Holiday Treasures – Christmas Past

Welcome back!  So happy you came for a visit. It is Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Jingle Belles (#2417) is visiting Christmas Past with a vintage theme and As You See It (#330) also has a vintage / shabby chic style theme.  I thought the current Try A Sketch On Tuesday (#653)Continue reading “Holiday Treasures – Christmas Past”

Delicate Forest – Best Birthday Wishes

Design Team time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#473).  The weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  The card today?  Found on page 127 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Keeping the layout pretty much the same, I chose to playContinue reading “Delicate Forest – Best Birthday Wishes”

Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#470) Design Team time.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found in the Stampin’ Up Catalogs. The card we are case-ing this week is on page 72 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration for my design: Time Out (#268); AsContinue reading “Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars”

Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#696) challenge.  This week, Anne-Marie has given us a Tic Tac Toe Board to work with.  Lots of possibilities with eight different combinations.  I selected the left-side down: Stars/Stipes, Birthday, and Twine. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#162) selecting a number of the possible elements; Just Add InkContinue reading “Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate”

Tea Party – Thank You

Hi!  I have a bit more time today, so I am playing with a few more challenges. Over at Retro Rubber (#232), the site that celebrates all older and most loved stamp sets has a nice Sketch to use. I married this up with the Color Hues (#88) pairing and the As You See ItContinue reading “Tea Party – Thank You”

Lifetime of Love – Wedding Card

Welcome back!  That very magical time of nuptials are upon us with the favored June wedding dates. So, for As You See It (#324) Wedding Bells… I was influenced by Inspired By (#290) for the Mini-Florals that reminded me of Wedding Bouquets and the TGIF (#474) Floral Border for my layout design and determined thatContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Wedding Card”

Born to Shine – Star of Light

Welcome back!  Several things going on early next week and I may not have time to create to meet a few deadlines, so… As You See it (#323) has presented us with a recipe card.  You must use all of the ingredients when creating your project.  Check!  That said, I selected the current Alphabet (LetterContinue reading “Born to Shine – Star of Light”

Sunshine & Smiles

How about one more… Over at As You See It (#322), we are asked what our least used color is.  For me, except a little in the Autumn, I rarely use Pumpkin Pie. I chose to create a clean and simple card with this color for CAS on Friday (#282) Sunshine and Addicted to CASContinue reading “Sunshine & Smiles”

Layers of Country Roses

Wednesdays are always busy days in the Studio as that is Class Day and I sometimes do not have time to create for challenge deadlines. I wanted to play with the As You See It (#321) lovely Color palette (adding a green tone for my one neutral).  But what to do with them?  I selectedContinue reading “Layers of Country Roses”