Muse, SSS, Avery Elle

It's been a very busy week for some reason, but I have managed to catch snippets of time to play with some of my new toys and make a few cards.  First up is a card for this week's Muse challenge, where our muse is Marion Vagg with this beautiful card.

I stuck pretty close to the original card.  I loved the three flowers outlined in white and the CAS design.  I used flowers from Waltzingmouse Camellia stamped on colored paper and embossed in white.

My next card is for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge Travel/Cityscapes.   I am a city girl at heart, and am slowly building up my stash of city scape stamps and dies.  For this card, I used my new Memory Box Cityscape Nightline die.  I hope to enter this challenge a few more times with my city scape stamps.

My next card is an attempt to use my brand new Avery Elle Fanfare stamp to create an ombre pattern, like this card from the Paper Crafts blog.  I am still getting to know all my new SU ink colors, so I'm not sure that I picked all the right shades, but I am happy with the overall look of the card.  This card has already been sent to my mother-in-law, and I don't think she will complain about the colors.

My last card is for the current Avery Elle challenge, where we were given this festive scene as our inspiration.  I am not even sure that I should be posting this card, as I am not wild about how it came out.  But, I don't know if I'll have time to make another card, and I really wanted to participate, so--here goes.  This just might be the card I pick for next year's April Fool's Ugly Card blog hop.

What was I thinking?  I pulled the colors for the fan strips from the colors of the balloons.  It is layered over the woodgrain, which represents the table.  


Supplies Used:
Thinking of You
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Camellia, PTI Mini Blooms
Paper:  PTI White, Royal Velvet, SU Calypso Coral, Garden Green
Ink:  Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  White Embossing Powder

Cityscape
Stamps:  PTI Tag It's
Paper:  PTI White, True Black, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz
Ink:  Versacolor Opera Pink, Distress Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, Weathered Wood, Chipped Saphire
Other:  Memorybox Cityscape Nightline Die, Lawn Fawn A Birdie Told Me dies

Happy Anniversary
Stamps:  Avery Elle Fanfare
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  SU Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Baja Breeze,PTI Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist

Happy Birthday
Stamps:  Avery Elle Fanfare, PTI Farm and Barn Background
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  PTI:  Fine Linen, Canyon Clay, Limeade Ice, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, SU Pretty in Pink, Versafine Onyx Black

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