Feathered Friends – You’re in my Thoughts

Hi again!  A quiet day in the neighborhood.  Just perfect for some more play time in the Studio. Lots of CAS (clean and simple) challenges about and I thought I would give it a go! CAS on Friday (#291) with a Bird theme; Inkspirational (#323) with an Animal Twist; and AAA Cards (#273) with aContinue reading “Feathered Friends – You’re in my Thoughts”

Best Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. Make My Monday (#232) is looking for something Metallic and CAS on Friday (#290) is looking for a Sentiment Only card. So, I picked the Tuesday Morning (#770) Sketch to bring everything together changing out the square shape for a circular shape.Continue reading “Best Birthday Wishes”

Textured Floral – Grateful Heart

Welcome back!  A quick card for you today… Playing with the Freshly Made (#647) Sketch, choosing the Color Hues (#92) Duo for the CAS on Friday (#289) color requirements along with elements suggested by Tic Tac Toe (#253). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Textured Floral – Grateful Heart”

Friends for Life – Happy Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#699) challenge.  This week, Joanne has asked us to create a clean and simple Birthday card.  A favorite style of mine! I took inspiration from several other current CAS challenges to design my card slipping in one extra for the color choices.  To be considered for aContinue reading “Friends for Life – Happy Birthday”

Spotlight on Nature – It’s Your Day

One more card for today…  Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Spotlight on Nature (page 69) for Tuesday and I am getting a head start by combining it with a number of other challenges. How about a clean and simple card? One of my favorite styles.  Addicted to CAS (#261) theme – Critter; CAS onContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – It’s Your Day”

Sky is the Limit – High Flying Birthday

Welcome back!  Hump day…how can it already be Wednesday? With Father’s Day around the corner, several challenges have a masculine vibe.  I am creating a birthday card, in the clean and simple style. First off, Inspired By (#292) for the colors and the sketch which I turned to the horizontal position.  Next, Inspiration Station (#62)Continue reading “Sky is the Limit – High Flying Birthday”

Big Hugs – Balloon Celebration

Welcome back!  Hoping you have an opportunity to be creative this weekend. CAS time!  There are few clean and simple challenges about: Addicted to CAS (#259) asking for Balloons and CAS on Friday (#284) asking for Hugs.  I selected the Just Add Ink (#704) Color Palette to complete my idea. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Big Hugs – Balloon Celebration”

Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  What a busy Monday I have had.  Just getting around to making a quick and easy, #simplestamping, clean and simple card for a number of challenges, many sporting a similar theme. First off, a birthday card to celebrate AAA Cards (#265) 10th Anniversary…anything goes. I selected Just Us Girls (#726) Word – Garden;Continue reading “Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday”

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”

Spring Fling – Life is Better with You.

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#686) challenge.  This week, Jaydee has given us the challenge to create a CAS (clean and simple) card with a Spring Flower theme. CAS…my favorite style!  Let’s have some fun! I combined this week’s challenge with the Color Hues (#85) Palette and the Try a Sketch onContinue reading “Spring Fling – Life is Better with You.”