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Lovely Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back! Sneaking in a card on this rather busy Wednesday. Just an FYI – we had a great class this afternoon. Playing with the current Freshly Made (#699) sketch, choosing the Facebook Global Design Project (#509) colors and doing a little ink blending with a paint brush for Alphabet (Letter I). Here is theContinue reading “Lovely Florals – Celebrate”

Beloved – Honey Bee

Welcome back! Hope your Saturday has been fine. I am back to creating for a few challenges… Both Festive Friday (#190) and Double D (#080625) are celebrating National Honey Bee Day. I used a loose interpretation of the Just Add Ink (#736) Sketch that I flipped to the vertical position. This required a bit ofContinue reading “Beloved – Honey Bee”

Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing

Welcome back! A day full of chores and just now having time to be a little creative… Several related and/or similar challenge options today: Paper Players (#749) Stef’s By The Water theme; Addicted to CAS (#288) Sunshine theme; Inkspirational (#347) for a warm palette of Colors in their Mood Board; and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing”

Framed Scenes – I’m Here

Hi again! A quick little clean and simple card for you this afternoon… Chasing A few deadlines. Alphabet (Letter H) for Home and selecting the Treehouse image from Framed Scenes with the TGIF (#536) Colors. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base. Just letting you know…my home isContinue reading “Framed Scenes – I’m Here”

Sunshine Vibes

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#524) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 32 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 “Sunshine Vibes”

For The Books – Cozy Fall

Welcome back! A brand-new week and Monday’s creation… Playing with the Just Add Ink (#762) Inspiration Photo and tying into Colorful Options (August) and their suggested Fall coloring. Additional influences: Time Out (#294) Pick Two – choosing Torn and Book and adding an Orange Heart for Heart’s Quest (#76) theme. I selected a sketch fromContinue reading “For The Books – Cozy Fall”

Gorgeous Leaves – Hello

Hi again! Getting to be creative on Sundays is a pleasure… Playing with Creative Colours (#204) and the Freshly Made (#697) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The colors felt so appropriate for Leaves, so it was fun to pull out a favoriteContinue reading “Gorgeous Leaves – Hello”

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”

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”