Muse and CAS-ual Fridays

I have been a member on the new Muse blog since its very beginnings and so far have not managed to create a card for it - although I have voted twice.....But now, my first entry:

Marion Vaggs card below is the inspiration card. I followed it closely with those monochromatic horizontal stripes, but I did not stamp on it. I used a TWC stencil over which I just partially sponged Versamark ink and them white embossed it. I did not want to cover the entire strip with the template - I thought that would be overpowering. The sentiment is die cut, using my old Cuttlebug alphabet dies. The sentiment is elevated with foam dots and I put a little pearl onto the "i".

Since I did not use any stamp I will also add it to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge and since its monochromatic it fits the Make my Monday challenge as well. And because its green its going into the The Die Cut Diva's challenge - Anything Green.