Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft

Hi again!  No rest for the crafter…Saturday, a day perfectly made for creativity. Ever a fan of clean and simple, I have created a card for Alphabet – Letter W – for Wildflowers.  A perusal through my retired stash of goodies yielded the pretty Simply Soft stamp set which I matched up to Facebook’s GlobalContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft”

Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday has arrived…already the end of the week… Today, I am playing with Make My Monday (#271) for a Masculine card for a little fellow; Little Red Wagon (#848) to include an Animal; Krafty Chicks (#810) for the Sentiment: Creative Colour (#230) for the neutral Palette; and bringing it all together with theContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday”

Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… It is March and the time for green and gold with a little magic thrown in.  That said, this card was created with a few challenges in mind. Paper Players (#775) Mythical Creatures and mine is a Woodland Sprite, Seize the Birthday (#321) Anything with Wings, and Retro Rubber (#266) withContinue reading “Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday”

Simply Said – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. Starting with: Just Us Girls (#812) to use Stencils; Inkspirational (#362) to use Stencils and add a Plaid; Just Add Ink (#780) to use Stencils and/or Dies; and AAA Birthday Cards (#83) to use Dies. That has the Tools covered,Continue reading “Simply Said – Birthday Wishes”

Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors.  Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”

Winter Scenes – The First Noel

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#554).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on the front cover of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design was influenced by: Farm Quest Country Christmas (#29) for a rural winter sceneContinue reading “Winter Scenes – The First Noel”

Beautiful Blues – Hello

Design Team Time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#483) with a lovely Mood Board of pretty blue and white images.  I opted for the Floral Tile. Over at TGIF (#566), we are asked to give a spin on the curated crafting kits available from Stampin’ Up!   Given the blue and white mood board, I selectedContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Hello”

Umbrella Days – The Sun Will Shine Again

Hello again!  Chasing a deadline… A clean and simple card, a favorite style for CAS Colours & Sketches (#579) and Addicted to CAS (#302). Here is the result: Steps: Simple stamping, just stamps, ink and paper for a nice spring weather related clean and simple card. Thanks for spending some of your time with meContinue reading “Umbrella Days – The Sun Will Shine Again”

The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes

Welcome back!  I have the pleasure of being a Crazy Cousin for the month of March with the Double Trouble Family. Challenge (#211) features 3 Layers, 2 Primary Colors and 1 Image with a Twist to add a Pig.  I have 4 Layers, 3 Primary Colors (Orange, Yellow and Green) and 3 Images (Windmill, PigsContinue reading “The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes”