In the process of googling for illustrator tutorials, I came across this website. Some of the tutorials are pretty simple and can be created in a few steps.

Illustrator tutorial from ndesign-studio: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials

Below is my favourite website to check out color palette. ChocoRose and SweetGarden are the sweetest combination! Check it out!

ColorSchemer: http://www.colorschemer.com/schemes/tags/sweet