Full of Love

Happy Saturday!  Welcome to the weekend.  I hope you have a chance to be creative… This morning I created a card for several open challenges:  Firstly, Inspiration Station (#48) for the photo of the big blue sky and the tulip fields.  Having a Dutch background, this speaks to me and tulips are my mother’s favoriteContinue reading “Full of Love”

Anything Is Possible – Hand-Penned Memories & More

One last card and I am calling it a day.  Did you have a chance to be creative today? Fun Fold Cards are generally not my go to.  However, over at Atlantic Hearts (#519), we are challenged to make a Step Card. Cleaning up my Studio and getting ready for the new Stampin’ Up! CalendarContinue reading “Anything Is Possible – Hand-Penned Memories & More”

Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips

One last card for today… The Challenges: Four Seasons (April) for the inspiration; Retro Rubber (#203) for the theme; Atlantic Hearts (#518) for the sketch; and Colorful Options (April) for the pastel color tone. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A Mint Macaron TextileContinue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips”

Painted Floral – Sometimes…

Welcome back!  One last challenge deadline for today. Atlantic Hearts (#517) sketch with colors selected from the Fancy Five board over at Color Dare (#540). After a peruse through the catalogs, I settled on the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper pack to match the colors I chose: Soft Succulent (for Sage); Evening Evergreen (for Pine);Continue reading “Painted Floral – Sometimes…”

Petal Park – Floral Birthday

Welcome back!  Have you had a good week?  It is already Friday…how can that be? This morning I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#516) Sketch and chose the color combination from Creative Colour (#80). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Several Flowers andContinue reading “Petal Park – Floral Birthday”

Oh, Happy Day – Playing in the Rain

Welcome back!  Has the time change knocked you off your game?  I cannot believe it is already the afternoon… Anyway, today I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#515) Sketch with the new color set suggested by Paper Players (#631) using the Playing in the Rain stamp set.  It is a cool and dreary rainyContinue reading “Oh, Happy Day – Playing in the Rain”

Garden Birdhouses – Hello Spring

Welcome back!  One last card for today… Atlantic Hearts (#514) Sketch along with The Card Concept (#190) for overall Colors and Inspiration Photo elements and sharing with Paper Craft Crew (#507) for the Spring Theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch which was flipped. Continue reading “Garden Birdhouses – Hello Spring”

Happiness Abounds – Floral Birthday

Welcome back!  Getting a chance to play today.  Hope you are having a great weekend! Challenges: Atlantic Hearts (#512) for the flipped Sketch: Just Us Girls (#667) for the Roses within the Mood Board; and Color Throwdown (#730) for both the colors and the photo inspiration. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Happiness Abounds – Floral Birthday”

Honeybee Blooms – My Cup of Tea

Squeaking in another card this afternoon. A very clean and simple take for the Atlantic Hearts (#511) Sketch and choosing the colors from the Color Hues (#57) challenge. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A sweet delicate little card…  Thanks for spending some moreContinue reading “Honeybee Blooms – My Cup of Tea”

Nature’s Prints

Having another play with a few more challenges for another gender-neutral clean and simple birthday card for Atlantic Hearts (#510) and Creative Colour (#74). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Another great card for a fellow! Thanks for spending some more of your timeContinue reading “Nature’s Prints”