Our theme is 2 - 2 of something or the number 2. I used 2 stamps (my favourite HA sentiment stamp and one of my favourite HA images), 2 types of stamp (1 clear and 1 wood mount), 2 colours (pink and purple), 2 types of cardstock (white and a pink offcut), 2 colouring media (Copics and Distress Inks), and 2 Distresss ink techniques (blending and stamping with water - can you see on the top and bottom borders, there's some colour removed - I stamped the same butterfly flowers stamp with water over the sponged ink).
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Michelle Lupton
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Cute and elegant cards
ReplyDeleteLove the pink and gold of the first card and the masking on the second card Michelle!
ReplyDeleteTwo very sweet cards, I love the lovely technique on the second card x
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards.
ReplyDeleteAdorable cards! I love how you curved the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely cards!
ReplyDeleteBEE-YOO-TEE-FUL! Awesome cards Michelle! What a great hop! XO
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so lovely! I love that curved masking. Need to try that soon.
ReplyDeleteI lovely cards Michelle. :) I especially love the wavy sentiment and masking - it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow! PURDY!! TFS
ReplyDeleteFabulous soft pinks. The first is so nicely set with the gold embossing, and the almost shadow effect on the second is so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteTwo very unique cards that you made look so effortless. The masking is well-done on the second. Thank you for being a part of the birthday blog hop.
ReplyDeleteVery eye-catching, very pretty !!
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful pink cards! I LOVE me some pink.
ReplyDeleteI lovely cards Michelle. :) I especially love the wavy sentiment and masking - it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards, Michelle! Such pretty colors.
ReplyDeleteThe first card is so elegant and the second one is eye catching with the curvy masking!
ReplyDeleteso pretty-!! TFS
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, feminine cards. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the delicate colors in the two cards. thanks for sharing your ideas.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are gorgeous! I have that stamp and love it, too! The second card may be my favorite of the two!
ReplyDeleteLike the techniques you used on the cards. Like the gold on edges of flowers. Like the white area of space on 2nd card.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
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So very pretty! TFS.
ReplyDeleteHow clever you are, with your curved sentiment!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards! Love the pastels!
ReplyDeleteLove both cards and the pretty colours!
ReplyDeleteMichelle, both cards are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards! The stamping on both is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so elegant love them both!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. I just love the pink flowers with the gold embossing. Really looks so elegant.
ReplyDeleteMichele, your cards are absolutely gorgeous! The pink & gold in the first, and the masking in the second have me in a swoon. Stunning!!
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love the gold edges to the flower
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely GORGEOUS cards, Michelle! I love your gold embossing on your flowers and how you stamped your sentiment on the 2nd card...really beautiful! So glad you could be part of the hop!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely birthday cards!
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Gorgeous design on both your cards, love them!!!
ReplyDeletegreat cards, fun ideas!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards! Thanks for your method for masking on the second card
ReplyDeleteVery nice cards. They have that soft look to them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower on the first card and love the second technique!
ReplyDeleteI love the square card. What a great technique.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow both cards are awesome. Thanks for the tip on cutting the sentiment on the mask to get the same curve. And the gold outline on the first card is so elegant.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards, beautiful color combinations.
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards. TFS!
ReplyDeleteWow! I love how you used those flowers! Beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteLove both cards, Michelle. Such a lovely floral stamp on the first card. I need to add it to my wish list.
ReplyDeleteSweet cards - love the gold embossing.
ReplyDeleteY U M does that tell you how much I love both of these cards. Totally beautiful
ReplyDeleteThese are really lovely Michelle. I especially like the 2nd one - and the brilliant way of doing the masking!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards and I love that gold embossing. Congrats on ABNH turning two and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are beautiful, I love the colors that you used. When I saw the cards it brought me tranquillity. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeletesweet!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards and beautiful color :)
ReplyDeletelove your bent mask/stamping technique!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards - love the second one with the "curved" sentiment!
ReplyDeletegreets Nicole
Love both cards. The gold embossing is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty.
ReplyDeleteThese are both beautiful cards. I like the soft use of color and your technique you used for the border of the first card and the masking technique for the second one. Also, like the gold embossing.
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous WOW you did a beautiful job I am so taken by your flowers of it all they came out so beautiful and love how you did your phrase stamping too. You are so creative & talented. TFS!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you made two gorgeous cards with such different designs from the same stamps. I like that stamping with water, it gives such subtle texture to the background.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful cards! Love that soft pink color :)
ReplyDeleteI really love how you did the masking! I can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful elegant card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!
ReplyDeletewonderful cards
ReplyDeleteGorgeous... and I'd love to know more about stamping with water!!
ReplyDeleteWow. Love the shading technique on the roses. It blew me away. Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteTwo wonderful cards!
ReplyDeleteThe masking idea is great! I would never have thought of it, but am excited to try it. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteNice card!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou made pretty cards!! Thanks for the ideas!!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are oh so breathtakingly beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBoth are very pretty
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful birthday cards for ABNH I have seen all along this blog hop. It gives me so many ideas and techniques to try.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeletewhat gorgeous springtime colors....so nice!
ReplyDeleteWait, what? I'm not sure how you got the sentiment curved. Will have to play with that bit! Love the simple elegance of it. And the first card - gorgeous. I like the dimensionality added with just a bit of shadow colored in. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow your two cards are so pretty love the colors and the techniques you used.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely, elegant designs. I thought they were great. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
ReplyDeleteVery soft and pretty!
ReplyDeleteThe first card is so lovely - it's hard to believe there are so many techniques!!! I love your second card - a touch of whimsy!!
ReplyDeleteWow both card very lovely!!
ReplyDeleteLove the soft colors and embossing. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI really love the subtle effect of stamping with water - I'll have to give that a try.
ReplyDeleteVery classy and quite card! Very very nice!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the great curvy idea!
ReplyDeleteLove your pretty cards...love the colors and the floral stamp is super cool.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! The masking is awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour first card has my favorite stamp colored in pink..STUNNING!! then you go and make that second card...LOVE it too in it's simple line form and different shades of pink and purple.,
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteClever masking technique. Subtle and elegant all round.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your cards! They are truly beautiful!
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Just gorgeous! I love the soft pastel colors you used!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards ! With soft colors :) !
ReplyDeleteThe first card is totally amazing and gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThe first card is totally gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet cards. Thanks for being part of the HOP.
ReplyDeleteLove both cards, the gold embossing looks so great too
ReplyDeletePretty cards!
ReplyDeleteLove the gold!
ReplyDeleteLove the masking idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful and elegant cards. I love the techniques used and the colors are very pretty. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe gold emboss sets it of!!
ReplyDeletePink and gold floral - delicious!
ReplyDeleteLove both of your cards Michele. Gorgeous and so creative.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle! The colors you used are beautiful and like the idea of curving the stamps! : )
ReplyDeletevery elegant!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are truly awesome. Thanks for explanation for the sentiment on the second card. The colors you used truly make the cards feel very feminine. Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet how you used the 2 theme...very pretty card.
ReplyDeleteLove the gold embossed flowers.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards! Thank you for the tip on how to achieve the curved masking!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! Lovin' it!
ReplyDelete~God bless~
Party On!
ReplyDeleteEspecially enjoy the curved sentiment and masked of area.
Those gold embossed flowers are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove both of your cards—especially the gold embossing on the flowers! So pretty! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like the classy touch of the gold embossed flowers of your first card.
ReplyDeleteLove pink and your two cards!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, that first one is just chock full of techniques. I love the water stamping and the coloring on the flowers is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove both the cards. Very beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove both cards. Very beautiful
ReplyDeleteVery pretty.
ReplyDeleteReally love card number two.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing us two different ways to use one stamp.
love the gold and pink!
ReplyDeleteOh these are both beautiful! I love those stamps!
ReplyDeletevery pretty - love the pink and gold on the first card!
ReplyDeleteSandra ltb
Beautiful card! The gold is wonderful.
ReplyDeletePurple and pink...a great combo. Nice cards.
ReplyDeletethe masked card is so pretty, i love how all the elements are on the same curved line!
ReplyDeleteThese are both lovely...but that gold embossing is amazing!
ReplyDeletePink and Gold are my favorite! Beautiful cards. Delia Rotolo
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Beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteI love the font on that sentiment - very unique! The second card is so much fun!! Need to learn to mask the way you did it!
ReplyDeleteElegant an very pretty card !
ReplyDeletehow beautiful...love how you added the shadows to your first card...
ReplyDeleteThese cards are really gorgeous. I love how you gold-embossed the flower image and colored in with pink/purple. Looks absolutely stunning. Also, LOVE the subtle water stamp you created in the background!!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI just love blog hops!
Your cards are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. This gold embossing looks gorgeous. TFS
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards, thank you
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards! Love the embossing.
ReplyDeleteLove how you created the mask for the second card - so simple, so brilliant! Both beautiful cards!!
ReplyDeleteLove the gold embossing! So pretty!
ReplyDeletePretty cards! I really love the split one, it's so interesing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! I think Milled lavender is such an underutilized Distress Ink. I just adore it's soft color. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are simply gorgeous and the masking idea is brilliant - definitely going to try that!
ReplyDeleteSoft Color with golden Stamping, great idea for Spring.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! Love this stamp and embossed in gold, wow!! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteKatie B.
both cards are so amazing!!!! really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteElegant and pretty!
ReplyDeleteso pretty and I like the techniques you used here. Can't wait to try it - I hope mine is as pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh I love BOTH of your cards so much! You have colored the flower beautifully on the first card. I love the curved sentiment on the second. And so much more to love here! TFS!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI love the CAS best!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteSoo cute cards :)
ReplyDeleteElegant and classy. Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow, the pink with the gold is gorgeous, Michelle ... and the beautifully CAS masked curve is simply delicious! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteLove the simplicity of your card and lovely embossing in gold great color combo..
ReplyDeleteYou gave us double the hints, techniques, colors, stamps and styles with your beautiful cards. Thanks a bunch.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful cards. They are simple and elegant. Thanks for the ideas.
ReplyDeletesuch a pretty card!
ReplyDeletethank you for all the tips!
ReplyDeleteWhat an elegant birthday card! Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are so subtle & elegant but boy what an impact they make. Stunning
ReplyDeleteLovely soft colours on your cards. Nice masking on the second one for the sentiment!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and colors!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! TFS :)
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful cards!
ReplyDeletesoft colors on flowers with golden outline on the first card touches my heart, mix color on the flower stamp with the sentiment in between on second one simple feel, super nice !!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. i love the gold embossing on the first and the wavy sentiment space on the second.
ReplyDeletelove the curved stamping, TFS!
ReplyDeleteLovely design!))
ReplyDeleteVery pretty work, I enjoyed your two cards. Like the technique of the sentiment between two curved lines.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards. Like the technique of the sentiment between two curved lines. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards. Like the sentiment placed between two curved lines. Nice.
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