Pre-Teen Birthday

Both the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts were too good to miss this week.  The sketch is so versatile and it was hard narrowing down my options for the embellishments.  This'll be fun to use over and over again.  As for the colors, I never used to like Melon Mambo but it goes so well with black and gray I just had to use these colors for my card today.  I think this card will go to my niece on her 12th birthday in a few months.

For this card I used the retired large and small star punches - love these punches!  For the large black stars, I first punched with the small punch then went over with the large punch to create a frame.  The sentiment is black embossed and the scallops are paper pierced.

Here are the challenge graphics:

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  It's Your Birthday

Cardstock:  Basic Gray; Basic Black; Melon Mambo; Brights DSP

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Large and small star punches; Basic Rhinestones; Large Scallop Edgelit; Essentials Paper Piercing Pack

Edited to Add:  This card was chosen as a Perfect Princess card at Freshly Made Sketches.  Thanks guys!

Cheers

Karren