Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#488) Design Team Challenge. This round, we have a great sketch for you. My design was influenced by: Inkspirational (#367) and the Floral Palette in the Garden and Inspired By (#387) for the Colors and the Flowers. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Artisan Garden – Special Moments”
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Hello Baby – Notes of Spring
Welcome back! Happy Sunday…Happy Mother’s Day. Taking a bit of Me Time on this day to create… The challenges…Little Red Wagon (#857) looking for a Baby card and Heart’s Quest (#85) looking for Pink Hearts. Choosing the colors Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop and Summer Splash for Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#208) as a farewell toContinue reading “Hello Baby – Notes of Spring”
Watercolored Floral – Birthday Celebrations
Welcome back! Friday already…where did the week go? Clean and Simple for Addicted to CAS (#307) with a Birthday theme and AAA Cards (#313) with a Color Palette mixed with Double D (#260506) for Watercolor. I opted to create my own watercolored design with the colors and some doodling and here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Watercolored Floral – Birthday Celebrations”
Peace and Joy
Hi again! A little Holiday Cheer for you today. The challenges: Over at Jingle Belles (#2609), the theme is related to Earth Day and to upcycle materials on hand. As such, I went through my bins of bits and pieces left over from various projects. My design was influenced by Just Us Girls (#821) toContinue reading “Peace and Joy”
City Sights – Thinking of You
Welcome back! How about a great card for a guy? Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#563). Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on page 68 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by: Little RedContinue reading “City Sights – Thinking of You”
Pink Floral Birthday – Celebrate
Welcome back! Happy Sunday…a perfect day for creating… Over at As You See it (#371), we are given a recipe of ingredients that need to be used on our card. They are all accounted for. I am sharing this card with Seize the Birthday (#325) for their Primarily Pink twist and Beautiful Blossoms (#40) forContinue reading “Pink Floral Birthday – Celebrate”
Clearly For You
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. Here’s hopping you have some time to be creative… Several challenges have a similar theme, so let’s play. The stamp set and die may be retired but the products used are all new and available in the new 2026 May – August Catalog. Over at Make My Monday (#276) the themeContinue reading “Clearly For You”
Happy Dance – Enjoying the Rain
Welcome back! Already Wednesday… For today, I am playing with several challenges that have a similar theme – those April Showers. Better get it done as there is only one more day left in the month. Starting with: Retro Rubber (#270) – Singing in the Rain; Inkspirational (#366) Word – Rain; If You Give aContinue reading “Happy Dance – Enjoying the Rain”
Fern & Flora – Here For You
Hi again! I am catching up from a few days of being ill and headaches are not conducive to creative thoughts. A clean and simple Sympathy card for CAS on Friday (#332) influenced by Color Dare (#700) for the palette and Just Us Girls (#820) to use Stencils and Addicted to Stamps & More (#515)Continue reading “Fern & Flora – Here For You”
The Open Sea – Ahoy!
Design Team Time for Hand Stamp Sentiments (#487), a color board and Atlantic Hearts (#679), a sketch which I turned into an A2 portrait format from a square layout. My design choices were influenced by: The Male Room (#209) for Transport; Cupcake Inspirations (#636) with a Travel theme and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#817) forContinue reading “The Open Sea – Ahoy!”