Jolanda Johnstone

Umbrella Days

Welcome back! Happy Sunday. I have a quick little clean and simple, simple stamping card for you this morning. Vickie has a very nice color selection this week at Creative Colour (#170), and I thought they would be ideal to showcase one of the new On-Line Exclusive stamp sets – Umbrella Days. This set alsoContinue reading “Umbrella Days”

Season of Elegance – Believe

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#719) challenge. This week, Ann has a lovely Color Scheme for us which is just perfect for Holiday cards and so nicely matches the Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper that I haven’t yet had a chance to use. I selected the Freshly Made (#665) SketchContinue reading “Season of Elegance – Believe”

Autumn – Thank You

Welcome back! Happy Saturday. A couple of challenges combined: The Card Concept (#211) for both theme and colors along with the Tuesday Morning (#785) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. A Bow was added using Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine and the Leaf wasContinue reading “Autumn – Thank You”

Nests of Winter – Cardinal Hello

And…it is Friday! Lots happening today but I am sneaking a card in to meet a deadline. Cupcake Inspiration (#607) is featuring warm toasty colors…but what to do? Heart’s Quest (#67) is looking for at least three items on the list and I chose Cardinals, Woods and Woodgrain Heart which ties in nicely with FarmContinue reading “Nests of Winter – Cardinal Hello”

Be Merry Ornament

Welcome back! Already Thursday – where does the time go? I am having a play with a few CAS (clean and simple) challenges using the opulent colors and photo inspiration offered up by Sunday Stamps (#349). Additional inspiration: Addicted to CAS (#272) Ornament; AAA Cards (#279) Christmas Theme; and bringing it all together CAS ColoursContinue reading “Be Merry Ornament”

Caroling Mice – Christmas Spirit

Welcome back! I have a quick little CAS (clean and simple) card for you today. Simple stamping at its best – just Stamps, Inks, and Paper. Starting with the Retro Rubber (#245) Christmas Tic Tac Toe Board and the left line: Lights, Alcohol Markers, and Ribbon. I selected Color Dare (#628) for the Palette andContinue reading “Caroling Mice – Christmas Spirit”

Painted Trees – Peace on Earth

Welcome back! I have a few things on the go tomorrow and may not have time to work on the As You See It (#331) Speed Challenge and it is one of my favorites. Can you create a card in 10 minutes or less? How long do you think it took me? I’ll let youContinue reading “Painted Trees – Peace on Earth”

Merry Merry Sparkle

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#489) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs. Today? The card can be found on page 24 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog. So much inspiration…similar colors and themes and I just had to use pretty papers in my stash: .JingleContinue reading “Merry Merry Sparkle”

Friendly Seagulls – Love You

Welcome back! A brand-new week and some time to play. Starting with the Color Throwdown (#821) Palette and The Male Room (#192) Kinetic theme, I altered the Global Design Project (#474) Sketch to be a full-size Slim Line card to fit my elements and am sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (December) Anything Goes. Here isContinue reading “Friendly Seagulls – Love You”

Nature’s Beauty – Noel

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#718) challenge. This week, LeAnne’s theme is featuring the beautiful and majestic “Deer”. Lots of images to choose…from realistic to delightful. Bringing my idea(s) together, I chose the Freshly Made (#664) Sketch, the Creative Colour (#169) Palette switching out Copper Clay for Pecan Pie and sharing withContinue reading “Nature’s Beauty – Noel”