CAS(E) This Sketch 78 - a little bit of snow

Hello!

Often when I start making a card with a sketch as an inspiration, I stick really close to the sketch. Sometimes I wander happily away on a little tangent. I think that may be what I've done with this week's card for CAS(E) This Sketch, lol! I started with water in mind and ended up with snow!

I used Mama Elephant stamps Merry Greetings and No Peeking. I added some buttons and sequins to finish it off.

It should be Winter here in Australia right now. Instead we're experiencing the hottest Autumn on record in Brisbane, and the temperatures are still high. Today was like Summer. It's crazy. My eldest daughter exploded this morning with, "Where is Winter? I love Winter! I love cold weather! It's too hot!" I agree with her. Tonight at 10pm it is 25c in our home with all the windows open. Too hot even for the doona, sigh!

Speaking of doonas, it's really time for bed! Thank-you for visiting. I hope you can spare some time to visit the rest of the CTS team ---> see over on the sidebar for the links, and then I hope you also find a little extra time to make a card and join in the fun!

Catch ya later!

Michelle
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Case Study 193

Hello!

It's our last week with Wida Miller as our muse at CASE Study Challenge. I took the angled panel, the pale colours, and the sequins from Wida's card. I wanted to take more, but my stamping supplies didn't quite support what was in my head! Must be time to go shopping again... ;-)

I used Waltzingmouse Fine Feathers stamps.

This has been one of those challenging weeks. Work is crazy, life is crazy, and I'd really like a little bit of quiet time, lol!

Catch you later!

Michelle
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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop May 2014

Hello!

I managed to quickly make a card tonight to join in this month's PTI Blog Hop. I hope I remember to come back tomorrow to link it up! ;-) This month we are invited to use the colours aqua and melon.

I used PTI Meadow Greens stamps. Aqua mist patterned paper. Melon Berry card and ink.

Now I need to get myself ready for the week ahead before heading off to bed. Thank-you for dropping by!

Michelle
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Inspired by Nichole

Hello,

I'm attempting to make a few sets of cards for a charity sale that my friend is running. It's for Alzheimer's Australia. I don't usually make sets, but making sets is a really wonderful way to explore a stamp set, or a colour scheme, or an idea.

Back in February, I pinned a card by Nichole Heady when she was introducing Building Blocks, thinking that one day I would use the inspiration. It turns out that I pretty much copied the design, but I loved the design so much, I didn't want to change it. The only change I made was to make it one layer and remove the twine.

Nichole's card is this one:

I love the mix of the uncoloured Doodlie-Do with the colourful Building Blocks.

I also made a set of envelopes to match.

Now for a closer look at those cards.

These last two are my favourites from the set.

Thank-you for visiting. I'll leave you with a picture of what I found in my laundry yesterday when I wandered downstairs.

Yes, the chickens were being harassed by the magpies again and they decided to come inside the house instead of heading to their coop. They were quite cranky when I shooed them back outside. ;-)  See that feather on the ground? It's amazing. I couldn't capture it's light, airy, fluffiness in a photo, but I tried.

See ya later!

Michelle
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CAS(E) This Sketch 77

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Hello!

Thursdays are busy around here! This is my third post in 10 hours. The good news is that there are three new challenges to offer you card-making inspiration! :-)

I'm here to share my CAS(E) This Sketch card with  you in this post. I made this card for a little friend of my daughter's. When my daughter (6) looked at the card, she said to me "I see what you mean when you talk about white space on cards... but maybe it would be better with a little less white space?"  She cracks me up! I've been trying to teach her about leaving some space on her cards - she fills every space up with stamping.  She makes beautiful cards, but I always think they're finished when she thinks they're halfway done... she may not be quite as much of a CAS girl as her Mum.

Onto my card. I sprinkled stars across the card and topped it with a vellum banner.

Star stamps are from three separate PTI sets. The sentiment is wPlus9. Inks are Memento Luxe Nautical Blue, Morocco, Dandelion, and Tuxedo Black.

Thank-you for coming to visit! I hope you join us at CAS(E) This Sketch this week!

Michelle
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Fusion 11 - You are so beautiful

If you are here for my Case Study card, scroll down, or click HERE.

Hello!

The Fusion Card Challenge inspiration this week just sings out "love songs" to me. I probably should have found a sentiment that says "to me" for the inside of this card to finish off the song line... and now I have Jo Cocker singing in my head... Anyway, how are you inspired? I didn't use the sketch this week, just the inspiration photo.

I used a mix of washi tape, patterned paper, dies and stamping. The stamps are PTI Heart Prints and MFT Compimentary Greetings.

Unusually for me, I added a sentiment inside the card. I very much feel that beauty is much more related to what is inside a person than what they look like. When someone is beautiful inside, it glows on the outside.

Looking at this inspiration I was wishing I had some cutlery stamps, or little cutlery embellishments!

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a little time to visit the other ladies on the team, too!

Betty J
Cathy Weber 
Dannielle Robeson
Deepti  
Jeanne Jachna
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Lupton

Sindhu
Stephanie Severin

Michelle
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Case Study 192

Hello!

This week is flying by. I have a million things to do, my list is getting longer as each day passes! But, here we are at Thursday again, almost to the end of the week. The good news is that it is time for another Case Study Challenge! We still have Wida Miller as our fabulous muse. Wida is so versatile! And every new thing she tries just seems to work, amazing talent!

This week the muse card uses a collage style that I'm not experienced with, and that I wasn't sure I could pull off. So I looked carefully at the elements, the vertical sentiments, the colours, the arrangement, and made my own CAS, one-layer(ish), version.

I used PTI Building Blocks stamps and dies. This set is amazingly versatile for a bunch of words and rectangles!

Wida's card is this one.

I would love to see what you would make following Wida's inspiration card! I'll keep my eye on the gallery to check you all out. :-)

Thanks for visiting!

Michelle
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