Tuesday, January 14, 2014

5 Cards




It seems like forever since I've been able to play along with Muse, so I was happy to have some time and an idea for this week's challenge.  I fell in love with the inspiration card.

Muse card byTherese Calvird

I was inspired by all those vividly colored cupcakes all snuggled up together.  I knew I wanted to something that involved masking and coloring.  I decided to use the paintbrush image from Friendship Jar Fillers, and I stamped and masked it repeatedly across the bottom of my card, and then colored just the paint part with Copics and then Wink of Stella.





My next card is for this week's ColourQ cQc #224 challenge.  I used a layout that I see Deanna use a lot, and I have always loved.  I don't have all of these colors--I had to substitute Soft Sky for Pool Party, and PTI Pure Poppy for Poppy Parade.  I stamped my flowers and leaves in Versamark and heat embossed in clear.  I stamped my Soft Sky background strip with Soft Sky ink on Soft Sky paper.



I made these next three cards yesterday.  I am trying to convince myself that I don't need to order any PTI from this month's release.  If I can restrain myself, it will be the first month in about 3 years that I don't order on the 15th.  I thought I would CASE a couple of the DT samples to prove to myself that I don't need these new stamps.  Wish me luck.  

This card was cased from this card of Nicole's--6th one down.  I used Strawberry Slush and Tempting Turquoise because I was planning on entering this card at Colour Me!, but I missed the deadline.




This card was cased from this card of Nicole's--2nd one down.  I used the colors from Color Throwdown, but missed that deadline, too.  Oh well.  They are nice colors and not ones I would have thought to use together.  I made my own argyle pattern using a diamond from Happy Harlequins and (horrors!) drew the dotted lines myself with a fine marker.  The frame is from Mat Stack #2, a set I have not pulled out in forever.



This last card is cased from this card by Lizzie--3rd one down.  I think it may just be my favorite of all I am posting today.  The sentiment and images are from Chair-ished--an older set I bought at a real bargain price a while back on the forum, but never even looked at.  When I saw Lizzie's card, I was dumbfounded to realize that I had almost everything I needed to replicate her card.  I added the tiny hearts (from the butterfly die in Love Lives Here) and will use this card to send to my daughter (from our dog) when she is away next summer.


Well, that's it for me today.  On the 'to do' list is to pay more attention to the ending dates of the challenges I am planning to enter.  Oh, and to resist buying any more PTI stamps, at least for the next few days.


Yay--Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Anything Goes, so I will be able to enter these cards in a challenge after all.


Thanks for Visiting

33 comments :

  1. Joyce, girl you are BEYOND amazing on this parade of cards. They sashay all infront of me (mocking that I am lazy tonight) but flashing their loveliness!!

    Did you know that I bought that Ranunculus stamp because of your loveliness? Well I did... so what so I do know? I think I may do some cards for card club with it.. Then I CASE (copy) you close as I can in all the glory of the watercolor....


    Lovin the MUSE card!!!
    Have a great night!

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  2. I will jump on the parade bandwagon too...wow! These are so good! I love (LOVE) the one with the paintbrushes! That idea was so creative...love the way you masked the brushes. Just a really, really good card! I also love the one with the LI flowers. Make sure you put it in the LI Flickr gallery...it deserves to be seen by a lot of people! The argyle card...really cute and I can't believe you drew those lines yourself! Lots of great stuff to look at with this post!

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  3. Joyce all of your cards are just gorgeous! I need those paintbrushes, your CQ is awesome! happy balloons, great argyle and cute doggie . Thank you so much for sharing with us at the colourQ!

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  4. Good luck with resisting a purchase from PTI! NEVER works for me!!! :)

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  5. Okay...where do we even start! You have been busy and these are fabulous cards. Love the colors with all the crisp white in all of these. And the sweet little dog in the last one is beyond adorable Joyce. And argyle...love it!

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  6. Wow you've been busy! I love your take on the Muse with the minimal colours! Thanks for joining us!

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  7. You've been busy Joyce. Love your masked paintbrush card. Really I love all of them and especially how you were inspired to case the cards by using the supplies already in your stash.

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  8. I am in love with the Muse Card !! such a cool idea and the rest of the cards are equally awesome :)

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  9. I love your cards! Love the colours you've used especially the baloons!

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  10. Beautiful set of cards. You did an awesome job of casing all those PTI cards. I am not ordering tonight. I think this is my first time in about 3 years too! I even have a gift certificate I got for christmas. Nothing is really screaming at me (except for those birthday candles) that I absolutely must have. I am trying to use what stamps sets I already have.

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  11. Love the splashes of colour on your first card and the others prove you don't need to order this month!

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  12. Hi Joyce. Thank you, thank you, thank you for always popping in and supporting me when I pop in and out of this world that I want to be involved in so much more. It means so much to me!! I am so happy to see that you are on the CASology DT. How exciting. Your craft is getting better all of the time. I love all of the cards in this post. I too particularly love the Chair-ished card, but they are all wonderful. Good luck with the PTI thing. I have been resisting for months just because I can't get any craft time, but this release is KILLING me. If you can stay away, you should win a prize. Thanks for always being there. Beautiful work, my friend.

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  13. These are all wonderful, Joyce ... my faves are your Muse card, with the brilliant masked brushes and splashes of colour ... and the flower card ... the effect of the clear embossing is deliciously subtle! Anita :)

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  14. When you get busy, you REALLY get busy. So many cards that are all fabulous. I love the paintbrushes. Who would have thought to use that in place of cupcakes? You, of course.

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  15. Great cards - all so different yet still having one thing in common, a skilled eye for composition and colour! Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  16. Please send some of your creativity my way! We just home from our final Christmas trip and I was anxious to get back being crafty but haven't got one thing done! Love all your cards--really wonderful job masking the brushes! My favorite though is the last one. Such an adorable and very appropriate card for your daughter. She'll love it!

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  17. WOWZERS Joyce you've been a busy lady!! These are all fabulous, such pretty work!! Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ!

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  18. Joyce...oh my goodness you are amazing! So many wonderful and incredible cards, love them all. I have to agree with the rest of the ladies, this is an amazing parade of creativity! Your brush card is simply stunning and I will say it now so it will on the record, this is a winner!

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  19. LOVE the masking on the Muse card & all the others CASEing the PTI DT are terrific! There are a few thing on my PTI list (Words of Comfort at the top), but I try to wait at least a month before buying otherwise the stash builds way quicker than I can ever get around to using it.

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  20. Love your take on the Muse challenge! Those paintbrushes are so fun and that's a heck of a lot of masking! The flowers on your second card are gorgeous! Love the patterns on them. (And I love Deanna's layouts too.) And the last 3 cards? Awesome UWYH!!! Loving your take on all 3 cards. The pooch card stole my heart (of course) but I'm really loving the argyle one too - those colors are perfect for it!

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  21. Wow you've been busy! Love all your cards!

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  22. great cards. love those cupcakes!

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  23. Stunning, stunning cards! I really love the clean look of the paintbrush-card and the stamping on the last card melts my heart... That dog looks so sad! Oh my! I'd like to give him a big hug. :) Thank you for visiting my blog today.

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  24. Joyce, this post is already going to be hard to top in 2014! I'm going to say right now that you are going to win the MUSE challenge! Hands down. Wow, do I love that card!! Hugs, Darnell

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  25. Your cards Rock! Loving those masked paint brushes with the pop of colour on the ends!

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  26. Your cards are all so lovely, I love how you create texture on them!

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  27. Now that's a lot of masking on those paint brushes! Great effect. And the card with the debossed hearts is just adorable ... what a super-cute scene!!

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  28. Fabulous cards, especially love all the stamping and masking in the first one :)

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  29. Wow, beautiful cards :)
    I love the paintbrushes - very nice!!

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  30. I've enjoyed all of your cards here, but the one you did for Muse is so different and creative. I've never seen anything like it before. Well done!

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  31. Have you seen the Muse Top Three, Joyce ... you and Kim and me ... I'm honoured to be sharing the podium with you both! Congratulations! Anita :)

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  32. Joyce, congrats on being in the top 3 for last week's Muse. What an honor it is to share the spotlight with both you and Anita. Your card was amazing and so deserving!

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  33. Joyce..congrats on your ColourQ win! This is one fabulous card.

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