Muse Challenge #292

by ElizStewart // November 25, 2018 // 2 Comments

The absolutely lovely Kim Heggins is our Muse this week. I am so jealous of Kim. You have to check out her blog... so many fabulous Christmas tags! Kim's productivity is a reminder of how behind I am, in my Christmas crafting. But fortunately, inspiration abounds on cardmakers' blogs! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #29

by ElizStewart // November 19, 2018 // 7 Comments

This week at Muse we are making caroler tags! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #290

by ElizStewart // November 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

Anita’s inspirational card this week at Muse was difficult for me. I am not really a hearts + birthday kinda card-maker. To stay within Anita’s theme, I decided to work with a heart-snowflake from Paper Smooches. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #288

by ElizStewart // October 28, 2018 // 5 Comments

This week's Muse, Laurel Beard, has created a lovely card where she has inlaid "hello" in a field of watercolored flowers. For emphasis, Laurel added a line of emphasis under the sentitment. I have followed Laurel's lead with one major shortcut... I used Altenew's watercolor washi for my background! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #287

by ElizStewart // October 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

Our Muse this week is the lovely Kim Heggins, Kim created a beautiful card in purples and lime green, with a large prominent sentiment. I am deep into the fall season and decided to focus solely on the colors and sentiment features in her card. Rather than florals, I created a bokeh background. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #286

by ElizStewart // October 13, 2018 // 5 Comments

The fabulous Tracey McNeely is our Muse this week. Tracey has created a "very fall" wreath... so clean and delightful. I attempted to the same with a festive Poppystamps set. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #284

by ElizStewart // September 30, 2018 // 5 Comments

Michelle is our lovely guest designer this week at Muse. I absolutely love her simple card... seriously love it! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #283

by ElizStewart // September 23, 2018 // 5 Comments

Kim is our lovely Muse this week. She has created an adorable card with a repeating critter background, highlighted with a small cupcake stamp and a tag sentiment. I have used these same elements with Mama Elephant Playful Pups. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #282 and Color Throwdown Countdown #510

by ElizStewart // September 16, 2018 // 6 Comments

I am combining Tracey's amazing inspiration at Muse this week with the color combination at Color Throwdown. The colors, at CTD, are red, orange, kraft and green. Tracey's card highlights a collage of flowers, stamped in black and partially colored in block colors, and a simple sentiment. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #270

by ElizStewart // June 17, 2018 // 4 Comments

This week's Muse, Tracey, has used one of my favorite coloring methods of late: Prisma color pencils! I followed her lead and colored pink florals on Kraft. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #269

by ElizStewart // June 10, 2018 // 3 Comments

This week's Muse, Anita has created a simple, wonderful HELLO card. I focused on the "hello" sentiment, floral border and blue background. I diverted from the white floral border and copic-colored all my flowers in...and even added some gemstones. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #267

by ElizStewart // May 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

This week's Muse is the lovely Kim Heggins and she is serving up a cup of tea for inspiration. I wanted to use the tea-toting Pure Innocence; I stamped, copic-colored and fussy cut. I love the sentiment and stamped it on vellum. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #266

by ElizStewart // May 20, 2018 // 4 Comments

The lovely Tracey is this week's Muse. She has created a super cute inspiration card; I focused on the elephant, "wishing you", and the colors. I only own one elephant stamp... so Mama Elephant was an easy choice for my case of Tracey. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #264

by ElizStewart // May 6, 2018 // 4 Comments

We have a Guest Muse, Lynne, this week. Lynne created an adorable, inspirational birthday card... a puppy amid a bouquet of pink blossoms. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #263 and Color Throwdown #490

by ElizStewart // April 29, 2018 // 4 Comments

With purpose, I combined this week's Muse and Color Throwdown Challenges. We have a guest Muse, Ishani, who has created a wonderful inspiration card. The colors this week, at Color Throwndown, are pink, lavender, green and gray. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #262

by ElizStewart // April 22, 2018 // 6 Comments

The lovely Kim Heggins is this week's Muse. Kim made an adorable card. I tried hard to follow all her elements but I just could not seem to color a bird today! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #261

by ElizStewart // April 15, 2018 // 3 Comments

This week's Muse, Tracey has created a delightful spring card. I followed her lead but decided to try one twist. I am practicing (with the hope of improving) my no line coloring. This effort was okay but a long way from good... more cards to come! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #260

by ElizStewart // April 7, 2018 // 6 Comments

Our Muse this week, Anita, has used an Altenew layering stencil to create a wonderful inspiration card. I don't have any layering stencils so I switched the technique up a little. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #259

by ElizStewart // April 1, 2018 // 6 Comments

The wonderful Barb Ghig is our Guest Muse this week. Barb has created a lovely card for our inspiration... Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #258 & Seize the Birthday Anything Goes

by ElizStewart // March 26, 2018 // 2 Comments

This week's Muse, Kim Heggins has created an adorable birthday card for inspiration! I followed her lead and love it! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #256

by ElizStewart // March 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

This week's lovely Muse, Anita Bowden has created a great inspiration card. I focused on the white heart, monochromatic colors (I used green), floral inset and gemstones. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #255

by ElizStewart // March 5, 2018 // 3 Comments

This week, there was such a fun challenge over at Muse! Bunny Vance created a wonderful floral collage set on black. I loved combing through my floral dies to come up with the card above. Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #254

by ElizStewart // February 24, 2018 // 6 Comments

This week's Muse, Kim Heggins has created a wonderful bevy of critters for inspiration. The five cats and dogs are punching through the grasses. SOOO cute! Continue reading →

Muse Challenge #253

by ElizStewart // February 18, 2018 // 4 Comments

This week's Muse, Tracey, has created an adorable inspiration card. I love the distressed background, the bear with the heart and bold sentiment. I followed Tracey's lead. Continue reading →