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

The Paper Players #794

 

Jaydee has a fabulous color combo for The Paper Players #794!

I did a little 'sale' shopping over at Alex Syberia Designs - I was lucky enough to get a few coordinating die sets AND to use shades of Jaydee's colors for their maiden voyage!

Muted greens, pinks and corals, with a few bright pops of yellow!

Some ASD Create Your Own Happy images stamped right on my PTI Torn Edges white panel, some blooms stamped and die cut to add a bit of dimension.  

What do you think of the Torn Edge card base?  It might be a bugger to get

into the envelope, but I sure like it!

I have to give ASD all the credit for my design as the packaging had

the most wonderful inspiration... 

Hope you've had a great start to your week!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #744

Donna is our design artist this week at Freshly Made Sketches #744!  She's brought back a favorite shape in our crafty world: the Polaroid!  I knew in a heartbeat just the image I'd add... check out her sketch...

 

Are you ready??  Did YOU think of this set, too?

Popping him up on a panel [PTI Stitched Snowflake cover plate] I brought home from a Marcia-playdate seemed like a no-brainer!

This guy might be my favorite from this old MFT set but there are 

FIVE more in the set that are just as cute!  Here's another:

Let's go see all the creations from the FMS team and our fab sketch artist, shall we? We look forward to your renditions before July 15th at 3pm! 

=] Michele

One card THREE challenges!

After a little lull in the crafty department, I knew I had to kick start my creativity again!  What better way to start than to check out a few challenges?  Lucky for me the card I made fit perfectly for TWO of my favorites!

Ina at Just us Girls #830 is asking us to use an 'old favorite' die from our stash - I found two that worked nicely together and used Julie's wonderful colors from Color Hues #136!

 

It just so happens that I need a wedding card in September - thanks Ina, and Julie!

Here is my closeup so you can see that I used glassine in my frame - it's such

a dreamy creamy color! 

 

This cover plate is Fancy Floral 1 from PFS and cut from PTI Ivory cardstock.  My card base was topped with a gorgeous matte gold foil paper. 

  

The 'frame' was actually created using two label dies - also from PFS.

Next comes this all-time favorite love die from Paper Smooches!  I just

love its MOD font, don't you? 

Hey!  The Paper Players are looking for love in all our crafty spaces!

LIGHT BULB MOMENT!  Hope it's summer-y enough!

 

Hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele