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

Can You Handle the Pressure? January 2024

 As much as I love embossing folders, one would think that I'd play along with Can You Handle the Pressure every. single. month.  But, as often as I use them, they aren't often the 'star' of the card .... until today!  SO!  For January 2024's challenge - with the twist of making it a birthday card - I'm making a statement with this gorgeous number from SSS: Lilac Clusters...

I used the EF technique of inking the negative side of the folder with Matcha ink and

spritzing with a fine spray of water before pressing.  It left the lilacs the creamy white of my watercolor paper for simply water coloring with Sugarplum ink!

With the addition of their twist from a Betterpress-ed sentiment from 

Spellbinders' A Little Message once again.

I love the depth of embossing on this one - and hope their team does too!

=] Michele

Thank you for this honor!