Rainy Days – All Weather Friends

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#679) challenge.  This week, Claire has selected the theme Rainy Days.  I was inspired by the bottom left Window and the upper right Rain Boots. I opted to use the Triple Play colors suggested by Color Dare (#590) and CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card createdContinue reading “Rainy Days – All Weather Friends”

Sweet Friend – Stylin’ Girl By My Side

Hi! Back again.  Sundays are perfect days to play in the Studio… So let’s play!  At Shopping Our Stash (#515) we are putting our best face forward, so I picked the Poppet from Stylin’ Girl.  To present her in her best light, I opted to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by JoContinue reading “Sweet Friend – Stylin’ Girl By My Side”

Hills of Tuscany – Great Friend

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#677) challenge.  Ann is asking us to create a Clean & Simple Friendship card this week. I have been influenced by CAS on Friday (#277) which is looking for a Masculine card and chose to CASE the overall layout design created by Elodie Ventroux for the GlobalContinue reading “Hills of Tuscany – Great Friend”

Thoughtful Expressions – Softly Sophisticated

Welcome back!  It had been a couple of busy days, but I wanted to post the card I made inspired by Michelle Last who was profiled on the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog as a Guest Designer on February 15th. She had a really cute card with an inside surprise.  I took inspiration from TheContinue reading “Thoughtful Expressions – Softly Sophisticated”

Epic Celebration – Bright Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Let’s get messy… Today I created a teen birthday card inspired by a card created by Sarah Gray for Time Out (#256) and my take-aways are the Splatter / Ink Spot elements.  After all, this is the Inque Spot Studio!  Over at Seize the Birthday (#277) the optional twist is to add splatter. Continue reading “Epic Celebration – Bright Birthday Wishes”

Enduring Beauty – Birthday Wishes

It’s Friday in Australia and that means Just Add Ink (#685) is back for 2024 and starting off with a Floral theme. I am combining several other challenges that are complimentary. Over at Global Design Project (#428), they are looking for a CASE (copy and selectively edit) of Cindy Timmers card.  My take-aways: flowers, generalContinue reading “Enduring Beauty – Birthday Wishes”

Hello Friend

Hi!  I am able to get another card done… Playing with Inspire Create (#158) for the Layout CASE of Tammy Fite’s original card; Color Hues (#77) for Silver & Pink; Inspired By (#268) for the Stripes; and Krafty Chicks (#695) for keeping the design CAS (clean and simple). Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Hello Friend”

Poinsettia Greetings

Welcome back!  I have a lovely Christmas card for you today. I am CASEING a card created by Ann Alexander, Design Team Member, for the Global Design Project (#420) challenge and selected this week’s colors suggested by Paper Players (#666). Instead of Posies, I elected to use Poinsettias.  One of my favorite Poinsettia images comesContinue reading “Poinsettia Greetings”

Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe that in two months Christmas will have passed?  Time to get cracking on those cards. Playing with several challenges:  This month Stampin’ Up! ‘s Creative Challenge is to use unconventional colors for a Holiday card. I selected the one’s suggested by Color Dare (#570) to create a Fun Fold cardContinue reading “Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy”

Stylish Christmas – Warmth & Good Cheer

Welcome back! CASE-ing another card from the Just Us Girls (#690) selection. Today’s card is a remake of Carol McFarland’s Fun Fold card for a single fold card. My take aways? Fold, Patterned Paper. My theme choice was influenced by Jingle Belles (#2316) Neutral Noel.  Additionally, I chose to play with Retro Rubber (#212) AnythingContinue reading “Stylish Christmas – Warmth & Good Cheer”