Monday, October 8, 2012

Summer is on the way .....


Great colours, great sketch!  After an appallingly hot day yesterday we had the mildest weather today.  Spring in Brisbane is a complete anathema to me, especially this year.  Normally we would have a bit of rain about this time, bur absolutely nothing, hence my rose investment has needed a great deal of watery indulgence.  This paid off today with milder weather but tomorrow will be just as hot again (of course it is a working day).  

Anyway, to the card,  afew new purchases from SU - the punch and pink paper.  It is hard to see the flower background as it is lovely and subtle.  But I know my aunt in Victoria will love this.  



What you need
Cardstock - SU black, white
DSP - SU Neutrals and Brights Collections
Stamps - SU Organic Grace;  Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments 
Ink - SU Pretty in Pink;  Memento Tuxedo Black
Punch - SU Elegant Butterfly
Die - MFT Fishtail Flag Stax
Twine - MME Lime Twist
Gems - Kaisercraft
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Now, this one was slightly trickier -  which colour would be the dominant one.  Blue won out with a contribution from my Cristina Re paper collection.  I really wanted to use the striped image but had nothing, not even a stamp to imitate that.This is one of those endlessly useful "no sentiment" cards.



What you need
Cardstock - BB white; PTI Spring Rain, New Leaf, white
DSP - Cristina Re; PTi Men of Life
Stamps - PTI - Pretty Peonies
Ink - SU Daffodil Delight
Die - SU Branch with Leaves
Ribbon - Daffodil Delight satin
Pearls - SU



10 comments:

  1. We're having really odd weather too - hot sunny day, then rain and wind - not so unusual for Canberra I guess.

    Love your cards, very pretty!

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  2. I was just thinking how much I like that you're using Organic Grace so beautifully (and inspiring me to start using it again), when I scroll down and there is a second, delicious card on display. Beautiful work, Cassandra!

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  3. Both are beautiful! I love that Retro Sketch as well, and hope to find some use for it today. And the second card uses one of my favorite stamps---just lovely, and perfect for spring.

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  4. Lovely cards, Cassandra, love the butterflies on the first one! So hope your temperatures go down a little and you get some rain. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at the colourQ this week.

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  5. Love those gorgeous yellow roses on the pretty blue paper - lovely! Thanks so much for playing along with CR84FN this week! I do like the pink butterfly too.

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  6. Beautiful cards Cassandra! Love the gorgeous yellow roses! Thanks for joining along with CR84FN :)

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  7. Such Pretty peonies Cassandra! And you have paired them so Wonderfully with those pretty dp's too! Love this! So glad you could join us at CR84FN! 8-)

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  8. Beautiful stamping and a fabulous design!
    Thanks for joining us at CR84FN this week!

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  9. Gorgeous cards Cassandra! Love the butterfly - and the really faintly stamped flowers! Thank you so much for joining us at both RetroSketches and colourQ!

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  10. Love your card,, so very pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with us at ColourQ this week. I am your newest follower, I would love it if you would hop by my blog sometime and follow along with me too~

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