Papertrey Ink 8th Anniversary Celebration - Day 1 Inspiration Challenge

Hi Friends,
It has been way, WAY, way too long since I made a card for a Papertrey Ink challenge!!! Today is the start of their 8th Anniversary Celebration and I decided that even if I only had a few minutes tonight I was going to whip a card together - no matter what!!!!  The Papertrey Family is an endless source of inspiration and design education in my life! Everything I know about design I have absorbed from their blogs and videos and tutorials and inspiration - ENDLESS INSPIRATION!!!!!  I am still learning....always learning....and I will continue to learn by watching these wonderful women....THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL YOU DO!  And Happy 8th Anniversary to an incredible company full of wonderful people!

So here are my choices of inspiration from Nicole's blog post:

 I always struggle to use 5 colors on a card for some reason.....but found a paper that had a lot of these colors in it.

I deviated from the sketch slightly...my circle element is a strawberry and I eliminated the banner because of the sentiment I chose to use.  Here is my very quick card.....

  I needed a "thank you" note and this was my first idea.  I love this Fruit Fusion: Berry Stamp Set that Melissa Bickford designed and I wanted to use something in her honor to say a sweet "Goodbye" and "Thank You" for all of her wonderful designs over the years!

I used a Magnolia Die to create the textured strawberry and then inked it with several colors of ink to color it.  I put a pure poppy strawberry diecut underneath the inked berry slightly offset to add dimension and color.  Sorry about the bad photo....will try to retake in the light tomorrow morning....(new photo added 2-6-15 at 10:03am)

Thanks for taking a look!
Hugs,
Jill