aMUSEing Ardyth; ColourQ #182 ~ Reminders re Ugliest and Fusionest!

I think I missed a whoosh in there and that will never do!!  Whoosh it's Saturday!

As the craft wheel turns ~
 

I made a card for week number 10 of the fantastic MUSE challenge, just in the nick of time.  I think I've only missed one while I was out of town and since this week the MUSE is a very good friend of mine, I had to play along!  Our MUSE is one of the Queens of the Clean and Simple (CAS) card:  Ardyth of MASKerade.  Here is Ardyth's inspirational card:

 

 

It is, of course, the epitome of a bright and brilliant "Ardyth card."  How wonderful to be reowned like that!  Wait.  What?  Not reowned, definitely renowned! 

 

MUSE is the brainchild of the uber talented designer, Jackie Rockwell, the Design Team ladies are awesome card artists, and you folks enter stunning cards!  This week was no exception and as time was running out, my head was spinning.

 

I saw this really fun idea over at Pinterest all about making circles with the ends of paper towel or t.p. tubes.  Then I realized I didn't have any empties ~ when you don't want one, they're all empty! 

So I wondered, as I was fixing dinner last night, what could I use instead that would be fun and different?  How about one of the potatoes I was about to peel?  Do you member doing that in Arts and Crafts?  Or was that only at my Camp for Wayward Children?  And what kinda word is "wayward," anyway?  Nevermind.  Not now.  Move along.

 

Very well, then, potato stamping, but what inks shall I use?  Well, why not the excellent colors on the inspiration board over at ColourQ #182?  Why not indeed.  Here they are:
 

So I took my potato and I inked and stamped, like so:

 

 

 

(Parenpathetically, I have to confess that was a little bit hard for me to do because I'm sorta known in the family as Mrs. Potato Head because there are few no foods I like better than potatoes.  I grim aced and stamped with it, but don't think right afterwards I didn't cut off the inked part and eat the rest!)

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After trimming my Designer Potato-Patterned Paper, I put together this card: 

 

I hope you like it, Ardyth!  It was a fun card to make!

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Reminders:

 

I know it's Easter and Passover and all, but please allow me a minute to remind you about two quickly-upcoming dealie-bobbers of fun:

 

1.  April 1st ~ April Fool's Day:

 

Suzanne Dahlberg, of the card yard is hosting the Ugliest Card Ever Blog Hop on her blog to celebrate all our crafty regrets from prior work. Please click over to Suzanne's blog to read more details and I hope you will be able to join in the hop.  You don't have to write a whole new post, just link up an old post to your ugliest card.  It'll be a hoot, nanny!

 

2.  April 5th ~ Fusion Card Challenge:

 

The mentioned afore Jackie Rockwell has dreamed up another dynamite challenge for all of us that is premiering on Friday the 5th.  This sounds like a ton of fun and she, along with the sensational Lesley of Always Playing With Paper, have gathered Design Teams of some really genius card artists!  Please click over to Jackie's blog for all the details and do join in!

 

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Okay, bye, bye, enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy!  LITS*!  

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Paper:  PTI white; SU! pool party
Stamps:  Mrs. Grossman's sticker
Ink:  SU! pool party, wisteria wonder,
  and always artichoke
Brads from stash