Birthday Greetings – Wetlands

A nice birthday card for the men in your life… Playing with the Retro Rubber (#247) Color Palette and choosing the purples to create a Monochromatic card for The Male Room (#195) and selecting the Birthday theme from Krafty Chicks (#754). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base andContinue reading “Birthday Greetings – Wetlands”

Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises

The Valentines just keep coming… I am creating with Ann’s theme at Paper Players (#723) Love is in the Air in mind and selected the current sketch from the Facebook Global Design Project (#482) for my general layout and choosing the colors pink and red as suggested by the collaboration between Color Hues (#103) andContinue reading “Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises”

Corner in Bloom – Hello

Welcome back!  Merrily we go along… A number of challenges today: TGIF (#510) is asking us to use items from the Sale-abration Brochure and I selected the stamp set – Corner in Bloom and the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper.  Today at Stampin’ Through the Catalog, the featured stamp set is Elements of Text, andContinue reading “Corner in Bloom – Hello”

Blossoms & Wings – Hello

Welcome back!  Already Wednesday…time just goes on by. I have combined several challenges today.  Inspiration Station (#70) with such a lovely photo including blossoms & wings; Double Trouble (#184) 3-2-1 Recipe including patterned papers, shapes, an image/sentiment and an option to include a heart; Shopping Our Stash (#540) to use bits and pieces found onContinue reading “Blossoms & Wings – Hello”

Amour – Hearts & Roses

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#498), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 27 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.   Valentines is fast approaching and there are plenty of themed challenges about.  Indulge me as I select aContinue reading “Amour – Hearts & Roses”

A Fish & A Wish – A Sea of Thanks

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#365) we are asked to create a CAS (clean and simple) card. For my theme, I chose Alphabet (Letter U) for Underwater; For my Sketch, I chose Paper Craft Crew (#606) highlighting a Stampin’ Up! layout option; and I am sharing this card with Inspire CreateContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – A Sea of Thanks”

Simply Said – Celebrate

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#456) we have a Birthday Inspiration Board. To complete my design, I selected the Sunday Stamps (#353) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the Birthday Cake popped up with Dimensionals.  A bright andContinue reading “Simply Said – Celebrate”

Everyday Greetings – Love You

Sneaking in another CAS (clean and simple) card for you. Playing with Just Us Girls (#760) where we are challenged to CASE a Design Team Member’s card.  I selected Carol Mayne’s masculine card with sneakers flipping her layout and swapping blue for red. Additional influences: Inspired By (#321) for the colors, red, white and grayContinue reading “Everyday Greetings – Love You”

Corner in Bloom

Welcome back!  A brand-new week.  Happy Monday. Again, another clean and simple card.  My favorite style! The Challenges: CAS on Friday (#301) Flower theme; Addicted to CAS (#275) Center Focus orientation; Color Dare (#636) for the Palette; and Just Add Ink (#736) for a Touch of Bling. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Corner in Bloom”

New Wonders – A brand-new page

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday to you.  Hoping you find some time to be creative. A quick little card for you today.  A clean and simple, simple stamping card.  Just Stamps, Ink and Paper. The Challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#552) for the layout and Creative Colour (#178) for the palette. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “New Wonders – A brand-new page”