Flowers of Friendship – Happy Birthday

Tuesday is around the corner and I am working on the Case-ing Tuesday Challenge #301.  This week the Sample and Sketch is from page 59 of the Mini Spring Catalog. I decided to mix it up with the two other challenges:  Color Hues #16 and Seize the Birthday #212. And this is the result: TheContinue reading “Flowers of Friendship – Happy Birthday”

Flowers of Friendship – Thank You

Time for this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS049.  A sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets that will debut in May.  Flowers of Friendship is a sweet little set with a bunch of Thank You sentiments and comes bundled with a coordinating Flowers and Leaves punch. Over at The Flower Challenge #55, theContinue reading “Flowers of Friendship – Thank You”

Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2

Continuing with this week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping exploring Stencils and some of the techniques that you can do with them, I created my card using Embossing Paste. This is an excellent way to use Decorative Masks to create dimension on your projects. I chose to try the Slim Line card design overContinue reading “Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2”

Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping explores Stencils and some of the techniques that can be employed when using them.  For this card, I chose to use Decorative Masks to make my own patterned paper.  I decided to use the current sketch challenge over at The Spot – #158 for the layout ofContinue reading “Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks”

Be Awesome – There is Nothing Better!

I created this card for the Colour INKspiration Challenge – CI97. These are fun colors to work with. To create my color collage, I chose to use the backside of Dots from the Life is Beautiful stamp set. The colors: Rococo Rose, Calypso Color, Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry were stamped off once and randomlyContinue reading “Be Awesome – There is Nothing Better!”

Nothing’s Better Than…Coffee:  Let’s Have Some!

Sitting here this morning enjoying my cup of coffee and decided to use that as inspiration for the card I created for these two challenges: Layout: Freshly Made Sketches – FMS481 Color: Just Add Ink – JAI550 And this is the result: I chose to use the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set.  I stamped nineContinue reading “Nothing’s Better Than…Coffee:  Let’s Have Some!”

Hello – Welcome Home

Time for this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS048.  I chose to use the colors suggested by this week’s Weekend Color Challenge. This is a mixed media creation.  Found materials, Ink blending and Embossing to create my own background paper.  Taking inspiration from the photo image and choosing to use a stamp from the March 2020Continue reading “Hello – Welcome Home”

Wrapped Bouquet – Weekend Color Challenge

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is Color.  The image I chose incorporated a number of lovely Spring colors.  I chose to pair the colors with this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS048. Here is what I created…using the Wrapped Bouquet stamp set and Wrapped Flowers Dies Bundle. Sketch (Card) Elements: Card Base: (8½”Continue reading “Wrapped Bouquet – Weekend Color Challenge”

Four Season Floral – Hello

Have you ever timed yourself when you created a card?  No?  Today was a first! Over at As You See It, the current challenge #247 was just that.  There were a few ground rules: You have 10 minutes!  Let us know how long it took you to complete your card or project!  You can comeContinue reading “Four Season Floral – Hello”

Thank You – Boho Art Gallery

Time again to work on the weekly Case-ing Tuesday Challenge #299.  This week the Sample and Sketch is from page 2 of the Mini Spring Catalog.  I decided to mix it up with the Tic Tac Toe #108 Materials Challenge and the Paper Players #536 Color Challenge. And this is the result: For the TicContinue reading “Thank You – Boho Art Gallery”