Just another gorgeous mood board...

I didn't expect to be back on Saturday, but then this happened... Four Seasons April 2024:

 

I find these mood boards so hard to resist... and [happy sigh] birds!  I found just the right Chickadee in a very old Brand Kincaid design for EH...

PTI Botanical Blocks 2, over SSS Lilac Clusters embossing

Well, as long as I'm here, I might as well share another card - or two?  One I hinted at last week - it has been delivered and appreciated... Hideko's birthday card in shades of her favorite color!

Last one... I recently traded some [let's call them 'overstock'] supplies with a friend. I haven't ever purchased one of Lavinia's sets, but I sure did have fun watching videos on YouTube of them coming to life.  For Julia: Seren and Berry Wreath...

Have I ever shared how I make masks for stenciling?  All of us receive

these laminated ads in the mail, right?  They are perfect for masks -

here's one I made using a circle die...

MFT's work well, too! wink.

Thanks, Julia for sharing your 'overstock' with me!  

=] Michele

Inspired By #176 - love the way you lilac

 

I cannot be the only girl in the world who would love an armful of lilacs? Throw in a bunch of peonies, and imagine the aroma!!  

Now imagine that you just happen to have the perfect set of stamps for that!!  So perfect, that I have two cards for you today!!

Enter a very old, discontinued set - PTI's Botanical Blocks II - first up: Lilacs!

I've done a little 'bokeh' background, and found a place for the adding

a bit of that violet pink - see if you can find it on the unopened buds.

Here are the Copics I've used for my Lilacs:

Ready for the Peony?

... and their Copics:

No, you are not required to make two cards in order to play along... but we wouldn't be mad about it - wink!  I can't wait to see what my IB teammates have created - 

join me, won't you?  Right here at IB176.

=]  Michele