Color Hues #130

Nancy is our hostess for Color Hues #130 and I just love her choices...

You all know by now I'm not a big fan of blue - but I LOVE navy!  

Combined with pink?

YES, please!

I had my Spellbinders Wonderful Tulips set out and decided to give it a go through

my Betterpress system - since I can't foil!  YAY! It worked using black Versafine ink!

Then I chose C&9th's Dragonfruit pink and The Stamp Market's Navy for

the layering stencils... I love how it turned out...

After die-cutting, I ran the 'leftover' through my Betterpress with an un-inked

Spellbinders by Lisa Horton Script Text plate and topped it off with one of

Yana's Bouquet of Hugs Betterpress-ed sentiments and a few 'dewdrops.'

You may notice a little added detail for depth using just two Prismacolor pencils.

Thanks, Nancy!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #730

No April Fools trick - there really is a new sketch over at Freshly Make Sketches and Judy is our designer this week!  Here is FMS#730: 

I had a little looky-loo in my snippets bin and found a beautiful flutterby who fit so nicely in Judy's tilted squares!

A Pinkfresh butterfly was foiled at Marcia's and stenciled while we gabbed.

Two die-cut Nesting Square frames from Waffle Flower were happily tilted!

Another Pinkfresh edge die cut the peachy panel with the pretty edge

all topped off with some of those PF gems and Better-pressed sentiment from my stash!

I try to use those snippets when I can - they're just too pretty to ignore!  I know you'll find something wonderful to fill Judy's squares!  Ready for more pretty from FMS - head over HERE!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #729

Amy is our wonderful Freshly Made Sketch #729 designer, and I knew in a moment which set I would reach for [again]! Take a look at FMS#729:

And here is my card!

Does it seem familiar?  I followed my friend Channin's lead a while back and today I brought out the same inks I used HERE - such a bright combination!  Do you see the oval shape on Amy's sketch? I think this bouquet had that shape built in!

Run don't walk to the Freshly Made Sketches blog! My teammates have made really wonderful cards to inspire you, too - so please come play along!

=] Michele

Just us Girls #815

The fabulous Ms. Carol M. has chosen a fabulous image for Just us Girls: Mood Board week...

 

I had this set from Concord & 9th on my desk for something else and

saw in an instant the 'fun and funky' florals painted on those stone 'eggs'

in Carol's photo inspiration!  I hope I've done them justice - and also

remember to add my card to their gallery this time OY!

My floral pieces from the C&9th Paper Posies die set were cut from scraps.

Some were embossed with the coordinating EF.

I also used another EF from JoAnn's Parklane to add

interest to the black card base.  Lastly, a sentiment from

Pinkfresh Studio's With Sympathy set and a rounded upper corner

to mimic the rounded shape of the stones! 

I'll wish you a happy weekend a bit early as I'll be prepping for company

for dinner tomorrow evening and a card game!  

Thanks for dropping by!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #728

Narelle is our sketch designer this week at Freshly Made Sketches #728 - her cards are always so cool, so I really wanted to push myself this week.  

This design came to me in the moments after waking up one morning!  I'll start with my closeup so you can see that I've used my VERY OLD DCWV Adhesive Fabric for the card panel and sentiment strip... sorry Susan - it seems that it is no longer available.

... plus a little more 'unraveled' twine!  The circles were cut with various sizes

from a few of the many embossed panels I have in my stash.  Some sent to me

from friends, some brought home from Marcia's - please don't ask me for

the folder names as I wouldn't have a clue!

Let's head over to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge post, shall we?  I can't wait to see Narelle's card and how the rest of the team have interpreted FMS#728!

=] Michele

Color Hues #129

My friend Marcia is the host at Color Hues #129, and she picked a wonderful color combo for us to play cards with...

Once again, I reached for my watercolors - this time my Distress reinkers, and a gorgeous SU! 3D Sunflower embossing folder!  It turned out just like I wanted it to with lots of dimension because I used watercolor paper!

I added just a touch of grey to the 'greenery' to stay within their rules.

Finishing it off with a sweet HELLO from The Stamp Market

tied with a little piece of linen thread from my friend LeAnne.

Thanks, Marcia for these pretty colors - I used Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, and Dried Marigold inks.

Tom and I finally finished up the little renovation/update to my tiny little laundry room and I have to say it makes me a little bit happier to do that chore... what can I say - I'm a cheap date! lol

=] Michele

Time Out #308 and JUGS #814

I made a card!!  Ha!  Yes, I have been busy elsewhere these days but today the mood for crafting struck - you know what that means... look for inspiration from some of my favorite challenges!

Time Out is CASEing the marvelous Stef Perry and her lovely card - AND celebrating their 12th birthday, too!  Stef's featuring her wonderful Copic-coloring skills which I love so much.  I chose to watercolor, so out came my Altenew watercolor palette and their Craft your Life: Hello Beautiful set!  Please take a look at Stef's card:

 

You'll see I've CASE'd Stef's use of gold heat embossing, dry embossing too! which was swiped with a small gold ink pad as she had done.

Speaking of EMBOSSING - my friend Bobby is the host over at Just Us Girls word

challenge and her word is EMBOSS!  I think I've got that covered - in gold!

Thanks so much for stopping by today - have a wonderful, crafty weekend!

=] Michele