Just us Girls #723

I don't know where they find them but Vicki at Just us Girls has given us another gorgeous mood-board to play cards with this week ... take a look for yourself:

You may find my inspiration quite easy to spot when you see my card ...

I knew just the sunflower I wanted to play with again - this is 

Into the Blooms: Sunflower from Papertrey Ink. 

The flower head's layers were cut from C&9th Nectar card stock then

treated to a bit of blended ink - starting with CP Orange Bliss, on to 

Pigment Craft Co. Seagrass, and ending with the darkest brown

from CP Icing on the Cake.  The stalk and leaves were cut from a grey card

and then I blended a touch of green to capture that dusty look from the photo.

Besides their gorgeous sunflower, I couldn't help but notice those wonderful seashells!  My background was created with two papers from 

HoneyBee's Vitamin Sea paper collection.  

Another sentiment from SB's Betterpress A Little Message - they

always know just what I want to say.

With that, I'll say a big thank you for spending a bit of your time with me this week!  Hope you have a great weekend - getting crafty or doing whatever makes you happy!

=] Michele

Pinkfresh Studio meets Color Hues #85

 

It has been far too long since I've played cards with Pinkfresh Studio's Monthly Challenge!  Through the generosity of my friend TK, I had a few of their newest Butterflies waiting to play, too!

It might be hard to see the gorgeous florals - I did such a good job

matching inks to these Fluttering [washi] Butterflies!  But my Floral Notes are there and one of my favorites even though it has been discontinued.  I mounted the arch

onto an embossed image from my snippets bin and added a few PF gold metallic pearls.

I'm thinking that the gals at Triple B will like them, too!  Not quite as 'pink' as

their inspiration, but two out of three B's isn't bad, right?

While I had that little bowl of butterflies out, I picked three that fit the bill for Color Hues #85: Yellow and Pink...

Lovely layers using PF Fancy Floral 1 cover, Curvy Leaves, and Fancy Circles.

That bottom flutterby looks a little bit more orange but you'll have to trust 

me - although yellow+pink does equal orange!

Hope you're having lots of fun with color this week!  I'd better get these delivered!

=] Michele

Peace on Earth #61

Hello again, my friends!  A few months ago, I bought a slue of Sizzix die sets from a sale they had - I couldn't believe the savings!  I've had my eye on a few of them for a long time - when I show you which one I used first you won't be one bit surprised... 

YES! another Poinsettia*!  She's making her premier playtime especially for 

Peace on Earth Christmas #61!

The embossed panel is from SSS called Holiday Greenery - just the ticket, I think!  the sentiment - Pinkfresh Studio: Basic Banners Christmas sentiments.

I'd better get this one in POE's gallery - thanks for dropping by!

=] Michele

*Sizzix Thinlits TH Holiday Brushstroke #3

The Flower Challenge #90 - Reminder!

Just me with a friendly reminder that you have until the 25th to get your own floral layers into our gallery at The Flower Challenge!

There are a whole new batch of layered beauties on our blog for inspiration - and here is one from me, too!  This one has those gorgeous Altenew Climber Flowers - they just never get old!

Cut from two shades of peach and layered up with some 'trimmings' leaves and vines in two shades of green from my snippets I put them all together onto a Slim Label, and popped the whole shebang onto a panel of Desert Storm card that I embossed with my HoneyBee Dogwood Blooms folder.  Another Betterpress-ed sentiment from their A Little Message sentiment set.  ALL that on a little 3.5 x 6" card!

And VOILA!  That's as pretty a reminder as I can offer today!  I just know you can do better, and I'll be watching for those in our gallery!  Hurry now - there's even time to make two! Check out all the team reminders HERE - so pretty!

=] Michele

Color Throwdown #788

A quick post with another Anemone or two.  This time just for Color Throwdown #788 and these gorgeous colors:

 

One might think I would have pulled out a bird - I have a few don't I?  But some pretty card stock from Concord & 9th did the trick beautifully!

Papers: Dragonfruit, Briar Rose, Sunflower, Lemongrass, & Avocado

A bit of 'loose' water-colored stenciling with WF Puffy Squares stencil.

You know my rule, right?  Here's card two... using the stencil properly

this time to make my background.

I found some pretty close matches to the cardstock in my ink stash:

Happy Sunday, my friends!

=] Michele

With a little help from my friends...

An hour or so ago I had a chat with my friend Bobby who had commented on yesterday's card saying it reminded her of '...tapestry...'  To which I replied 'or silk screen ... or an antique Japanese umbrella.'  

So, this happened - thanks to Lisa over at Just us Girls #722 looking for something to do with rain...

The umbrella was cut from Mixed Media paper and stamped with four of the 

images from my Hero Arts March Monthly Kit.  The sentiment and scripty rub-ons are

included in the kit.  Spellbinders: Umbrella Bloom was just the right size and

that's where I found those little blooms 'raining' down.

I think I got by with a little help from my friends!  Thanks, ladies!

=] Michele

My Hero March Monthly

I have many card-making heroes.  Channin Pelletier demonstrated Hero Art's March Monthly kit on YouTube, and it seemed perfect for a certain friend's birthday card!  I won't show the one I made for my friend - it was just put in the mail as I waited far too long for the Kit to arrive... nothing ever ships fast enough when there is a special card in mind, right?

You'll have to watch Channin's replay HERE - it was hard not to CASE it completely!  But I did make it my own in the end...

I would give anything to know what that script says - would you believe

it is a 'rub-on?'  A first for me!

The second one is winging its way to California for my friend Hideko - happiest birthday, dear friend - hope it gets there soon!

Thanks @ChanninPelletier for the gorgeous inspiration to shop - again!

=] Michele