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”
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Charming Day – Best Wishes
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. A few challenges: As You See It (#353) Recipe with a series of ingredients that need to be added to the card along with Color Dare (#662) with Gold & White and I opted to add Black as my plus one color. I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#640) sketch to bringContinue reading “Charming Day – Best Wishes”
Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate
Welcome back! Happy Wednesday… A couple of challenges…Just Us Girls (#785) Stencil Week – Anything Goes and Facebook’s SU! Colour (July). Giving it some thought, I created a Stencil. I wanted something a bit Oriental, inspired by the Kintsugi Collection. I drew the Ornamental Pot onto a section of an Adhesive Sheet and cut outContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate”
Friends Are Like Seashells – Happy I Found You
Welcome back! Hope your Sunday is just spectacular. We are experiencing a heat wave in my neck of the woods…currently about 100 degrees, so the Beach is a good idea at the moment. That said, there are several beachy themed challenges about: Simply Clean & Simple (#25); Inspiration Station (#75), We Love Stamping (#06JUL25); andContinue reading “Friends Are Like Seashells – Happy I Found You”
It’s Your Birthday – Moon Baby
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. Here’s to hoping you have some time to be creative. Over at Double D (#071625), we are challenged to create a card for a child and over at Time Out (#293), we are asked to create with a song in mind. The Moon Baby stamp set with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarContinue reading “It’s Your Birthday – Moon Baby”
Summer Sunflowers – Gather Together
Welcome back! Friday and the end of the week… Today’s inspiration: Farm Quest (#73) Around the Farm – how about a summer porch picnic as suggested by Colorful Options (July). Picking up the Wood Element for Shopping Our Stash (#552) and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#5). Bringing my ideas together, I selected the SundayContinue reading “Summer Sunflowers – Gather Together”
Beautifully Penned Florals – A Good Friend
Hi again! Ever a fan of clean and simple, I have a quick card for you today for a few challenges that end this afternoon. The Flower Challenge (#104) with a pretty colored inspiration photo and TGIF (#534) to use a White Gel Pen. I selected the Freshly Made (#696) Sketch to complete my design.Continue reading “Beautifully Penned Florals – A Good Friend”
A Little Something – Festive & Fun
Welcome back! Already Thursday…where does the time go? How about a bit of Christmas Cheer? Playing with Caffeinated Christmas (#43), Jingle Belles (#2512) Tic Tac Toe Board and Just Add Ink (#761) Theme Adding some Wet Embossing for Make My Mondy (#256) and sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (July) for an Anything Goes theme. BringingContinue reading “A Little Something – Festive & Fun”
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”
Tasty Trucks – You’re The Sweetest
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#522) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 36 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things. You are welcome toContinue reading “Tasty Trucks – You’re The Sweetest”