CAS Watercolour - for a child

Though I doubt my soon-to-be 14 year old granddaughter would prefer NOT to be thought of as a child, my card today is for her anyway … we all have a child at heart that would love this guy...

 

… besides. the gift inside will always do the trick!

 

My gift-bearing mouse is a Penny Black Christmas set, called Christmas Fun, that I've easily modified by masking off the Christmas tree that is on the top of the stack, and adding that cute bird who is desperate to join the party!   I do love a holiday set that can be adapted to use all year.  That 'happy everything' is from Julie's Totally Random Sayings Vol. 1, which also fits the 'all occasion' category.  All water-colored with Distress inks, then snipped and glued to my side-fold card.

It's always a challenge for me to keep it CAS … the girls at CAS Watercolour constantly show us how-to so beautifully! 

=]  Michele

CAS[E] this Sketch # 321

Sketch #321 is from Brian King … boy, does he know CAS or what?  Check it...

Of course I flipped it, which made finding a sentiment that was vertical ... as luck would have it, I found one [very old from SSS] in my snippet bowl!

For Brian, and Sketch #321:

Any other time, I'd be happy to color those leaves … but I'm in my black and white mode these days!  Let's dash over to see what Brian made...

=]  Michele

Altenew:  Leaf Canopy

Inspired By #71 ... full bloom

My take on this week's Inspired By - full bloom photo board is quite literal... I find it therapeutic to find just the right supplies in my stash to carry it off.  Hope you like my choices!

This card measures 5.5 inches square - definitely will be hand delivered - and includes a few of my favorite sets to color:  Mondo Peony with its companion dies, and a gift from my friend Bobby: Altenew's Starry Flowers.  These were both heat embossed using Hero Arts embossing powder onto water color card, and colored with Distress inks. 

I hope you are Inspired By #71, and have already started searching your supplies!  Thanks for playing along!

=]  Michele

Guest Designing for Time Out #135

Besides being so honored by the win, it's delightful to be invited by Sandie to be a Guest Designer, and joining their wonderful team for two weeks!  Thanks, Sandie!

Here is the fun we have in store for you for T.O. Challenge #135 Inspired by Words:

Poppy Stamps is the generous sponsor for this challenge … it was a pleasure to use my favorite P.S. Forest Village die again... I'm sorry I couldn't find a link for this beauty!  My new hemstitch ovals framed my starry sky scene perfectly!

No doubt this would make a wonderful Father's Day card, right?   All Tom and I need to do is look to the stars to find our wonderful Dads.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if Heaven had a mailbox? 

Hope you find inspiration from the Time Out Inspired by Words challenge and come play along!

=]  Michele

The Flower Challenge #32

I have been crowned the Queen of Embossing by a few generous friends... time to polish that crown [lol], and get out the 'big guns' for this one!  and I do mean BIG ... yes, this is a full 8.5 x 11 inch piece of cardstock!

 

Half of which I've used as my card base...

 

 

Which means this card is even pretty on the inside!

I've featured some pretty buds from Altenew's Peony Bouquet to add a floral print to my Mega U for this card - buds are about all I see so far this Spring … hope your world is filled with flowers! 
Thanks to The Flower Challenge for allowing me to dust off this full-sheet embossing folder from Teresa Collins & Craftwell… it takes a Big Shot Plus to accommodate it!

=]  Michele

I'm so honored by this win!

Thank you for the wonderful prize!



Fusion - Butterfly wreath

Another 'too beautiful to resist' Fusion challenge called my name … me, and butterflies?  duh.

Simple math:  one ancient Martha Stewart punch, plus my snippets bin = enough butterflies for a rainbow!  My paneled door is made from dark brown wood grain paper from Altenew, and the sentiment is from Wplus9 Doodle Buds.

I recently had to take my cotton boll wreath off of my front door as the birds were picking them out for nest material - guess they were cotton pickin' birds!

=]  Michele

Altenew May 2019 Inspiration Challenge

I was so surprised and honored by a recent win at Altenew … Inspiration abounds this month, too!  Check out the photo from Altenew's May 2019 Inspiration Challenge - then tell me how in the world I could resist?

The talent at CAS Mix Up recently caused a little flurry of cardmaking in my studio.  Armed with glossy photo paper, and my Altenew Wildflower Garden set, distress oxide inks, and a baby wipe!!!! I was able to achieve a pretty good facsimile of Altenew's photo, and the wonderful shadows, and light - it is a magical technique - can you believe it isn't a photo?

 

I wish you could see it for reals … off to the Altenew gallery!

 

=]  Michele