Monday, August 15, 2011

LIM28, CFC15, FTL153 - Avian Hello

What do you think of peanut butter and jelly? . . . how about soup and salad? . . . crackers and cheese?  Each item is good alone but is even better when paired with a friend.  This week two of my favorite challenge blogs decided to pair up their challenges. . .CAS-ual Fridays and Clean & Simple Stamping are sharing this sketch: 
To make things even more "tasty" I decided to add another challenge - the Less is More one layer challenge for this week!  Do you want to know how I made that colorful background using the "Mortise Masking" technique?  Click to see a great tutorial video by Julie Ebersole.
All supplies used on this card are available in my online a muse|studio shop!
Ink:  Bermuda, Ocean
Stamp sets:  Avian Notes, Monogram Frames

26 comments:

Novell said...

Nice!!

Sandra said...

This is lovely, Sandra

Mandi said...

Fabulous card, as ever michelle
Superb inking

Thanks so much
Mandi
Diva LIM
"Less is More"
Mint sauce with lots of things exdceptlamb, as I rarely eat meat lol

G Peplow said...

Gorgeous card, love the simplicity and the beautiful blue, Gay xxx

Carla said...

the blue is beautiful, love your stampoing

Jenni's Jems said...

Think this is absolutely stunning love the shades of blue X

Chrissie said...

I love that background Michelle and the images are SO dramatic!
A super duper card!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
Lady LIM
"Less is More"

Sasha said...

Love your card! Such a beautiful background and fab stamping!

Karen Aicken said...

Oh, I love this. Beautifully done - for all the challenges!! TFS
Cheers, Karen
alteredscrapbooking.blogspot.com

Cathy P in AZ said...

Oooo this is beautiful! Great use of the CAS sketch and AMuse lovelies! :)

Suze Bain said...

Beautiful blues and I love your stamps too. A beautiful card. xx

Beryl K said...

Stunning card
Beryl x

Susan said...

A great technique, Michelle! Beautiful card!

Aileen said...

Very stylish in it's simplicity. x

Anonymous said...

Another beautiful card Michelle! Love that blended background!

Virginia L. said...

Simple yet STUNNING!! So glad that you joined the fun with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Kathyk said...

Lovely card - your background's fab and your image superb

Kathyk

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous! The colored colored strip looks wonderful with those trees stamped over top, love it! Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!

Jaclyn Miller said...

Perfect in every way. Thanks so much for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays this week.

Kerry said...

Absolutely lovely.

veronica said...

love those flowers! very pretty.

Jennifer Rzasa said...

Wow! This card has so much dimension, and it's only one layer! Fabulous job :)

Julie Ebersole said...

Love this variation & take on the challenge, Michelle!

Jennie M said...

WOW! This is absolutely gorgeous Michelle!

Anonymous said...

This is such a pretty card! Avian Notes is one of my favorite stamp sets. Your cards using it have been inspiring!

Marianne said...

Congrats on being showCASed at LIM with your stunning card. Will definitely check out that tutorial this weekend.