Welcome back! A bunch of ideas have been percolating in my brain as I pondered what to do with sets of colors, some open themes, a tool usage and various sketches. These were the ones I settled on. Firstly, the colors: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#158); then the theme: TGIF (#456); thirdly using stencils for Just UsContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Happy Birthday”
Category Archives: Colorful Options Challenges
Floral Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! Let’s play… Inspiration: The Flower Challenge (#87) for Subject and the addition of Gold; Color: Colorful Options (December) Silver & Gold and always a Rainbow; Materials: Inkspirational (#304) Add Glitter; Layout: Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#438) Sketch found on page 38 of the September – December Mini Catalog. Here is the result: Steps: ThereContinue reading “Floral Birthday Wishes”
Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute
Coming up very quickly is Remembrance Day and this is my very clean and simple acknowledgment. My choices were influenced by the inspiration listing provided by Festive Friday (#146). I opted to use today’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#433) sketch and share with Colorful Options (November) and Simply Clean & Simple (#5). Here is the result:Continue reading “Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute”
Floral Birthday
Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#420) and this fortnight we have an Inspiration Board. Lots of pretty images to promote your creativity. I was drawn to the bottom right Floral image. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#731) Layout and elements from the Paper Craft Crew (#529) Tic Tac Toe board. I am sharing thisContinue reading “Floral Birthday”
Dear Friend – Beautiful Moments
I am ever so pleased to be the guest designer for Krafty Chicks this month. Week One – Stamp Act. Inspiration: Theme – Heart’s Quest (#33) Best Friends Day; Colors – Colorful Options (July); and Sketch – As You See It (#302). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Dear Friend – Beautiful Moments”
Oh, Happy Day
Welcome back! It’s Sunday…how does that happen? Almost the end of the weekend again… Getting a chance to play and working towards another deadline. Over at Just Add Ink (#658) we are tasked to choose two. I opted for Scraps & Sequins. I picked the Atlantic Hearts (#530) Sketch, the Peach tones suggested by ColorfulContinue reading “Oh, Happy Day”
Free Styling – Birthday Wishes
Tuesday! A Design Team Challenge for Cardz 4 Guyz (#322) – National Bike Month Pi-Pedals. I chose several challenges to help me create this card: Tic Tac Toe (#208) for the Masculine theme, a Square Shape and picking the color Blue for the Free Space based on Colorful Options (May) color choice; Seize the BirthdayContinue reading “Free Styling – Birthday Wishes”
Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips
One last card for today… The Challenges: Four Seasons (April) for the inspiration; Retro Rubber (#203) for the theme; Atlantic Hearts (#518) for the sketch; and Colorful Options (April) for the pastel color tone. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. A Mint Macaron TextileContinue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips”
Gilded Leaves – Cheers
Another work week and I am off to a good start. Playing with two clean and simple card challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#505) and AAA Cards (#235) and picking up the colors and themes from Inspired By (#227), Color Hues (#59) and Colorful Options (March). Here is the result: Steps: And that was it! Continue reading “Gilded Leaves – Cheers”
With Love – True Beauty
Welcome to the weekend! Given the time of year, many challenges are related to Valentine’s, Pinks and Reds and other Love related themes. Keeping that in mind, I really like the idea of Galentine Cards. Special cards for your girlfriends. Several challenges today: Sketch and Technique – Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s (#591); Color – ColorfulContinue reading “With Love – True Beauty”
The Inque Spot Studio 