Muse #16

Hello!

I received the most awesome little package in the mail today from one of my blog friends. It held chocolates, stamps, and a gorgeous card. The chocolates are ones that are not available here in Australia, and I was curious about how they would taste. Now, I'm not really a chocolate person, but I was wondering about these ones, and today I tasted Turtles for the first time... they are DELICIOUS! I gave one to my little girl and she announced, "I LOVE American food!"  For those of you who don't know, Turtles are pecans and caramel covered in chocolate, a perfect combination!  So to my friend, I say THANK YOU, your thoughtfulness really made my day.

I used PTI Sentiment Signs stamps, and Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments (stars). The star dies are WPlus9. Twine is Caribbean by The Twinery. The border is washi tape. Colours are SU! Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Memento Tuxedo Black, and PTI Hawaiian Shores (patterned paper).

My card was made for Muse Challenge #16, where the Muse is Laurie Willison. Laurie is an amazing card maker who truly is one of my muses every day. I adore her work. Laurie's card is this one. I kept the red card base, and the basic layout, making minimal changes in my own card.

And now, it is time to get some beauty sleep.

Thank-you for visiting!

Michelle
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Retro Sketches #45

Hello!

I'm back to work today, so the cards will slow down considerably now. But the good news for me (and maybe for you, if you like seeing my cards) is that I have another couple of weeks off work when school returns for the new school year  at the end of January. Yay! In between school runs and doing a spring clean on my house, I envisage several hours spent crafting. :-)

This is my card that I made for Retro Sketches this week.

I used PTI Sentiment Signs and Tag Sale #7 die. Card is PTI Basic White. Colours are SU! Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Real Red. Black ink is Memento Tuxedo Black. Twine is Twinery Maraschino.

This is the sketch for Retro Sketches #45.

Thanks for popping by!

Michelle
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