Happy Birthday, Ardyth!

Hello!

Today is Ardyth's birthday! And I was invited to the party! If you would like to join in, you can too! The party is being hosted by my friend Darnell, who is one of the sweetest ladies in the card blogging world.

I am lucky enough to have made friends with Ardyth. We met here, in blogland. I think I was probably one of her first followers, and I still adore everything she creates. Recently she did some naughty enabling by sending me a recipe for Turtles (aka Sweet Georgia Browns). Oh, they are BAD!!! In case you want to make these super-sweet caramel chocolate pecan treats for yourself, here is the LINK.

Happy Birthday, Ardyth!!

The idea was that we were to CASE Ardyth. Well, I did, sort of. I went over to Ardth's Pinterest boards and decided on bright colours, repeated words, and super-CAS. I ended up with a mix of Ardyth and me, LOL!

I used the colour scheme from this week's ColourQ Challenge #191.

I also found, while visiting Ardyth, that she is hosting her own birthday party at One Layer Wednesday. And we are invited to make a card that we think she would like. How cool, I already made one!

Ardyth, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Michelle
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I'm a MUSE!!

Hello!

I'm so excited! I'm a Guest Designer over at Muse Card Club!

In making my Muse card I wanted to use my own style, which is usually super-CAS, but also add some extra interest so that there was something for everyone to work with. My card is one-layer, but I'd love to see some layered versions of this one! I've been wanting to try this folk-art inspired style for a while, and this was my chance. :-)

I used PTI Birds & Blooms, and Sentiment Signs. Colours are PTI Berry Sorbet, Memento Pale Tomato and Tuxedo Black, SU! Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride.

I'd love to see you joining in with Muse this week! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for visiting me!

Michelle
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CASE Study #142

Hello!

And we're back to Monday again!

Over at CASE Study, they still have Maile Belles as our muse. You know I can't resist CASEing Maile! So I made this card.

I used Jane's Doodles Pretty Peonies and PTI Turning a New Leaf and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. Patterned paper is PTI Hibiscus Burst. Leaves are stamped in SU! Old Olive. 

Case Study #142 brings us this beautiful card.

I think I may have CAS-ified Maile's design! There are foam dimensionals under the flowers. And the centre of the top flower is also popped up. For a basically one-layer card, this has quite a satisfying amount of dimension! Big smile from me. :-)

Thanks for dropping by!

Michelle
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Dynamic Duos #54

Hello!

I'm here today with my card for Dynamic Duos Challenge #54 where the colours this week are Bashful Blue and Midnight Muse.

My husband asked me to make him a card that his running group could all give to a friend's father for his 90th birthday. The card had to be big enough for them all to sign. The birthday "boy" is one of the nicest men I've met. He is a retired builder and a few years ago he supervised my hubby doing some building work around here. Being about 85 at the time, we didn't want him climbing ladders, but we really needed his building expertise, since we were repairing posts that held our veranda and veranda roof up! He's helped out a few times in various ways. He's a good man.

Anyway, onto the card! It's 8 1/4" x 6".

I used SU! Bashful Blue, Night of Navy (I don't have Midnight Muse), and Whisper White. The dies are wPlus9 Star Stax. The sentiment and little star are from PTI Stylish Sentiments: Birthday.

At this point, I will say that I am very sad that Bashful Blue is retiring. If there are any SU! demos out there who still have a reinker available, please let me know. It has sold out in Australia, and I haven't found anyone who has one in their stock.

Now, I hope you're still with me! After you go and visit the rest of the Dynamic Dynamos, go and make a card and join in the fun! ;-)

Alison Barclay

Anne Marie Hile

Debbie Henderson

Hayley Kew

Janet Bagnall

Janet Zeppa

Lori Turner

Susie Wittwer

Tara Bourgoin

Tracey McNeely

I'm also linking up over at Paper Issues where they're inviting us to use dies. :-)

Thanks for coming to visit!

Michelle
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Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop - Take 2

Hello!

This is my second card for the Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop. It's one of those cards that is "almost" right. I'm itching to remake it, but I'm so tired that I really need to get some sleep! There is certainly enough right about it to post it. In fact, of the cards I made today, this one is my hubby's favourite (even though he called my cards today "Mum cards", which translates to "Grandma cards"). If I was making this for a Mum or Grandma, I'd make it a LOT more flowery. ;-)

I used PTI The Sweet Life and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. 

I was inspired by this colour palette.

I found a guide for how to line up The Sweet Life on Pinterest. The actual tutorial is somewhere in the PTI Forums, but I couldn't access the real link because I keep forgetting my username and password (why is it so hard??). Anyway, my pin is THIS ONE. If you can remember your own username and password on the PTI forums, you can follow my Pinterest link (otherwise just follow the pictures, like I did). These instructions have demystified the process for me. Now I can hand this set back to my friend (who owns it) with some instructions to make it easier! :-)

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop - Take 1

Hello!

The Papertrey Ink Blog Hop snuck up on me this month. I know we get quite a bit of notice, but I lost track of time! When I sat down to create today, I had a definite lack of mojo. Sigh!

Here is my first card.

I used PTI Birds & Blooms stamps. Colours are PTI Fine Linen and SU! Bridal Blush, Wisteria Wonder, Pale Plum, Certainly Celery.

The inspiration came from this colour palette.

Today was a whirlwind of a day. We had the usual Saturday morning flurry of sporting activity, then a couple of hours at home before heading back out for String Ensemble concert and then the swim club end of season celebration. Now I'm home and thinking my bed is looking mighty attractive. ;-)

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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Muse #18

Hello!

I've made a card for Muse Challenge #18. It is the end of a long and tiring week at work, so I'm not sure how my creativity is going...  here is my card. :-)

I used Simon Says Stamp Flower Friend. The patterned paper is PTI Hibiscus Burst. The little hearts are washi tape. Inks are Hero Arts Pale Tomato Shadow Ink, SU! Primrose Petals, Cameo Coral, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Memento Tuxedo Black.

The Muse this week is Marion Vagg. The Muse team is seriously awesome! This is Marion's card.

Marion used Jane's Doodles Doodle Flowers. I love this set, but I don't have it yet. I sat looking at my other Jane's Doodles stamps, hoping for inspiration, but it just didn't come tonight. So I pulled out Flower Friend by Simon Says Stamp instead. I love Marion's colouring. I don't have copics (or any other colouring pens), so it was either paper-piecing or bright stamping. My tired old brain called for stamping to save me the fussy cutting, LOL!

Thanks for coming to visit. I'll be back over the week-end with some more cards, I promise!

Michelle
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