Winning Colours

I think The Paper Players have really outdone themselves with their latest colour challenge - the colours are gorgeous and the design team cards are stunning! As their blog said, the colours - Highland Heather, Lovely Lipstick and Granny Apple Green - particularly suited flowers, so of course I decided to try to use something else. Luckily, Freshly Made Sketches came through with a great sketch that made me think of Stampin' Up's Eastern Palace Suite - and so a card was born!

Ingredients
Stampin' Up Card (Whisper White, Highland Heather), ink (Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black), Eastern Beauty Stamps (and Varied Vases stamp for the sentiment), Eastern Medallions Dies, Layering Circles Dies and Glitter Enamel Dots.
Other Products: Couture Creation Christmas Wrap embossing folder

Double Dipper

I couldn't resist having a go at CAS Colours and Sketches' Double Challenge #238, even though I'm new enough at stamping that I didn't have any of the colours - so had to substitute the closest ones I have.
I've been feeling like I wasn't getting maximum benefit from Stampin' Up's Eastern Suite, so when I saw the circle on the sketch, I thought, 'Right! Here's my chance.'  I also used I technique which is probably familiar to a lot of people but new to me - bukeh colouring.
Here's the result:

Made using:
Stampin' Up ink (Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White), paper (Whisper White, Shimmery White, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky), stamp sets (Eastern Beauty, Grateful Bunch), dies (Eastern Medallions, Layering Circles)
Other products: francheville rhinestones