A new kind of Muse

One of my favorite challenges, Muse now has Muse Christmas Visions as a challenge blog.  I am sneaking in at the last moment to participate in the inaugural challenge.

And what a gorgeous inspiration piece we have by Kimberly Wiener.

 

I loved those bold blues, and the gold with the white.  Her tilted layers behind the front panel really add extra richness.  

Here is my take on the muse:

My supplies included a Stampendous Poinsettia background stamp, Essentials by Ellen Merry & Bright die cuts, Vellum, Hero Arts Gold embossing powder and Neenah white index card.

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Pink and Gold

Another card for Leslie's challenge at The Crooked Stamper.  Very similar to my last card, just a color change.

   

That gold is very difficult to photograph. I like the girly feel of this one, but it doesn't have the impact of the first one I made in this style.  Stamp- Hero Arts, Inks- Distress and Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by.  Leslie's challenge is open until Thursday May 21st, 11:55 PM EDT.

CSSC number 4

I was bummed to have missed the third sketch challenge over at Leslie's blog- The Crooked Stamper, and I knew I would have to complete my card early this time not to miss it again.  The challenge runs to Thursday, May 21st, at 11:55 pm EDT.

 

I gathered a large sentiment - Mama Elephant Make a Wish set. Then some distress inks in Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio along with versafine ink in Majestic blue, some Hero Arts Unicorn pigment ink, a sponge dauber, clear embossing powder, clear sequins, and Eucalyptus stickles.  Whipped them all together and  Voila--

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last minute

I was rushing again to make a last minute deadline for a challenge blog.  I loved the mixes of polka dots, stripes, and lush pink flowers in the inspiration photo at The Card Concept.

 

I took a bit from the blue stripes, the tiny bit of yellow on the tag and those two toned pink roses, just a bit different than the color of the polka dotted ribbon.  I'll call it clean and simple, although the tag and bow are layered on.

Supplies:

Stamps by Mama Elephant, Simon Says Stamp

Dies by Mama Elephant, Pretty Pink Posh

Inks by Memento, Hero Arts, Versafine

Mother's Day

I have had these memory box window, shutter and flower box dies almost since I began card making in 2011 and I have never used them.   I wanted to make a special card for my MIL --- She is an absolutely gem. She is kind, loving and one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

So, I finally got them out and began to put her card together.  She loves pink.   The flowers are Sticker Trendz  border stickers. I cut them apart to fit my flower box.  The window is three layers thick, with two layers of vellum sandwiched between the three layers.  One layer of vellum (lower most is colored blue with Copics.)

The shutters and the window box are also three layers thick so they are sturdy.  My card front panel is dry embossed with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix brick embossing folder then lightly inked with antique linen distress ink.

The entire front panel is mounted with fun foam onto a white card base.  I decided to leave the front sentiment free.

Thanks for stopping by...and Happy Mother's Day all of you who take care of others in one way or another.

Big Bold and Beautiful at SOS

The theme for Shopping Our Stash this week is the Big, Bold and the Beautiful.

I chose a big beautiful stamp by Penny Black. I stamped a portion of it several times, heat embossed in white, and used Koi watercolors in several layers drying it between each to create bold color. The sentiment is from SSS's Friendship messages.

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Wplus9 Sketch Challenge

I saw this new challenge today.  I took a few liberties with the sketch, but I think you can still see it in my creation.

I used WPlus9's Pretty Peonies for my main focal image.

 

The challenge is open until May 29th, give it a try! Just click on the challenge graphic for a link to the challenge page.

Other Supplies: 

Inks - Hero Arts and Versafine,  Embossing Folder - SU,  

Sequins - Pretty Pink Posh and Simon Says Stamp, Die - Pretty Pink Posh

Cardstock - SU and Neenah

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Friends

My bestie is having a birthday this month. I started with the frienship background embossed with clear powder on vellum.  It is a great texture, and only in a certian light fall can the words be seen...kinda like a secret message.  

My next task was to prepare a watercolor background for under the vellum piece.  I used the Koi watercolors with a mix of blues and purple.  While that dried, I die-cut the Memory Box Vignette Floral Branch and colored it with copic markers.  I did not pull the die-cut apart to color it. Since it is so delicate I left it within the sheet and only separated it once it was colored.

My bestie's favorite color is pink, so I took a bold pink card base and began layering my elements.  The contrasting light pink mat, the darker pink base, watercolor piece, the vellum, and the die cut - now adorned with some wink of stella shine.  I colored a few pearls the various pinks in the flower and placed those as flower centers.  I also took some natural color pearls and scattered them along the card.   My last bit was to wrap some pink chevron ribbon around the card as an anchor for the branch.  I love how girly and delicate this turned out.  I think she will love it too! Happy Birthday dear Evelyn!

Close up to show clear embossing

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Case this Sketch 121

I saw this sketch at Case this Sketch and I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and my card is very representative of the picture in my head. Yea~!

 

I used some 140 lb cold press watercolor paper and my Koi watercolors to create a very bold hot pink background area.  On top of that is some gold embossed vellum using  WPLUS9's Pretty Peonies, and the sentiment comes from SSS Friendship Messages.  Embossing Powder is from Hero Arts.  

Attaching vellum is always a bit of a trick. I decided to glue it down with tape glider and then covered it with a bit of gold foil paper. The water color panel was matted onto an SU Strawberry Slush card base.

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Merry Monday - 156

It has been a while since I played at Merry Monday.  The prompt this week was to used Pinecones, Greens and the word Believe.

I used the Simon Says Stamp & Clearly Besotted stamp set Holly Berries.  It has my favorite pine branch and some lovely pine cones.  I didn't have any dies or stamps that say "Believe" but I was able to print it on vellum using my laptop and ink jet printer (set your paper settings to transparency).

Ink - Versa mark; Embossing Powder  - Hero Arts Gold

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