Three Cards for Friday

Sorry. I actually meant to post at least one of these cards yesterday, but after waking up with a migraine (hate to say/write that word out loud), pretty much the whole day was shot. What that means is you're getting three cards today. So grab your beverage of choice, sit back, and peruse at your leisure. I have to go on a bit of a tangent here... (how unusual, lol). About 15 years ago, DH was giving a paper at a history conference in the Twin Cities. We'd gone up the day before and stayed over night. In the morning before his conference began we went down to the restaurant in the hotel for breakfast. The hostess seated us and as we were looking over the menu, the waitress arrived and asked us if we'd "...been beveraged yet." WHAT???? Since when did beverage (a noun) become a VERB??? We've obviously never forgotten that small incident, and have been joking about it between ourselves ever since. Okay...no more tangent and onto today's cards.

First up will be a little card for the Muse challenge. The incredible Gillian Ross is up as Guest Designer this week and has created a CAS masterpiece. As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to create something. 

It's the kind of card, that when you see it, you smack your forehead and wonder "why didn't I think of that???!!!" This is my take on this gorgeous card:

I used a cooler pink simply because the cardstock scrap box is getting out of control again, and it happened to be available. Didn't want to cut a warmer piece and add to the box. But I like this pink trending on lavender color. I cut four 'thank you's' out with my Cameo, glued them together, then popped them onto a stitched die cut from MME, (love that set, btw). The rest of the sentiment was inked up in Smoke ink from MME using a NBUS set from PTI; Wet Paint. All the white cardstock is Neenah. Thanks, Gillian for the awesome inspiration!

Next up, is a one layer card for CASology. But how to use this week's Cue Card?...Hmmmm... A little ping pinged, and in about 10 minutes, the card practically put itself together! EZPZ.

I love the simplicity of this card. It's not the world's greatest, but there's just something about it that trips my trigger...or should I say, trips my switch?!

See what I mean about EZPZ? One stamp from Neat & Tangled, the bulb, and one from MME, the sentiment. A little SU black ink, and some Color Box Canary yellow and that almost does it. I used a dinner plate to help trace the line that the lights are strung onto. The base is Neenah white. Done and done. 

And before I lose your interest (and I promise to be done in a minute), just one more card. This one's for the bright and colorful challenge over at Fusion. I did a pretty decent job of fusing the both the photo and the sketch. Check out their photo:

Doesn't that just make you smile?! And here's my take:

Since we've got overcast skies again, with MORE rain predicted, the colors in the chevrons just didn't photograph well. No matter what other lights I brought in, this is the best I could do. Sorry. Once again, I delved into my cardstock scrap box, and found bits and bobs to use up. A Neenah white base and frame and some brads whose legs I brutally ripped off (did you hear the screaming?). The "4 U" are both from Crate Paper, and the little heart was discovered on an archaeological dig through my stash; yes, it is very ancient! And as promised, done. Happy dances everyone!