Girls blog, and check out what the Design Team has created.  Then put your creative genes to work and add your card/project to the challenge post on the JUGS blog for the chance to be selected as Chic of the Week.  




What's In It?
Stamps: Dream Big, Bloom and Grow and Sunny Days (Verve Stamps),
Paper: Basic Grey, Going Grey, So Saffron, Stampin' Up DSP (Stampin' Up) 
Ink: Black, Going Grey, So Saffron (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Scalloped Trim Trio, Elegant Leaves, Scalloped Flowers (A Cut Above by Verve), Medium Scallop Die (PTI, Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Button, Twine (Twinery), White Half Pearls, Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals