Painted Posies – Celebrate

Design Time for The Card Concept (#215) and we have a lovely floral cake for our inspiration this month. I loved all the texture and the white space, so I chose to create a clean and simple, yet textured card. I am sharing this card with the CAS on Friday (#304) for water coloring andContinue reading “Painted Posies – Celebrate”

Helping Me Grow – Hello

Welcome back.  Friday again…Do you have creative plans for the weekend?  Let me provide you with a little inspiration… Over at Inkspirational (#335), we have a lovely mood board, and I was taken with the pretty flowers – Hyacinths and the Aqua tones.  I opted to add a bit more color and chose the colorContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Hello”

You Are Fantastic – Everyday Arches & More

Design Time for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#499), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 33 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. I chose to mirror the sketch and play with today’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog stamp set selection,Continue reading “You Are Fantastic – Everyday Arches & More”

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”

Snowflake – Cheers

Welcome back!  I woke up to a very cold morning here in the South…so unusual and certainly cold enough for snow.  I wonder if we will get some. That said, there a number of winter related challenges about.  It is January after all… CAS on Friday (#300) Winter; Inkspirational (#333) Snow; and Make My MondayContinue reading “Snowflake – Cheers”

Winter Snow – Happy New Year

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#363) we have a Tic Tac Toe Board. They are always fun – eight different combinations!  Which will you choose? I opted for the middle column: Snow, Blue and a Winter Sentiment. My clean and simple design was influenced by the following challenges: CAS on FridayContinue reading “Winter Snow – Happy New Year”

Holiday Citrus – In the Round

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday…are you supporting your local merchants with Shop Small? We just got back from a short perusal of shops on our main drag.  Lots of nice things with everyone decked out for Christmas.  With that in mind, I am in the Studio and playing with a few challenges.  For CAS on FridayContinue reading “Holiday Citrus – In the Round”

Fall Frames – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and some time to play. Starting with the Color Throwdown (#818) Palette. I opted for the Christmas (or not) Bingo (#10) Board – Letter N and the Paper Craft Crew (#595) Sketch creating a clean and simple Birthday card for CAS on Friday (#296). Selecting a Fall theme for Ellibelle’sContinue reading “Fall Frames – Happy Birthday”

Winter Peace

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#450) we have an inspiration challenge.  Wintery scenes featuring, Pink, Blue, Brown and White.  I opted for the Brown. My design choices were influenced by several clean and simple challenges.  CAS on Friday (#295) to place the image in a corner; Simply Clean & Simple (#16)Continue reading “Winter Peace”

My Small Business is a Work of Art

Welcome back!  A quick little CAS (Clean & Simple) card for you this afternoon. Inspiration: CAS on Friday (#292) Thank You; Just Add Ink (#720) Rainbows; Krafty Chicks (#734) for CAS week; and AAA Cards (#274) for a CAS Sketch to bring everything together. Here is the result: Steps: That’s it, folks! A fun graphicContinue reading “My Small Business is a Work of Art”