I happened to check the AAA cards blogspot yesterday and saw that they have a new challenge out there – very CAS and some orange. Sounds like some fun after all the pink and red lately. My new boho blossoms punch was sitting on the table and just begging to be used. One tip – don’t get your little finger in the way when you’re punching. Ouch!

I got a bit off track and started making a really funky background piece in orange with clear embossing. It was definitely orange, but not exactly CAS. So that will be used later on in the week!

This is a very straight forward card – as pretty much demanded by a very CAS style card – but here are the details just in case. I used the boho blossoms punch, which cuts out all three flower shapes at once, on a piece of very vanilla card stock. After I forgot what the goal was and started playing with melon mambo card stock and coloured rhinestones, I got back on track again and grabbed a piece of pumpkin pie. I chose this orange of the three available because it’s the only one with coordinating blendabilities and I wanted to colour the jewel. I used the thank you from the Stampin’ Up! Painted Petals stamp set and stamped it in pumpkin pie. I really like the typeface. After gluing the very vanilla card to a base of pumpkin pie, I stuck one of the flowers onto the base and then a pumpkin pie coloured rhinestone on top. Use the brush tip of the pen but be gentle – the rhinestones can really abuse the tip.

I also used my new embossing folder – the spring flowers – on the envelope flap. I thought it coordinated with the boho blossoms.

Here’s the banner for the challenge.

Stop back and see the stepped up a notch melon mambo version of this card in the next day or so.