D's I.D.E.A.S!

 

Three talented card makers/friends lived in my brain today.  Believe me,

there's plenty of room up there! lol

Hilary, and Leslie spurred the creation of vellum-covered cardstock which is

bonded together with double-sided tape then dry-embossed! 

Darnell enabled me to finally make a card - it is embossing week on 

her fun I.D.E.A.S Calendar after all!

I searched for this SB Mandala embossing folder high and low and found one on Amazon. It has the most amazing detail... check it out...

Spellbinders' Mandala Blooms embossing folder and Sunflower Serenade dies.

Yana's Bouquet of Hugs Betterpress-ed sentiment

Would you believe me if I told you that the vellum was adhered to

the same curry cardstock as the sunflower?  It really toned it down - maybe

my vellum was too heavy?  At any rate, I love it and hope my

granddaughter does too - she requested a thank you note for a professor

she interned with this summer.  The sentiment is perfect don't you think?

I hope you get over the hump [day] without a bump!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #746

 

Jen Mitchell has a really fun design for Freshly Made Sketches #746!

It brewed in my brain for a bit and since I needed a little cooling off, I thought

a Christmas card might do the trick!

Another fabulous holiday set from HoneyBee Stamps and a scalloped

arch die set from SSS worked beautifully IMHO!

I liked the scallops so much that I used the largest in the set

to cut my 4.25 square card base - what do you think?  I love these

gorgeous SU! greens:  Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent.

Lots of bits and pieces from my snippets bin worked beautifully

to cut the HB Lovely Layers: Mini Holiday Florals.

And just like that, I have my first pink Poinsettia card done!

I look forward to seeing what you all will add to Jen's sketch this week -

there's plenty of time until the gallery closes on Monday, July 27 at 3pm EST!

=] Michele

MORE second helpings!

Hey there!  I'm so glad you stopped by!  

While searching through my Christmas supplies, I happened upon this fun Stampers Anonymous rubber stamp set - looks clean as a whistle... is it possible that it never saw ink until today?  Totally!  But this design from Stamptember 2022 is still fabulous in those Color Hues #137 colors!

Tell me if you agree...

I believe!

This guy is also heading over to my friend Darnell's NBUS challenge!

Have a great Monday!

=] Michele

Just us Girls #832

There's a new mood board in town, and since I had Poppies on my mind, this upper left corner drew me in...

 

Can't quite see it?  Here's the closeup:

I just happened to have a panel of watercolor card on my desk from

another project.  With a little smooshing, blending, and embossing it

became useable for my water-y background and these lovely Poppies.

What's that?  You don't recognize these blooms from SSS?  Well, I added

a rather bold floral center from Altenew's Sulfur Cosmos and all of a sudden

you see Poppies - at least I did! lol

Another sentiment from Yana's SB Bouquet of Hugs and playtime was complete!

The team over at Just us Girls #832 have really lovely cards inspired

by Bobby's mood board - why not take a peek and play along?

=] Michele

Color Hues #137

Nancy is filling in for Jules who chose the colors for Color Hues #137:

Like a few of the CH designers, I immediately thought of Poppies and this

very old, much loved, cover stamp from MFT: 

I stamped the images in Altenew's Obsidian ink and clear heat embossed them.  Water coloring these Poppies is really simple leaving a bit of white for highlights always makes me happy. I was wise enough to buy the coordinating dies!  

My card was finished off with a SB Betterpress-ed sentiment from Yana's

Bouquet of Hugs sentiment set and popped up with the addition of

a few SB Onyx Color Essentials Gems.

Honestly, I might not have remembered this lovely cover stamp if my friend

TK hadn't used another of my favorite cover stamps from MFT recently!

Thanks, TK!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #745

 

Jen T. is our designer this week at Freshly Made Sketches #745 and she's featuring a square card!  

I don't normally make them but last week I finally got around to hanging a frame on the wall containing one of my watercolored florals - it only took me 10 years - and it inspired my card!

I cut a piece of woodgrain cardstock 4 x 4 inches and then opened the

window using an MFT Wonky Square die.  You might better tell why I added the 

slim strips around the opening when you see the actual frame...

After creating the frame, it was then the question of what to 'fill' it

with... HoneyBee to the rescue where I found just the right bloom to fit

from their Plumeria die cut background set.

After blending a bit of ink for contrast to the blooms and leaves

and mounting my sentiment, it seemed a bit bland.  I often find

inspiration from friends - Lisa, you gave me just the trick to finish

my card with one of these little postage marks!  

My postmark - and sentiments, too - comes from 

The Greetery's Pretty Postmarks set.

SO! There you go!  Now let's go see what inspired Jen's sketch, shall we?

=] Michele

The Paper Players #794 Second helpings!

Second helpings today!  Jaydee's colors at PP794 were very muted on my

first card.  Today's card is so bright you may need sunglasses!

Spellbinders' Fresh Picked Anemones were the perfect pick!

Hey, look! A new butterfly in my stash - thanks, Marcia for enabling

inspiring this purchase! from SSS: Whirl Butterflies in a bright sunny yellow!

Be back soon with FMS!

=] Michele