Sending Love - CAS-ual Fridays #74

Hello!

I have had this card waiting to go onto my blog for almost a week, and I just realised the deadline is looming, and it isn't yet up! Eek!  This is my entry to CAS-ual Fridays #74 where we need to put our heart into it. :-)

I used PTI Postmarks, and Think Big Favourites. The little envelopes are WPlus9 Love Notes. Colours are PTI white card base, PTI Fine Linen, SU! Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla.

Thanks for dropping by!

Michelle

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Just Add Ink #139

Hello!

The theme over at Just Add Ink this week suits me just fine... they ask us to use something new... and I have just received a nice big batch of new things that has me very excited (in case you didn't notice the flurry of activity here on the blog, LOL!).

When the new Stampin' Up! catalogue is released, and also that lovely Holiday catalogue (which isn't such a "mini" this year), I find it so hard to write my wishlist and restrict myself to buying just a little at a time. I always want it all, IMMEDIATELY! I'm not a SU! demonstrator, I just really like lots of their products!

Anyway, the item I couldn't hold off on was Ornament Keepsakes (and I got the matching dies, because they are irresistible too).

Here is one of the first cards I've made.

Colours are Real Red, Certainly Celery, and Daffodil Delight. Twine is Twinery (honeydew, maraschino, and lemon drop). Sentiment is PTI.

Thanks for dropping by!

Michelle
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Some ultra-CAS cards

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Now we move to my ultra-CAS cards I made today.

First is a birthday card that I made for one of my daughter's young friends (a boy, so no sparkles or flowers allowed). The simplicity of this card delights me... am I allowed to say that about my own card? ;-)

For colour inspiration I turned to the Dynamic Duos colour choice for this week. I didn't have Tangerine Tango, so I used Pumpkin Pie. The stamps are Hero Arts - Bicycle and Say It All.

And I just realised that I have fit into the theme over at A Blog Named Hero this week as well, yay!

The other card I made was more experimenting with PTI Teach & Inspire. I'm thinking this might do for one of my littlest girl's kindy teachers at the end of the year. They're doing marvellous work with my little acorn. :-)

I used Early Espresso, More Mustard, and Really Rust on a Vintage Cream card base.

Inspiration came from CAS-ology #14 theme - LEAF.

Thanks for dropping by!

Michelle
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Runway Inspired Challenge #21

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It's been a while since I've entered the Runway Inspired Challenge. I'm always inspired, but I don't always find the time.

This is today's card. Not a great photo, sorry! We have a very dull day here today, so I resorted to using lights.

I used PTI Think Big Favorites #19. Colours are SU! More Mustard and Pool Party. Ribbon is Pool Party seam binding.

This is the inspiration for Runway Inspired Challenge #21.

 

I have some more cards from this morning. I had a bit of a CAS card blitz instead of baking birthday cakes and cleaning the house, as you do!

Michelle
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Jay Gee's Nook #24 and Moxie Fab Thank You

Hello!

Just a quick post tonight. It's bedtime, and I have to work tomorrow...

I made a Thank You card using soft grey and aqua and a little beige. It feels so serene and gentle to me.

Stamps - PTI Lovely Layers, Heart-2-Heart #3. Card - PTI Basic White. Paper - My Minds Eye All Is Bright. Ink - SU! Pool Party, Memento London Fog. Button - PTI Aqua Mist.

The inspiration came from Jay Gee's Nook Challenge inspiration board for this month, it is delicious. If I get a chance, I'll use it again. I really love that curtain!

I also submitted this to Moxie Fab World's Thank You challenge.

Thanks for dropping by.

Michelle

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CR84FN64 - blue, green, and yellow

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I just received the Papertrey Ink Teach & Inspire set, so I had to ink it up! I'm loving this set already, and I've only made two cards!  This is one of them:

Just a simple one to start with. Colours are SU! Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, and Bashful Blue, with a little Early Espresso and Crumb Cake for the sentiment and pencil.

The colour inspiration came from CR84FN #64

I'm starting early on getting the end-of-year teacher cards made. I always run late, and we only have about 7 weeks left of school before Summer holidays. Fourth term starts tomorrow.

Thanks for popping in!

Michelle
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Happy Wedding Day!

Hello!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of some very good friends. They had the ceremony at their beautiful home in Mapleton, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, with a view right out to the ocean. They managed to obtain special dispensation from the church to have their priest perform a full catholic mass at their home. It was beautiful. This is the view from their deck, in real life the view is about 300 degrees of gorgeous countryside.

So that is the prelude to these two cards. I made two cards for my husband to choose from (these friends were his first). They used the same design, just a couple of different colour schemes. For the layout I CASEd Debby Hughes (I just love her CAS style).

One card I made using The Play Date Cafe Challenge #152

Coincidentally, the image for the colour scheme was wedding themed. :-)

Stamps and dies are PTI Pretty Peonies. Colours are SU! Basic Black and Perfect Plum. Black ink is Memento Tuxedo Black.

The other card, I made using ColourQ #157

I used PTI Pretty Peonies stamps and dies. SU! Eastern Blooms. Colours are SU! Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Memento Grey Flannel, PTI Berry Sorbet. I also embossed the pink panel with PTI Linen.

Thanks for coming by to look at my cards!

Michelle
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