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”

Simply Zinnia – Thank You

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#715) challenge.  This week, Claire has selected a wonderful set of colors.    What to do with them? I was inspired by the Tic Tac Toe (#260) line: Ink Blending; CAS, and Die Cut.  I picked the current Just Add Ink (#727) Sketch as it was idealContinue reading “Simply Zinnia – Thank You”

Greetings of the Season – Latte Love

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#485) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 44 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   My choices were influenced by so many challenges: Double Trouble (#179) who is partnering with Coffee Lovers (2024)Continue reading “Greetings of the Season – Latte Love”

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”

Fun on Wheels – Way to Go

Still no power… Welcome to Tuesday and Design time for Handstamped Sentiments (#448) and Cardz 4 Guyz (#357) which I combined. I chose to use the Sketch Saturday (#760) layout which I flipped to the horizontal position to better fit my image and sentiment. Here is the result: Elements: Cardstock: Pecan Pie, Peach Pie andContinue reading “Fun on Wheels – Way to Go”

Perfect Blend

Experiencing an interruption in service related to Hurricane Helene with no power! Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#709) challenge.  This week, Claire has given us a Tic Tac Toe board. Nine possible combinations! Additional inspiration for design elements were influenced by both Just Add Ink (#721) Inspired By (#303), Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Perfect Blend”

Just a Little Note – Happy Harvest

Welcome back!  Another quick little CAS (Clean & Simple) card for you today. Inspiration: Addicted to CAS (#267) Theme; Color Dare (#618) Palette; and CAS Colours & Sketches (#545) for the layout to bring everything together. Here is the result: Steps: A one layer, clean and simple Note Card with a little touch of FallContinue reading “Just a Little Note – Happy Harvest”

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”

Vintage Birds – Thanks For Being You

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#707) challenge.  This week, Ann has chosen CAS (clean and simple) as our style with a Nature theme. Additional inspiration for design elements were influenced by both Festive Friday (#168) and Tic Tac Toe (#256) to dress up my card a little bit. Here is the result:Continue reading “Vintage Birds – Thanks For Being You”

Dragonfly Garden

Welcome back!  Friday already…hope you have some fun weekend plans. Play time!  Cupcake Inspirations (#601) is featuring Insects and I chose one of the prettiest.  I selected the color line-up from CAS Colours & Sketches (#544) and the sketch suggested by the Facebook Global Design Project (#462) team to complete my card. Here is theContinue reading “Dragonfly Garden”