Today I have a cute Seamus card up on the Jane’s Doodles blog. Now there is a story behind this card. I actually can’t take full credit for it, as it is based on this card by Jenny Mullens. When Jenny made her Seamus card back in February, I fell in love with her design. When I came to make my card for Jane’s blog, I hadn’t seen Jenny’s card since January (and I didn’t look at hers until after I had made my card)…and well, you can see that her design must have been imprinted in my memory as its pretty similar. Thanks Jenny for your inspiration!

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It is my week at the Muse Card Club and sadly, it will be my last Muse card. I have thoroughly enjoyed my 2.5 years of being a Muse and working with a fabulous team (both past and present). But alas, I feel it is time for me pass the Muse baton on to someone else. Who is that someone? Well you will just have to wait for that announcement in the coming weeks.

So, onto my card. A bright and happy birthday card using some My Favorite Things products. The subtle background chevrons were created with a metal die, but I used a rubber embossing mat, instead of a cutting plate. This is a great way to get more use out of your wafer thin dies. The balloons have some subtle Copic marker shading to add a little bit of dimension.

I hope that you will find some time to play along with Muse this week. For the full Muse challenge guidelines go here.

Thank you Ardyth and all the girls who are and have been on the DT, I have had a lot of fun. Who knows, I may even find some time to play along myself!

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Today I have another Guest Designer post over on the My Favorite Things Blog. Here’s a little look at the card I made.

 

Hope you’ll go and check it out here.
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Hi, I hope you have had a great week. I’ve just come back from a weekend away at my parent’s farm. I also got to attend my 20 year high school reunion! Wow, what a blast from the past, but it was great catching up people I haven’t seen in 20 years – I’m feeling rather old right at this moment!

Anyway, it’s my turn over on the Jane’s Doodles blog again today. Being winter here in Australia, this little snow man was begging to be coloured and placed into a snowy scene. It’s cold here now – so thankful for our wood fire! The idea of a cold Christmas is just so foreign to me, but I do like the idea of it! However, the closest I am going to get to a wintery Christmas, is to have it in June!

The diagonal stripes in the background were created with texture paste, coloured with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink. I think it creates a chilly background perfect for my snowman. He is coloured with Copic Markers.

It’s a bit hard to tell, but I’ve added some glitter to his hat.

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Hello. Today I am sharing a very feminine card using some sweet Penny Black products. I love these adorable little birds from the Woodland Friends Stamp set, which I coloured with Copic markers.

Penny Black products used:
Woodland Friends Stamp set 30-278
Textures Stamp set 30-240
For You Creative Die 51-105

Make sure you head over to the Simplicity at its Best blog for more CAS inspiration.

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Hello! This week I have a canine card up on the Muse Card Club blog.

I’m not a dog person at all, but I recently had a request for some dog themed cards and this is one of the cards that I came up with. The die cuts are in-laid into the focal panel – I love this technique. Even though I am a cat person, I am quite partial to that cute little dachshund right in the middle. My grandparents used to own a dachshund when I was growing up and his name was Fritz. I have fond memories of walking Fritz around the block with his short stubby legs going flat out and his ears flapping in the breeze!

So are you a dog or a cat person, or neither perhaps?

I hope that you can find some time to play along this week. It may not be the dogs that inspire you, but maybe the layout or the colour scheme or the technique. Whatever inspires you I can’t wait to see you link it up over at the Muse Blog.

For the full Muse challenge guidelines go here.

Before I go, have you checked out the new Muse Card Club devoted solely to making Christmas Cards? You really should check it out if you haven’t – go here.

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