Muse #29 and Lunch with Ardyth

A card for this week's Muse Challenge.

This week our Muse is Laurie Willison with this sweet card.

Working with her design this is the card I came up with.

I had the pleasure of having lunch on Wednesday with Ardyth! We both live in Toronto, we both work together at CASology and after discussing getting together for over a year we finally did.  If you are wondering she is absolutely as you imaged--delightful.  Time flew by too quickly and we had no shortage of things to talk about.  The waitress was sweet enough to take a picture for us.

Cardstock:  Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Lime Twist (My Mind's Eye)

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

dies: balloons (Lil' Inkers)

FSS: Let's Celebrate

It's Wednesday and my turn to bring you a project from Fresh Squeezed Stamps.  Today have a festive birthday card to share with bright summery colours.

I stamped the wire and lanterns from String Me Along with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored the lanterns in bright summery colors.  I nested together two of the sentiments from Everyday Expressions and stamped them in the bottom corner of my card and finally stamped and coloured two stars from Weather Through around the sentiment, then I used Copic markers to color my images.

  

There are so many birthdays in the summertime with my family and friends.  

What about yours?

Very excited, meeting Ardyth today for lunch. Wish you could all join us!

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: String me Along, Everyday Expressions, Weather Through (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: assorted Copics

CCC #56

Ready fro this week's CASology Cue Card?

This week our cue word is:

I used some of the yummy goodies from the July 12 Kits of Occasions for my card. Some fun patterned paper, a birthday cake and a gold embossed sentiment.  I am also submitting this to the Seize the Birthday and Moxie Fab World Birthday Card challenges.

You still have time to come and celebrate at Melissa's Baby Shower HERE.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Weiner

Guest Designer: Donna

I can't wait to see what DESSERT means to you!

Cardstock:  White

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye
Stamps: Soiree (Mama Elephant)

Ink: Pool  Party (Stampin Up)

other: gold embossing powder

colourQ #201

Happy Tuesday and time for this week's colourQ challenge!

This week's palette is inspired by an apron from Antropologie.    They have the cutest apron's in there. I am also submitting this to the Seize the Birthday and Moxie Fab World Birthday Card challenges.

I clear embossed my background on Calypso Coral, Stamped my kite two times, then cut it and pieced it back together. The Soft Sky clouds are dry embossed.

I was just looking last week.  Do you wear an apron when you cook?

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink) Calypso Coral, Soft Sky (Stampin Up)
Stamps: Up Up & Away (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Smokey Shadow (Papertrey Ink) Night of Nacy (Stampin Up)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil Inkers) Couds (Papertrey Ink)

other: clear embossing powder, Cuttlebug embossing folder, foam tape

Dynamic Duos #64

It's Saturday and time for another colour duo from Dynamic Duos!

The colours are bold and sassy this week and this due is perfect for summertime.

For my card I used my new Home Sweet Home stamps and dies from Clearly Besotted. I love the fresh images and those trees have the best shape.  I used a combination of stamping, stamping on die cuts and die cutting cardstock to build a tiny scene.

Hope you can come and play with us this week at Dynamic Duos!

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink) Strawbery Slush, Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Home Sweet Home (Clearly Besotted)

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Home Sweet Home Die Collection (Clearly Besotted)

other: foam tape

Muse #28

When I saw that this week's Muse was Lynn Mangan, I knew I had to play.  I love Lynn's style and I love that I get to CASE her out in the open. Lynn's fabulous card:

I was drawn to the tilted frame, the rich colours and those fabulous blooms.  Patterned paper is something I literally stock, I love it and I buy it and I look at it! Sound familiar? So I decided to use my patterned paper today for my Muse card. I am also submitting this to the Seize the Birthday and Moxie Fab World Birthday Card challenges.

Heading up to the cottage for the Canada August 1 long weekend and for a family reunion.

I think I will have a lot of catching up to do when I return. 

Have a great weekend everyone.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Daphne's Closet (Lawn Fawn)

Stamps: Flower Fusion #9 (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) 

Dies: polaroid (Lil Inkers) butterfl;y punch (Marth Stewart)

other: sequins (Neat and Tangled)

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Watermelon Wonder and Simon Says Anything Goes

Hello Curtain Call Peeps!

Can you believe that it is already time for the second Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge?

Our next challenge is perfect timing August!

and our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is

With Curtain Call you are in the drivers seat and you can take your inspiration however it moves you. This time I took a very literal approach to the challenge and created a card using my Papertrey Ink watermelon stamps and dies!  The literal is the watermelon, I created a banner with them inspired by the flower banner in the inspiration photo and pulled the colours from the photo as well.  he sentiment is a celebration of the bountiful fruits of summer. 

We really hope that you come and join us again this week at the Curtain Call.  We had an amazing 114 entries last week and they were all such fabulous projects!

Curtain Call Crew

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Debby Hughes

Gayatri Murali

Jessica Kephart

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison
Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer 

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely -- that's me

August is the one month of the year that there is never enough fruit is the house for my family, especially watermelon.  What is your favourite fruit of summertime?  

I am also submitting this card to the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge.

Cardstock:  White, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Fruit Fusion: Watermelon (Papertrey Ink) Happy Summer (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Melon Berry, True Black, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Fruit Fusion: Watermelon (Papertrey Ink)

other: tangerine sequins (Neat & Tangled)