What I've been up to lately

My Muse is on holiday - though I fear, she got stranded on some tropical island (to mock me, because I hate heat, so I won't go after her). My creative mojo is at its lowest (toothache and tropical heatwave in my country might contribute to that) - from time to time, I manage to force myself to make a card or two, usually for a challenge, but that's pretty much it...

I was asked to do a birthday card for a friend of my friend. I made two so she had something to choose from. I was really proud of this one - all the die-cutting and fiddling around...

Background: Hero Arts Lattice stamp + white embossing powder + distress inks

Flowers and leaves cut on Silhouette Portrait machine

Flowers: Lumiere paints

Leaves: Embossing Enamel by Stampendous

["Gratulace" means "Congratulations"]

.... but she chose this one instead (teal is the new black, apparently):

Background: various acrylic paints

IndigoBlu stamps with some holographic embossing powder

I also got my first IndiguBlu stamps, so I could enter their challenge "Tag ... You're it!" with this tag:

Background: Distress Paints

Stamps by IndigoBlu stamps + black Archival Ink

holographic embossing powder on the grass stamp

Flowers/words: pencils, Wink of Stella glitter pen

Words: Distress Inks

[giving myself a pat on the shoulder here] I got to Top 3, chosen by IndigoBlu DT (yay!) which means I was invited to create an inspiration piece for this month's challenge "Christmas in July".

Almost forgot to mention - I've been quite busy designing and cutting stencils on my Silhouette Portrait...