Second SCOOPS? Always!

We have been known to have ice cream for dinner so second scoops are always the norm around here! lol  While I had those sweet little Anita Jeram characters out on my desk, second cards for Color Hues #92 seemed just about right, too!

If you remember, Stef's 'flavors' are pink and brown - perfect in these hues for a Neapolitan cone, my current favorite: Cinnamon Churro, and Tom's usual: Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk!

Always served up in a waffle cone! or waffle CARD base!  Here is

a closeup - see if you can match the cones to their flavors:

There goes that darned drier buzzer AGAIN!  I'd better get this in the challenge gallery!  Thanks for dropping by!

=] Michele

Back to the basics!

I have been all over the map with my crafty time lately - it's back to basics today as I play along with a few of my favorite challenges!

First up: Color Hues #92 where my friend Stef is hosting a pretty combo of colors for our crafting pleasure:

My pink may be a bit darker, and brown lighter - but they do say 'hues' right?  Here is the CCC set and Copics I've used for my card today:

That pup is such a good sport, isn't he?

Though, if I had my way it would read 'you tickle me pink' today!

Next up the ladies at Just us Girls where Carol Mc has chosen pink and orange for their color challenge ... my all-time favorite color combo!  I've brought the drama today...

... and a bit of texture, too!  These sweet daisies are from Concord & 9th and were cut from some of their amazing cardstocks - two shades of orange, two of pink!

I don't know what I'll do when I run out of this fabulous granite grey card from EH.

It's so gorgeous embossed with this Altenew Geo Tiles folder.

Okay.  It's Monday - you know the drill...

=] Michele

Thanks Color Hues!

Color Throwdown #804

I've put the brakes on my Christmas card making.  Something using purple, orange and yellow caught my eye and totally Speaks Halloween to me!  and just in time for it a few new dies [that I just could not resist] arrived!  

Thanks to Tina Smith for all the inspiration for my card today!  My friends, if you think foil is hard to capture, just try a clear acetate card!  YIKES!

This Bat and Hey, Boo die was cut off the edge of a fold in the purple card and wrapped around clear card base from SSS.  I cut another half from white and trimmed it down for my message inside - for my granddaughter who has always been our 'Boo!'  I won't share my sentiment - just in case! wink.  Another little set of bats joined my little Halloween stash.  Two of the three were attached using black foam squares so it still looks good from the inside!

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #94

Hello, my friends!  It's August already - I am NOT ready to say goodbye to Summer, are you?  Apparently either is The Flower Challenge ... take a look at the gorgeous inspiration for Challenge 94 - it's a COLOR challenge!

 

I adore each and every color in this TFC rainbow - and love 

that bit of grey in the mix!

I've reached for Altenew's Eclectic Bouquet once again and these inks:

Together they added beautiful color to my bouquet:

The image was stamped in VersaFine Clair: Morning Mist ink,

stenciled with the layered coloring stencils, and cut

with its die.  Then I used my SU Subtle Texture to emboss the negative cut.

Residual ink on my blending brushes added shadow to the cut

edges and then my bouquet was popped up for dimension.

That sweet sentiment is also from this set... a few sequins and my playtime

is complete!

You have plenty of time to make one or two cards to add to our gallery - we can't wait to see what you'll make of our colors!  You'll find lots of gorgeous inspiration on The Flower Challenge page HERE.

=] Michele

Second Helpings for FMS #647 - and another dozen Christmas cards!

I promised to share the Christmas cards for my senior gentleman!  It was a fun day spent with another pad of paper from my cousin... I barely put a dent in it!

When making hundreds of cards, those fun pages of ephemera and tags

really come in handy.  I couldn't help but add a few fun details...

How about a few 'closeups' of my favorites...

I brought out an ancient ric rac die from MFT! Can you see the FMS#647 Sketch?

I was thrilled when I discovered that my Waffle Flower Stitched Diamond

cover die perfectly cut these darling dudes - they just had to be popped up!

Two examples of letting the tag do the work - by die cutting

with some favorite cover dies, and adding 'stitched' details with dies...

... or just a simple twine bow!  I just love these snowy sweethearts!

I hope your weekend is a fun one!

=] Michele

Freshly Made Sketches #647 and the Group of Seven

My friend Karren is the host and Sketch designer at Freshly Made Sketches #647!  She says that she has gone back to her card-making-roots with a 'color-blocked' sketch and card!  Man, did she open a can of worms in my craft space.. and I mean that in the best of ways!

You may remember that I 'inherited' a load of craft supplies from my cousin early this year.  There were many pads of 12x12 inch paper pads.  I haven't been able to find a home for them yet - but when I saw this Christmas collection that included pink I knew they were right at home all along...

I spent hours yesterday and a bit of time this morning creating

a baker's dozen Christmas cards for my seniors!  Don't you agree the

ladies will love these colors?  I'll go back to drawing board for the gentlemen!

I used Karren's Sketch for inspiration for this group:

... and 'flipped' the Sketch for this one which I will add to the FMS #647 gallery!

I reached for a few of my favorite, but no longer available sets

from Wplus9 for a few sentiments and ribbons and bows!

The wonderful ladies from The Group of Seven Cardmakers gave me 

all the inspiration I needed to use even more of those papers.

Darnell named their technique this month Kaleidoscope which is a

fantastic way to describe the method of 'cut and paste.'  Be sure to 

check out their fabulous cards HERE.  And now my own Kaleidoscope card:

There are MANY more strips of paper where these came from - I might go back for more!  Hope you're getting ahead on your Christmas cards.  Who says Christmas in August isn't a thing? lol

=] Michele

I'd rather be blue...

... thinking of you, I'd rather be blue over you... than be happy ... with somebody else!  Such a great song lyric and the lead-in to my playtime today! 

That sweet Marcia left behind her Pinkfresh class kit for me to have a crack at it.  I was delighted to press a few of their plates!

This Honeysuckle - oh, I know they aren't blue - but give a girl [who doesn't like blue on an ordinary day] the chance to play with that new Cerulean Blue from The Stamp Market, okay!

The honeysuckles were pressed using Betterpress black ink and water colored then cut with the coordinating die.  I added a Pinkfresh pressed Framed Floral Arch - created the same way and cut with the PF coordinating Framed Floral Arch die.  You'll see that I couldn't help but add that texture with my SU Subtle Texture EF to the leftover inner portion. 

Here's another - a bit more CAS ...

My last card uses the Cerulean blue cardstock, a press plate [called Splendid Florals] and that pretty posie from my last playtime planted upon a PTI frame.

Thanks, Marcia, for sharing your goodies! I had a great day - hope you did, too!

=] Michele