Peace & Joy – Festive Season

Welcome back! And we are stepping back into Christmas… Let’s Play:  Global Design Project (#419); Alphabet (Letter P); and Krafty Chicks (#689). Colors: Cupcake Inspirations (#581) and Sketch: Retro Rubber (#219). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Several Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added toContinue reading “Peace & Joy – Festive Season”

Autumn Adventure

Welcome back! I have the distinct pleasure to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Color Throwdown this week.  What fun and what a nice selection of colors. The illustration photo led me to the All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper and I chose the Walk in the Forest photograph design.  Such aContinue reading “Autumn Adventure”

Garden Meadow – Happy Birthday

One more card for today as I am chasing a few deadlines.  I am giving you a sneak peek at the new Garden Meadow stamp set/die bundle that will be available as an On-Line Exclusive tomorrow (Tuesday, November 7th).  Lots of great images in this set! My birthday card is for Seize the Birthday (#272)Continue reading “Garden Meadow – Happy Birthday”

Dainty Delight – Thank You

Sneaking one more card in for today.  A pretty thank you card.  Always a needed item… Playing with: Simply Clean & Simple (#5) for style and theme; Color Throwdown (#767) for the color palette; Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#630) for the sketch; and Happy Little Stampers (November) for the technique. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Dainty Delight – Thank You”

Joy of Noel – Holiday Card

Welcome back!  Friday already…where does the time go? Back to the Christmas cards.  Today I am playing with these challenges: As You See It (#311) for their Holiday Recipe of ingredients; Tic Tac Toe (#233) for a line of the board; the colors suggested by Facebook Colour INKSspiration (#154); and bringing it all together withContinue reading “Joy of Noel – Holiday Card”

Handcrafted Ornament – Holiday Card

Welcome back!  I thought I would share one of the cards we created in class today. I was inspired by a couple of color challenges, both very similar, Sunday Stamps (#321) and Shopping Our Stash (#508).  I was drawn to the blue/green and yellow/gold tones.  For my overall design, I chose Just Us Girls (#703)Continue reading “Handcrafted Ornament – Holiday Card”

Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card

Designing for Cardz 4 Guyz (#334) and Case-ing Tuesday (#430). I selected these four challenges: The elements from the Paper Players (#664) Tic Tac Toe board; The circle theme suggested by both Stampin’ Up! Only (#338) and Double Trouble (#151); and Use Your Stuff (#496) partnering with Double Trouble for the Anything Goes theme. HereContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card”

More Wishes – Merry Christmas

One more card for today. Rooting around in the scrap bins earlier today, I came across a (4” x 4”) square of Holiday patterned paper from the retired Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper and I thought it would work well for the current sketch over at Atlantic Hearts (#548). Before I knew it, IContinue reading “More Wishes – Merry Christmas”

Holiday Garden Walk – Merry Christmas

Welcome back!  Sunday Studio Time. For the color challenge over at the Color Dare (#572), I chose the Tuesday Morning (#730) sketch. Showcasing beautiful patterned papers and letting them do all the work! Here is the result: Steps: All elements were arranged and adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Stampin’ Up! colorsContinue reading “Holiday Garden Walk – Merry Christmas”

Timeless Charm – Just Wanted to Say

Welcome back!  Studio time after spending the day in the city. For the color challenge over at the Global Design Project (#417), I chose the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#629) sketch and added the material challenge from As You See It (#310). Let’s have some fun! Here is the result: Steps: All elements were arrangedContinue reading “Timeless Charm – Just Wanted to Say”