Made it … phew … back for another post with my second card of the day. The lovely and talented Karen from Made by Meadie is the Guest Designer at Muse this week and has given us the most gorgeous inspiration card (a bit like all her cards really) … if you haven’t wandered round Karen’s blog, go have a visit, there’s a generous helping of splendid deliciousness waiting for you. At One Layer Wednesday, Karen from Snippets is the host and has set us a wide open challenge … Free For All … very cool. I’m also entering Simon Says Stamp Wednesday‘s Anything Goes challenge and Simon Says Stamp’s Stamptember Event. Finally, as I’ve used a little of my learning from Day 1 of the Insider Online Card Class, this is going in the Gallery there too …
and the inside …
I followed Karen’s muse quite faithfully … I haven’t done very much spongeing or stamping like this, so it was really good to play. I masked off the centre of the card, sponged it with blue and aqua and then stamped the Annabelle Stamps flower clusters … some in lavender to give a very slight shadow and some in a darker blue for a more pronounced one. The nearest clusters were stamped with white versamark, embossed in white (with shimmery bits in). I used a ruler to draw the lines top and bottom and finally added the sentiment.
As with my last card, I did a little something on the inside … sponged a scrap of card, stamped the flower cluster, nestled the second part of the sentiment close to the blooms, trimmed it and edged it in black before popping it up on dimensionals.
One last thing … I’d like to say a big THANK YOU to my fellow Muse players for the Honorable Mention for my flower card last week … I so appreciate it 🙂
That’s my card making weekend complete … I’m off for a meander around blogland. Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a delight! Anita 🙂
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Very pretty card, Anita!
So beautiful!! Lovely image … and I love the way you’ve layered it with all the different colors to give it depth. Gorgeous colors too! 🙂 Loll xx
Is it ok that I’m tempted to make a card using your inside as my outside? I love this technique and the fresh blues and I think you’ve captured the Muse really well. Thanks for joining us!
gorgeous….
Thanks for playing along with the OLW this week.
Beautiful card Anita, gorgeous sponging and I love the flowers you’ve used. Great take on Karen’s card and the little snippet inside looks awesome too, Cathy x
Gorgeous card Anita! Love the inside detail as well!
Oh now, this is just gorgeous! And I love the clever thumbnail and sentiment on your innard! Top of the class!
What a lovely card! The colors are so soft and beautiful, such a sweet way to say thank you!
So pretty Anita! your colors are so clear and crisp. Great lay-out too.
Gorgeous card, Anita – Monsieur Mojo has returned with flair, pizzazz and oodles of style! Stunning – and the wee version inside is nothing short of a perfect compliment to the outside. Love it! So glad you took a trip into blogland to share the Annabelle news with me! I’m happy dancing with excitement!! Now, maybe I’ll be able to join Andrea’s challenges…thanks so, so so much for keeping an eye out! Hugs to you!
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Anita, this is so lovely, you got my heartstrings on this lovely card!
This is beautiful, inside and out. You are inspiring me to try some distress ink sponging. I haven’t done that in a while, and it really is stunning.
Gorgeous card Anita – I love how you did the inside as well – it looks amazing:) Thankyou for your kind words….I am so lucky to have a sweet friend in you and I love all your cards too! Hugs xx
Oh, so pretty! i love the soft touches……
Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge ~ Laurel
ooh this is beautiful! The colours and the stamps are gorgeous, I love it! xx
Really lovely creation, Anita. I love how you have stamped all the blue hues and continued the theme inside. Great card 🙂
Beautifully done! You achieved so much depth with your layers of ink colors and the inside design is just delightful!
A knockout, Anita, and another winning card in my book! I thought at first that the inside was another card! I think it would be brilliant on the front of a card! Doing it this way will make the recipient feel like they are getting two cards in one! Genius!! Hugs, Darnell
absolutely gorgeous, anita!! love all the shades of blue!!
I scrolled down before reading and saw your “insides” and thought … ‘She must have taken the Insider class too!’ Great opportunity and execution on the inside! The front is so beautiful and appealing. Love the white embossing against the the darker stamped flowers.
Anita this is so stunning, I love those beautiful blossoms. You were a much better student then I, I haven’t had time to watch any of the videos yet! {insert shame here} 😉
So very pretty, Anita. Great take on the Muse with your own signature on it!
Congratulations on the MUSE Top Three, Anita! I told you, every card’s a winner!!
Absolutely beautiful! Your sponging is flawless, as are the gorgeous stamped flowers! Of course, I’m swooning over the inside as well. A sweet wee version (minus the white) to delight the lucky person that gets to open this stunning creation!
By the way….another WINNER, WINNER…guaranteed!
Sorry, me again….forgot to say a HUGE congrats on the HM MUSE shout-out! Well deserved recognition once again dear friend!
I love the dimension you achieved with the stamping and embossing….. Such a pretty card Anita :0)
Congrats on being in the top 3. Awesome!!
Truly beautiful! And the miniature version on the inside is a truly special touch!