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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Altenew December Challenge

Hello!

Merry Christmas! I'm on holidays and I've been taking advantage of the luxury of time to do some cardmaking. My kids are happily busy with their Christmas gifts and I'm happily playing with all of my neglected stamps and inks.

Altenew's December challenge is A Year in Review, meaning we can choose any one of 2016's inspirations as our starting point. :-)

I chose the March 2016 inspiration to create my card.

I recently took advantage of the bundle package of Vintage Roses and Painted Greetings. I am so happy that I did! These sets are going to keep me busy for quite a while! :-) 

Thank-you for dropping by to visit me!

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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Altenew August Challenge

Hello!

Have you seen the inspiration over at Altenew's August Challenge? Flamingoes! They're so fabulous I just had to join in. There are already many, many beautiful cards in the gallery. It's worth heading over to take a look - they're GORGEOUS!

This is my card for the challenge.

I used Wild Hibiscus and Label Love stamps. I masked the butterflies and stamped flowers and leaves in the background in a very pale warm grey. I love how this turned out.

Thanks for dropping by to visit!

Michelle
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Altenew September Challenge

Hello!

Altenew is hosting their inaugural challenge and I could not wait to join in. The inspiration photo had my brain working on a card instantly. In fact, I think it was working on about three cards. I made one of them tonight.

From the inspiration photo I took the pale yellow background and those outline flowers and leaves. I really liked the effect of the uncoloured outline image against a coloured background. So I went about creating the idea for myself. I used Altenew Hennah Elements and added some hand-drawn flowers and leaves as well. The ink is Ranger Archival Black, the pen is Faber Castell Pitt pen (M), and the yellow is Cotman Watercolour in Lemon Yellow.

Those green stripes are grabbing my attention (and that little teddy). I'm wondering how I can incorporate those into an Altenew card... let's see if the idea can fully form before the end of the challenge. ;-)

Today was Fathers Day and involved a relatively relaxed day for my hubby and the kids. They did take a shopping trip at one point today. It seems they were not yet prepared for my birthday next week, and Fathers Day was the last available day to get things organised, lol!

Thanks for visiting.

Michelle
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