Welcome back! A brand-new week and I have a fun birthday card for my guy…who is a fan of Beer! The mash-up for today includes: The Male Room (#210) with a Drink theme, Time Out (#314) with a Beverage theme, and AAA Birthday Cards (#86) with a Guy theme. Choosing to add texture and embellishmentsContinue reading “A Brew Birthday”
Category Archives: Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenges
Nature’s Symphony – Smile
Welcome back! Having fun with Embossing… Design Team Time for Cardz 4 Guyz (#386) to use Embossing Folders and Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#565), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on page 23 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. I selected Facebook’sContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Smile”
Artisan Sketched Garden – Amazing Friend
Welcome back! A brand-new week ahead with lots of creative possibilities… Today I am playing with Paper Players (#784) with a Feminine Mood Board and Triple B (#2605) for Pink Blossoms. Choosing to add Embossing for Can You Handle The Pressure (#260425) and the current Just Add Ink (#784) Sketch to bring my ideas together.Continue reading “Artisan Sketched Garden – Amazing Friend”
Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card
Welcome back! A brand-new week. The start of more creativity… The challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure (#260411) for a Blue-on-Blue embossing twist which I tied into Little Red Wagon (#854) That Song for “Song Sung Blue”. Design choices were influenced by: Just Us Girls (#819) – Spring Flowers and Tic Tac Toe (#290) diagonalContinue reading “Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card”
Christmas Smiles and Love
Hi again! Time for a little Christmas Whimsy Today I am playing with: Jingle Belles (#2607) with a theme of Whimsy; Critter Crazy (#109) always Animal related; and Can You Handle the Pressure (#260328) using Embossing Folders with a Kid Friendly twist. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base. Continue reading “Christmas Smiles and Love”
Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage
Hello there! Design Time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts (#674) Sketch Challenge. My design was influenced by the Inspired By (#380) Colors and Foliage Designs on the Eggs and Can You Handle The Pressure (#260314) Anything Goes using a complimentary Embossing Folder. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage”
Forever Florals – Thinking of You
Welcome back! Monday and off to a “quick” start. I have taken up the As You See it (#367) Speed Challenge. Create a card in less than 10 minutes featuring the color, Purple. Usually, I go for high speed with a clean and simple card. Today, I wanted to try something different. I chose toContinue reading “Forever Florals – Thinking of You”
Spring Tea – Good Friends
Welcome back! Happy Sunday. Blending a number of similar challenges for a lovely friendship card. Starting with the Just Us Girls (#811) Mood Board with a sweet “drink” image in soft pinks and tying in the Inspired By (#366) Tea Garden Inspiration Photo. Adding in some Chocolate for As You See It (#366) with aContinue reading “Spring Tea – Good Friends”
The Gang’s All Here to Say Hello
Welcome back! It’s Saturday and I hope you have some time to be creative this weekend. I am playing with a new challenge called Pick 3. The first one of many… Additional challenges that influenced my design choices include: Can You Handle The Pressure (#260124) with an All-White twist and CAS on Friday (#326) withContinue reading “The Gang’s All Here to Say Hello”
Sweet Floral – Friendship Card
Welcome back! Happy Sunday… I am playing with the Creative Colours (#222) Color challenge. My design choices were influenced by: Can You Handle The Pressure (#2601) Twist – Friendship; Simply Clean & Simple (#2601) to use Something New; and sharing with Inspire Create (#207), also Something New. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Sweet Floral – Friendship Card”
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