CAS(E) This Sketch 216 - Blue Skies

Hello!

Oh my goodness, things have been busy at work for me lately! Thank goodness the kids are on school holidays so I don't have to worry about school lunches, sports, ballet lessons, and all the rest of the activity that goes with school term! I do wish I had a quieter time at work so that I could enjoy the kids while they're relaxed.

With all of the busy-ness of my work life, I really felt like making a calming card, and I did. :-) This is my card for this week's CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge. For the stripey background of the sketch, I made "stripes" of clouds.

I used SU! Balloon Celebrations and MFT Blue Skies stamps.

Cool sketch, hey? I hope you're inspired to join us in the fun!

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 213 - Dance in the rain!

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For this week's CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge I have taken the sketch very literally with the clouds and rain!

I used Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies and silver-embossed MFT Blue Skies sentiment along with some water drop embellishments.

The design team have all come up with beautiful cards using this wonderful sketch and I hope you can take some time to go and check them out!

Thanks for dropping in to visit me. :-)

Michelle
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Fusion - April Showers

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We have a bright and fun inspiration for the latest Fusion Card Challenge! Rainbow inspiration! Yay!

I created rainbow sunbeams using a Fusion of both the inspiration photo and the sketch. :-)

I used MFT Blue Skies stamps and created my sunny rainbow using masking and distress inks. There is a bit of sparkle splattered all over this card, also.

Who can resist a rainbow? I hope you're inspired to join in the fun!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 157

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I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date! Oops! I forgot to schedule my CAS(E) This Sketch post to go live last night, so here I am in the morning arriving fashionably late to the party. ;-)

I took a little bit of artistic licence with the sketch this week. I honestly intended to use the sketch with just the top of the card stamped, but my hands went ahead and made something different, haha!

Sentiment is MFT Blue Skies and wood elements are from Freckled Fawn (aren't they cute?).

Now this sketch is really lovely, and I must go back and actually use it as it is designed, because I LOVE it. N@Ali is such a talented maker of sketches!

Now I need to race off to drop the kidlets at school. I hope you join us in the fun this week!

Michelle
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Fusion - Blue Skies

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I will admit that when I saw the inspiration photo for this week's Fusion Card Challenge, I experienced a touch of fear. Nautical themes are so tricky for me! I thought, "Oh well, I'll just use the sketch this week..." and THEN, something happened! All of a sudden, while working on the sketch, the inspiration photo started to influence my card! I am so thrilled with how this card turned out, despite it's wobbly start in my imagination. I've proven again that when mojo is scarce, just sit down and start making a card. The mojo will show up eventually. ;-)

I used MFT Blue Skies stamps, Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies, PTI Spiral Notebook die, Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp, and SU! Watercolour Wonder paper. That's a hotch potch of companies, isn't it?

For those of you wondering how my daughter went on school camp - when I collected her last Friday afternoon I asked how camp went and, for the first time ever when returning from camp, she said, "Great!" with a great big smile on her face! Yay! I was so happy. She was exhausted, but she had fun.

Thanks for coming to visit!

Michelle
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Fusion - a little collage

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Somehow it's Thursday again. I don't know how time does that. A week passes in the blink of an eye.

I'm here for the new Fusion Card Challenge. When I saw the inspiration photo, I fell in love with the colours - cream, grey, and yellow - which I don't believe I've ever used together before. Looking at that background script, I decided I'd try out a little collage style stamping.

I used PTI Background Basics: Text Style, PTI Harvest Berries, Altenew Striped Florals, and MFT Blue Skies stamps. How's that for a collection of designers? ;-)

I hope you are inspired to join in the fun this challenge. This inspiration is so pretty! I love that bow! The sketch is pretty awesome too. I might need to go back and visit that one myself.

Thanks for visiting.

Michelle
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Unstoppable Super Boy!

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This card was going to be something completely different, but this unstoppable Super Boy had other ideas. :-) He wanted to be ultra-CAS with lots of white, so I let him have his way.

Stamps are My Favorite Things Super Boy, You're Super, and Blue Skies.

I was trying to make red hair with the Copics I have on hand (which are very few). I got close to what I wanted. I think I only need two or three more colours to effectively make red. Yay! (Thanks, Kelly, for the guidance!)

I'm entering this over at Simon Says Stamp where the Wednesday Challenge is to make a CAS card.

Thanks for dropping by to visit!

Michelle
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