Thank You Trio ~ Muse Challenge #7

• Okay class, who needs to add some kraft to their paper collection?  *hand up*
• Who needs to add big, blossomy, bloomy flower stamps to their stash?  *hand up*
• Who needs to learn about pigment inks...and dye inks..and chalk inks *enthusiastic raising of hand* and how to use them? *waving hand - already up - wildly"
• Who needs to add bold sentiments stamps to their shopping list (not wish list, but shopping list) *hand up, hangs head*
• Who appears to be just a "tad" not-so-well-prepared for tackling the awesome 7th Challenge over at Muse? *slowly raising hand*...but wants to give 'er a try anyway? *jumps up, exclaiming yes, yes and YES!*

Okay, that's my situation a nutshell.  No kraft, no white ink, no bloomy flower stamps, no big sentiments and limited skills at creating 'straight' squares and rectangles.  So, taking on a challenge that...well, challenged my resources (or lack thereof) - I was quite puzzled.  Head-scratching puzzled.  And solving such issues sometimes takes me on interesting turns.  This was one of those turns.

As  gorgeous entry after gorgeous entry appeared at Muse Challenge #7 - with stunning stamped  images, eye-catching sentiments and all around 'creativity - I realized I really needed to step-up-to the plate.  Result:   a trio of 4" x 4" Thank You cards.  Yes, my backgrounds are patterned papers, my sentiments are housed in a die-cut frames/tags, but...I did paper-piece a little 'something' on each card!!  Yayyy... I took the Challenge details - "Be creative and make a card that reflects your own personal style and flair" - to heart.  The bonus take-away:  discovering the "pretty" in some of my neglected patterned papers.  Love Muse Challenges - they take me to such interesting places in my designing, and in my 'collections'...

Here's Laurie's beautiful card:

and here's my trio....

Card #1 

Frame is popped up; flower is paper-pieced

Card #2

Butterfly is paper-pieced with a little blue body pearl

Card #3

Little flower is paper-pieced

And here they are together....

Thank you for stopping by!   Wishing all of you who entered a gi-normous THANK YOU for sharing your artistry with me!  I'm learning so much (really!!).