Inkspirational #153 and CAS Mix-up February

How would you be inspired by this word that's the challenge at Inkspirational?

For some reason the first thing that came to my mind was paper clips.  Yes, that's how I was inspired.

I have a number of shaped paper clips and used this circular one to hold my note to the cork board. 

Cork is one of the elements in the CAS Mix-up Challenge so I'm sending my card to their gallery having stamped the sentiment from PTI (on some ancient PTI paper),  embossed the background and used metal.

My desk is covered with partially finished cards and stamps ready to start new ones so I'd better get busy.  Have a great day!

Freshly Made #262 and HLS - NovemberCAS

Quick post today so I can get started on a quilt while my husband is off helping repair a church member's ramp.  This one uses the sketch from Freshly Made and the metal theme from Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge.

I cut out that brassy looking leaf a while ago when I found some 'decorator foil' in my mother's stash and wondered how it would die cut.  As you can see it cut beautifully so I cut another one using the reverse side which was silver.  I just got a pack of fallish patterned papers and the strip goes perfectly with Smoky Shadow cs.  I need at least 15 Thanksgiving cards for my homebound people and this one brings it close to my goal.

Yesterday I mentioned going to see my granddaughters' dance.  It was a wonderful performance of Hansel and Gretel.  You all know the story although I think the ballet adds some extras like Queen Seraphim which is the role Anneka danced.  I couldn't take pictures while they were on stage but I did get this darling one of her with some of her fangirls.

The little ones wanted to see the 'princess' and some even asked for her autograph.  Anneka was gracious enough to honor them all.  Love that girl! Kjerstin was already out of costume by the time I saw her and I can see why.  She was one of the captured children and wore a suit that 'blew up' when the witch fed them to fatten them up.  It was so funny to see those girls in fat suits (think those crazy sumo wrestler suits).  And then to dance in them.  Hilarious.  My lovely daughter-in-law, Christy, is the wardrobe mistress and made many of the costumes herself.  She did have more help this year than in the past and I'm so proud of her talent.  I hate to admit it but I was as much enthralled with the costuming as I was with the dancing. Unless the girls were on, of course. ;)

I guess that wasn't much of a 'quick' post but I sometimes forget to follow through on things I've talked about.  Today wasn't one of those days.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  I hope you've had a terrific weekend.

LIM #160

When I saw the recipe at Less is More this week, use metal,  my original thought was something masculine.   Somewhere along the line I made a big U turn.

My daughter had given me these heart shaped paper clips and that was the beginning of my card.   Using a Heidi Swapp stencil, I used tinted embossing paste for the hearts.  When I decided to emboss the HA sentiment in silver, I used my silver marker to color the white heart.  A couple of flags sewn on with threads hanging and my card is done.

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy creating.