Welcome back! It’s already Wednesday…and deadlines are here again. Several winter themes abound: Jingle Belles (#2524) for the annual Banner Case; Cupcake Inspirations (#632) Let it Snow; Four Seasons (December) and Park Hopping – My Happy Place (December) Winter in a Theme Park. Bringing my ideas together with the Freshly Made (#715) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Swirling Snow – Brightest Glow”
Category Archives: Cupcake Inspiration Challenges
Festive Christmas
Welcome back! It has been a busy day and I am just getting a chance to get this card we made in class today posted. Design influences: Ellibelle’s I Spy (#32) Something Festive; choosing the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#539) Sketch; picking up the Cupcake Inspirations (#631) colors of Maroon and Gold and sharing with ColorfulContinue reading “Festive Christmas”
Feathery Friends – Get Well
Welcome back! Having a bit of fun this Thursday afternoon… Playing with the following challenges: Double Trouble (#203) 3-2-1 for Round Shapes, Images and Twine with a Bird Twist; Cupcake Inspirations (#630) for a Get Well card and choosing the happy bright and pick-me-up colors suggested by Color Dare (#675). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Feathery Friends – Get Well”
Gift of Joy – Wrapped in Love
Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#475), we have a set of pretty cool colors. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog stamp set selection for today – Gift of Joy; AAA Cards (#302) to CASE Karen Roger’s card; and I am sharing this with Cupcake Inspirations (#629) forContinue reading “Gift of Joy – Wrapped in Love”
Awash in Beauty – Birthday Wishes
Hi again! One more card for today… This time around I am playing with: Cupcake Inspirations (#627) for the Palette; Krafty Chicks (#789) for the Theme; Freshly Made (#706) for the Sketch and sharing with Beautiful Blossoms (#33) as I chose to add Flowers. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Awash in Beauty – Birthday Wishes”
Friendly Hello – Cycling Surprise
Welcome back! Happy Sunday. Finding a few creative moments among the chores… Two challenges: Cupcake Inspirations (#626) has a Sports theme. I don’t really have anything in my stash for those sports played in School, so I chose Cycling and a favorite retired stamp set. I picked the color palette suggested by Color Throwdown (#840)Continue reading “Friendly Hello – Cycling Surprise”
In The Moment – Birthday Wishes
Hi again! Chasing a deadline and creating in my favorite style – clean and simple. Retro Rubber (#262) has a Book theme, and I chose the retired In the Moment stamp set. Playing with Simply Clean & Simple (#27) with a Birthday twist and the Alphabet (Letter K) for “Keeping” it Simple. I also choseContinue reading “In The Moment – Birthday Wishes”
Back To School – For The Serious Scholar
Hi again! Chasing a deadline. Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”
Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome
I have the pleasure of being invited to be Guest Designer with Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#8) for August. As always, the theme includes Birthday, Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary and Sympathy (BEWAS) with an option. This month the option is International Youth Day. I opted to create a Teenage Birthday card with a Back-to-School twist.Continue reading “Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome”
Bird’s Eye View – Friends
Welcome back! I have a new gig…I am now on the Design Team for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. You will know that I have played along with them for some time now and I am delighted to be able to continue to inspire you. This week’s sketch is (#639) and my choices were influenced byContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – Friends”
The Inque Spot Studio 