It's a new challenge over at Love to Create and I thought I'd share a quick project with you using pan pastels ... Happy Birthday Today Using the bricks stencil, run through your die cutting machine and emboss. Leave the stencil in place and colour starting with the darkest colour, raw umber pan pastel and place a the bottom of each brick. Next add yellow ochre and finally pearlescent orange pan pastel. Blend them together with colourless blender. Using perfect medium stamp the roses, leaves and buds on to the same colour card. Colour roses with pearlescent yellow (in centre) and pearlescent orange on outer edges blending out with the colourless blender. Highlight petals using a rubber which takes away excess pan pastel. Cut out all flowers. Colour leaves with pearlescent green, bright yellow green and permanent green shade. Again blend with colourless blender and cut out. Use pearlescent orange pan pastel to colour buds and pearlescent gre