Grace’s Garden – Sending Love

Welcome back! Friday again, here’s to hoping you have a creative weekend. Today I am playing with: Heart’s Quest (#53) choosing Fence/Gate and Love Die-Cut; the Color Hues (#86) combo Lilac & Lime; and Case-ing a card created by Verity Pursglove for Inspire Create (#167) which featured three Shapes on a matted card layout. HereContinue reading “Grace’s Garden – Sending Love”

Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday

Hi!  Round three as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#284) this time is “Beach”. I took additional inspiration from: Retro Rubber (#230) for a Nautical element and Shopping Our Stash (#521) for the Water element and selected the colors suggested by CAS Colours & Sketches (#536) toContinue reading “Ocean Beach View – Grand 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”

Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes

Hi again!  This afternoon, I wanted to play with the Just Us Girls (#725) color combination. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#750) layout. and worked with Make My Monday (#225) Florals and chose to create a clean and simple card for Simply Clean & Simple (#11), who also has an optional twist for Flowers. HereContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes”

Bold Butterfly – Dream

Hi again!  Playing around in the Studio… Inspiration: Just Us Girls (#724) Anything Goes with Stencils…but what?  How about Ellibelle’s I Spy (#14) Something with Wings.  Then I opted for a clean and simple card using the AAA Cards (#264) Sketch and to share it with Simply Clean & Simple (#10). Here is the result:Continue reading “Bold Butterfly – Dream”

Unbounded Love – More Wishes

Welcome back!  And again, the week is drawing to a close.  Any special weekend plans?  Me? It is going to be a date night… Over at AAA Cards (#263) the clean and simple card theme is Weddings and/or Anniversaries.  When you are long-time married, a date night is a good reason to celebrate even ifContinue reading “Unbounded Love – More Wishes”

Layers of Country Roses

Wednesdays are always busy days in the Studio as that is Class Day and I sometimes do not have time to create for challenge deadlines. I wanted to play with the As You See It (#321) lovely Color palette (adding a green tone for my one neutral).  But what to do with them?  I selectedContinue reading “Layers of Country Roses”

Cheerful Daisies – Friendship

Hi again!  The other day when perusing Instagram, where I seem to get a lot of Zentangle clips, I saw one that intrigued me.  I wondered if I could do that. There are a number of CAS (Clean & Simple) Challenges about, so I thought I would give it a go. The challenges: Double TroubleContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Friendship”

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.”

Hats Off To You! – Guy Greetings

Welcome back!  Off to a good start this morning… Today’s combination includes: The Male Room (#185) to use employ Embossing techniques; Addicted To CAS (#256) for a clean and simple Monochromatic Color scheme; and bringing it all together, the TGIF (#468) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: A nice monochromatic clean and simple guy cardContinue reading “Hats Off To You! – Guy Greetings”