Happy Birthday at Muse

Welcome back to another week at the Muse Card Club.

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This week’s card is a very CAS card with some simple Copic colouring.

Happy Birthday Muse | Marion Vagg

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

  • Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
  • Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
  • Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Quilled Elegance Stamp set, Hero Arts Envelope pattern

Card: Xpress it Blending card, Hero Arts folded notecard – Pool

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Teal Zeal

Other Supplies: Copic markers

And just before I go, my family and I had the privilege of accompanying my husband to the USA on a business trip this past few weeks. We spent one week in Florida and the other in California. When in San Francisco we hired bikes and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge. I must admit I was unprepared for the cold weather in San Francisco!

Golden Gate Bridge SF | Marion Vagg

And no trip would be complete without a visit to Disneyland. Here is my daughter finally getting to meet one of her favourite Disney characters.

Micky Mouse | Marion Vagg

Hope you can find some time to play along at Muse this week,

Marion

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New challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps

I’m back with a new sketch for the AnnaBelle Stamps monthly challenge.

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Today I’ve created a fun water coloured boat scene. Perfect for a little boy’s birthday. The boat is from the Boy’s Party Stamp set and the sentiment is from the Beside the Sea Stamp set. I had fun getting very inky with this one.

Birthday Boat | Marion Vagg

Lots of dimension to create the waves.

Birthday Boat - detail | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Boy’s Party stamp set, AnnaBelle Stamps Beside the Sea stamp set

Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Distress ink – Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Distress Markers – Ripe Persimmon, Scattered Twigs, Wild Honey

Card: 300gsm Watercolour paper, Hero Arts Azure note cards

Other Supplies: AnnaBelles Stamp embossing powder – white, heat gun, Anti-static pillow, Foam dimensionals,

Be sure to stop by the rest of the Belles blogs – their links are on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Marion

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Friday Feature – Remember When

I’m back today for AnnaBelle Stamps to highlight the feature stamp set of this month, which is the Remember When Stamp set.

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I have really loved the latest online card class – Watercolour for Card makers. For my card today I painted a stamped image with distress inks as shown on Day 5 and 6. I really felt like an artist and I loved how it turned out!

Just because watercolour | Marion Vagg

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Supplies

Stamps: AnnaBelle Stamps Remember When stamp set

Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Distress ink – Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Festive Berries

Card: 300gsm Watercolour paper, Hero Arts Mocha layering paper

Other Supplies: AnnaBelles Stamp embossing powder – white, heat gun, Anti-static pillow, Foam dimensionals, Watercolour paint brushes

Thanks for stopping by today,

Marion

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Chevrons and flowers

Welcome back to another week at the Muse Card Club.

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I was recently asked to coordinate a card making table at a fundraising evening held at my church. I jumped at the opportunity to make cards and the following was the one we made. Die cutting with some inking and stamping. Simple, but effective. I really love the combination of chevrons and flowers. Some of the ladies chose to take their design in a different direction which I was all for – a bit like Muse really 🙂 I wonder where this card will take you?

Thinking of you | Marion Vagg

 

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

  • Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
  • Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
  • Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

Supplies

Stamps: WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals stamp set (sentiment)

Card: Xpress it Blending card, Bazzill cardstock – beige (unsure of correct name)

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black ink, Hero Arts – Picked Raspberry and Bubblegum ink

Other Supplies: Cuttlebug, MFT – Upsy Daisy Dies, MFT – Chevrons die, WPlus9 Folk Art Florals die (leaves), Tombow Mono Mulit glue, AnnaBelle Stamps 5mm pearl, Patterned paper (from my scrap pile – I think it is a Kaisercraft Paper), Sponge dauber

Hope you can find some time to play along this week,

Marion

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Faux Hand Painting

I’m back with another card for the Online card class – Watercolor for Cardmakers.

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I have been totally inspired and simply blown away by both of Dawn Woleslagle’s watercolouring techniques shown on Day 7 and 8 of class. I hadn’t thought to do this technique, but since watching, I can’t stop. I’m addicted! I stamped the images in Distress ink and then I painted over the top with water. I had fun and I felt like a real painter!

Watercolour flowers | Marion Vagg

Watercolour flowers - detail | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Etched Floer Cling stamp, Hero Arts Messages with Flourish Stamp set

Card: Canson watercolour paper, Hero Arts layering papers – Punch

Ink: Distress Markers – Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Other Supplies: Watercolour paint brushes, water

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

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