The step by step class was well done.  It took me a minute to come up with a pun/play on words.  My co-workers birthday is next week so I thought that might be a good card purpose. Last year on German Appreciation Day she made the office pretzels and brought dipping mustard. Viola, that  became the inspiration and I went from there!   I like the result. The color palette step in the process took me a minute, but procreate makes it easy to keep trying different colors.  I am super happy with the result.  Thanks, Jess. 
update: I used a few of the tips from this class to make a second card, a birthday card for my brother. Rather than pun or a play on words, I just played with the letters and made each letter of happy be something he likes: h is kayaking, a is running, p - he is a professor who brings students to the Dominican Republic to help engineer better water access, second p is trumpet playing and the y is because he loves to make the family mixed drinks at our parties.  
I did not spend as much time on this card but I did use the grid for keeping letters straight and tried to use not more than 8 colors, I used a little bit of the noise brush on the mixed drink.  I kept the background white since happy already has a lot going on.   Honestly, this card is pretty perfect for my brother.