35 Cards in 4 Days...

I never create cards in a race against the clock...

I create at a pace that allows me to enjoy what I am doing...

So 2 weeks ago...

when my friend John asked me to create 35 cards for him...

I knew 

(and he knew)

that I would "get to them"...

when I had time.

Well...

I finally had time these last 4 days to dedicate all of my card making time to John's cards.

He asked for 5 each...of 7 different cards

(all of which I have made in the past)

and...

the best thing is...

each card was one that I truly enjoyed making.

I've got lots of photos to share...

The pics are not my usual nice little photo-shoot photos...

They're actually the unplanned...spur of the moment photos that I took today...

with my phone...

and was sending to John throughout the afternoon....

 as each set of 5 cards was completed...

This means that the lighting and "card posing" is far from great...

(sorry)

My Cutterpillar was a prop...

and there's lots of clutter on the worktable

Still..

I'm happy to share some photos with you...

Many of you had asked me ( on Facebook) what I used when coloring/painting...

and also which stamps I had used...

so...

I'll include that info below

Okay..

here we go...

First up...

The Hummingbird card

(Stampendous stamp and Spectrum Noir AquaBlend pencils)

I used Crafter's Companion Water Colour Card Stock for all of the water colored cards

and..

The Horse card...

Our Daily Bread stamp and again, AquaBlend Pencils

A stamp single from Altenew

a great quote from Altenew...

and some coloring with Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers

(Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock)

A Topiary Piano image by Michelle Masters

from Art Gone Wild

Water colored with the AquaBlend pencils.

(I have a little collection of her topiary designs...and can't wait to ink up the others)

The Boathouse

from Crafter's Companion...

water colored with the AquaBlend pencils

I stamped, colored and cut out the sailboat 

and placed it on the card with foam dimensionals

and ...

I kinda saved the best 

(and my faves)...

for last.

Holy schmoly

Look at those gorgeous Catherine Scanlon images!

I could spend all day creating cards with these 2 images...

All 10 of these were colored with a combination of Altenew Crisp Inks...

and Tim Holtz Distress inks

Both the Altenew ink...and the Distress ink are amazing for water coloring...

I Love Love Love this image...

and the way that this image invites and brings opportunity to be bold and daring with color...

So now..

If the bouquet image above had me saying that I

Love Love Love ...

then this Chrysanthemum image 

gets LOVE x's 10,000

I am cuckoo over the top crazy about this gorgeous image.

Seriously cuckoo.

So..now...

because I am wackadoodle cuckoo for the chrysanthemum image...

and these cards...

YOU get to see individual photos of each one...

(and then some)

Ready?

(I am squealing with glee over here...)

<sigh>

I am in Love

John has asked me...in the past....

to create coral colored florals...

so I made a few chrysanthemums in  coral tones...

thinking he'd be really happy with the colors.

  and this one...

coraly-pink

This coral chrysanthemums leans towards a orangey-rose tone...

I love all of the chrysanthemums that I've shown you so far....

but I must confess...

I kinda sorta (definitely) have a favorite.

I know...

we card makers are NOT supposed to choose a favorite..

(it's as taboo as having a favorite child...

when in fact you have multiple children)

but...

I have a favorite...

and it's THIS ONE!

I should add...

When I sent this photo as a text to john...

I added a comment saying...

Send this card to me next March for my birthday

I didn't ask.

I told him.

Bold..perhaps...

but the truth is...

this card is only on loan to John...

until he sends it to me next March.

He didn't know that...

but now he does!

I contemplated addressing the envelope to myself

I wrestled with my prankster prone self to NOT do it

(hahaha...oh how I DO get a charge out of my cuckcoo-nutty -self)

and just as I was getting ready to call it a day which photo-shoot...

the sun came streaming in through the studio window ...

creating a spotlight 

and shadowy cross hairs on the worktable..

illuminating the gold embossing on each card 

and making me pause..

to stare at these glistening images.....

and...

to take one last photo.

I've already got my next Catherine Scanlon stamp ready to roll...

It's positioned...

in my MISTI...

waiting to be stamped out...embossed...

and water colored...

tomorrow...

when a few friends are coming over to share a day of scrapping and card making ....

in the studio.

Thanks for visiting...

I hope that somewhere in the photos above...

that you found a little bit of inspiration!

Michelle.