CAS(E) This Sketch 242 - Happy Birthday!

Hello!

Happy 15th Birthday to my big girl! 15! I cannot believe it! My cute little baby has turned into a beautiful young woman seemingly overnight.

For her card I used this week's CAS(E) This Sketch as inspiration.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps. Sentiment is Wplus9.

 Such a great sketch and the design team have made some beauties with it. :-)

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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Happy Little Stampers October Watercolour Challenge - Gold

Hello!

With the start of October begins the October Watercolour Challenge at Happy Little Stampers! This month's optional twist is GOLD. My card has a rainbow watercolour background, gold embossed peony, and then spritzed liberally with golden Smooch.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolours.

I am betting our golden gallery this month is going to be absolutely fabulous!

Thank you for visiting me!

Michelle
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Fusion - flowers

Hello!

It's time for Fusion Card Challenge! For my card this week, you might need to squint to see the fusion of sketch and inspiration photo, but I promise you, it's there!  I took the flowers in the corner from the sketch and I loved the white flowers in the inspiration photo, so I made my card with mostly white flowers.

I did add a touch of colour on my flowers and lots of Wink of Stella to add sparkle (which is invisible in this photo, unfortunately). I did lots of masking to create my cluster of flowers and leaves.

I stamped using Altenew Beautiful Day stamps. The sentiment is Wplus9.

I just know that we'll see some amazing red, white, and blue goodness come from this inspiration this week! I can't wait to see the gallery!

Thanks for dropping by to visit me, and as always, thank-you so much for your comments, they make me smile. :-)

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 218

Hello!

I've had a little rest from blogland, but I'm back! I've managed to pick up a cold and my chest, nose, and throat are telling me all about it. Crossing my fingers for a quick recovery, but considering work is still just as crazy, I'm struggling a little. ;-)

I'm here for CAS(E) This Sketch 218 where the sketch is another awesome one for the "works for every occasion" stash.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and PTI sentiment.

I will admit that apart from the awesome sketch, my stamping was purely inspired by the very clever Jenni Murray, who used this exact stamp to create an amazing background on her card for MUSE Card Challenge this week. I was awestruck the moment I saw Jenni's card. GORGEOUS!

Thanks for coming by to visit me! I hope you're inspired to join us over at CAS(E) This Sketch!

Michelle
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One idea, two cards - Altenew March Challenge

Hello!

Have you seen the challenge over at Altenew for March? Red, Orange, and Yellow! I think that gallery is going to be AMAZING by month's end. :-)

I have had this idea for a card floating around in my head forever and finally today I sat down to make it. In fact, I made it twice.

The first card is for Altenew's Challenge.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps. I think the banner die is Mama Elephant.

The second card is actually the original idea that I was percolating in my brain for my Mum's birthday next week.

I really love these stamps. I don't think they'll ever get old for me. Every time they make me smile.

Thank-you for visiting!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 205

Hello!

For this week's CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge we have a sketch that might provide some challenges to our participants! I cannot wait to see how everyone interprets it. :-)

My card is large - 5.5" x 8.5" - and was made for one of my team who is moving a long way away for work, all the way to very Far North Qld to a remote town. We will miss her, but I am sure that she will have many adventures up there. Her favourite colour is pink, so a pink card it was to be!

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and built the sentiment using a Mama Elephant alphabet set. There are times when I realise I REALLY need some big bold sentiments in my stash. ;-)

Thank-you for visiting! I hope you're inspired to join in the fun!

Michelle
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Fusion - 3rd Anniversary Challenge

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It's Fusion's 3rd Anniversary! Yay! To welcome in the New Year and to celebrate we've invited some friends to join us as Guest Designers and my guest is Therese Calvird, a fellow Australian who lives just down the road from me a couple of hours. We haven't met in person yet, but I think 2017 is the year! ;-)

To get started I'll share my card. I did some watercolouring and used both inspiration photo and sketch to create my card.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and coloured with Inktense pencils.

Next for Therese's gorgeous card.

Isn't that little fellow so cute?! I'm in love! Therese made a video for this one and you really should head over to her blog to check it out!

Thank-you for visiting today! I hope you're inspired to join us. I'm looking forward to seeing the gallery, it's sure to be a beauty with this lovely inspiration.

Michelle
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Fusion - Flowers

Hello!

It's time for a new Fusion Card Challenge! I used only the inspiration photo this week. I love that sketch, but the inspiration photo is just so delicious that my creativity jumped there. :-)

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and did some masking.

I hope you're inspired to join us in the fun! I hope I can find some time to come back and revisit both sketch and inspiration photo myself. They're both awesome!

I'm also entering into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where they are asking us to Think Pink!

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 190

Hello!

This week's sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch! calls for a split sentiment. I partially inked up my sentiment stamp and stamped the two halves on either side of my flower. It was a bit fiddly to achieve, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I used Altenew Beautiful Day stamps and Altenew inks. I stamped the flower first and then masked and stamped the foliage and sentiment. I just love how much dimension I can create with these stamps on a one-layer card.

I'm also linking up over at Altenew's Ultimate Challenge Blog Hop for two reasons: 1. CAS(E) This Sketch is one of the featured blogs (way to go, Chrissy!) and 2. I love Altenew and any excuse to use these beautiful stamps is a good one. ;-)

I hope you join us at CAS(E) This Sketch this week. I can't wait to see what you all come up with using this fabulous sketch.

Thank-you for dropping by!

Michelle
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MUSE181 and NBUS7 - Happy Day

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I've created a card for Muse Challenge 181 and for Darnell's NBUS Challenge 7. After a very, very  long time of waiting and several frustrated attempts to buy this stamp set (sold out EVERY time I went to buy it), I recently finally got my hands on Altenew's Beautiful Day stamps. By now I think every idea may have been exhausted by our very talented crafting community but that won't stop me exploring them all again myself! :-)

I took the basic layout of Sarah's Muse card and turned it on its side. I masked and stamped the side strip, masked and stamped the leaves, and then stamped and fussy cut the flowers before arranging them. Once I finished, I decided my sentiment needed to be small to balance the rest of the design (sometimes I get carried away). The sentiment is from Altenew Hennah Elements. Inks are Altenew.

This is Sarah's beautiful Muse inspiration card.

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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