Welcome back! Monday and a brand-new week full of creative opportunities. Today I am playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More (#511) to Make My Mark with coloring techniques and/or tools. I chose the TGIF (#565) Inspiration Image, recreating it with a few stamped images and coloring tools. Choosing the Color Dare (#691) Palette andContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best”
Category Archives: Color Dare Challenges
Fable Friends – A Gift For Baby
Design Team Time the Atlantic Hearts (#669) Sketch. My design choice was influenced by the Color Dare (#690) Palette to create a Baby card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. The sentiment, a gift for baby, from the retired Zoo Babies stamp set, was stampedContinue reading “Fable Friends – A Gift For Baby”
Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings
Hi! Welcome back to Tic Tac Toe. I am pleased to let you know that I have joined the Design Team. Tic Tac Toe is one of my favorite challenges. Eight possibilities and so much choice. For the Board (#286), I selected the center column: Die Cutting, Ink Blending and Friendship to create a cleanContinue reading “Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings”
Lovely Arrangements – Friendly Birthday
Welcome back! A brand-new week and a colorful birthday card for you today… Color Dare (#688) has a bright fun palette that suited Seize The Birthday (#319) to use a Rainbow of colors. I paired these up with the Inspire Create (#208) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Friendly Birthday”
Fragrant Layers – Happy For You
Welcome back! Time again for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#549) Sketch. The sample can be found on page 19 of the Jan – Apr 2026 Mini Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things. You areContinue reading “Fragrant Layers – Happy For You”
Valentine Vase – With Love
Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#665). Lots of layers, lots of opportunity, kept simple with a unifying color. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Global Design Project (#531) Heart theme, Addicted to CAS (#299) Glass theme, and choosing the Color Dare (#686) Pink Palette. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “Valentine Vase – With Love”
Lovely Arrangements – Sending Smiles
Hi again! Chasing a deadline… The not to be forgotten color challenge over at Color Dare (#685) picking up on the Yellow, Green and Blue tones. Choosing the Stampin’ Up! Only (#392) sketch to complete my card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Using aContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Sending Smiles”
Sweet Thoughts – I Love You
Welcome back! A New Year and a bit of Studio reorganization. I came across a lot of retired but delightful favorite stuff. Put it away or play? Play was the order of the day, so I created a card catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#543) Sketch that I didn’t have time to doContinue reading “Sweet Thoughts – I Love You”
Weekend Adventures – Hello
Welcome back! Another clean and simple card…my favorite style… Playing with: Little Red Wagon (#837) for the Letter J; Color Dare (#681) for the Palette; Inkspirational (#356) to use Stencils; and choosing Facebook’s Global Design Project (#526) Sketch to bring my ideas together. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Weekend Adventures – Hello”
Swirled Designs – Celebrate Note Card Set
Welcome back! A few clean and simple cards for you today… Over at TGIF (#553), the brief is to create a set of cards. I wanted something fun and easy to duplicate and chose Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon from Color Dare (#679) to play with. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Swirled Designs – Celebrate Note Card Set”
