I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for Farm Quest Country Christmas this month. What fun! As a crafter, especially a paper crafter, you know that we hoard all little bits of pretty stuff with the caveat “I can use this for something – I just don’t know yet when”. In this case,Continue reading “Winter Chickadees”
Category Archives: Guest Designer
Season of Elegance – Believe
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#719) challenge. This week, Ann has a lovely Color Scheme for us which is just perfect for Holiday cards and so nicely matches the Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper that I haven’t yet had a chance to use. I selected the Freshly Made (#665) SketchContinue reading “Season of Elegance – Believe”
Merry Days – Hearts Come Home
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#717) challenge. This week, Stef has given us a great little sketch that can be dressed up or down. I chose to go the #simplestamping route with a few easy techniques. I created a Holiday card incorporating both the Inspire Create (#181) and Inkspirational (#329) theme challengesContinue reading “Merry Days – Hearts Come Home”
Splendid Autumn – Every Celebration
Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#359) the challenge is to embrace the season of Autumn. I chose Ann’s Paper Players (#713) Sketch (As a Design Team Member just back from a Vacation Break) and sharing with Inspiration Station (#66) influenced by the Fall Leaves and Fall Colors; The Male Room (#191)Continue reading “Splendid Autumn – Every Celebration”
Primary Birthday
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#706) challenge. This week, Elizabeth has chosen the primary color scheme of red, yellow and blue. How about a clean and simple birthday card, perfect for a child? I am sharing this card with Crafter’s Café (#311) for their Rainbows theme; Heart’s Quest Celebration Of Love (#9)Continue reading “Primary Birthday”
Friends for Life – Happy Birthday
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#699) challenge. This week, Joanne has asked us to create a clean and simple Birthday card. A favorite style of mine! I took inspiration from several other current CAS challenges to design my card slipping in one extra for the color choices. To be considered for aContinue reading “Friends for Life – Happy Birthday”
Happiest Day – Better Days
Round Three and my stint as a Guest Designer with the Alphabet Challenge comes to an end. It has been a pleasure to play along with this group of talented Designers. This time around, Veronika has chosen the word “Gentleman” for the Letter “G” and is looking for suitably masculine cards. Inspiration: I chose theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Better Days”
Sketched Butterflies – Thinking of You
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#695) challenge. This week, Ann has given us a really neat Sketch to work with. I took it a step further and created a Double Point Fun Fold card. Additional inspiration: Colors and Flight for Inspired By (#294); Stampin’ Up! Only (#354) for Heat Embossing; and ofContinue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Thinking of You”
Forget Me Nots – In My Thoughts
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#693) challenge. This week, Joanne has selected a lovely color palette. Yellow and Blue is always a nice combination, and I added a little bit of Green. Additional inspiration for my card was influenced by Festive Friday (#161) and their Alzheimer’s Awareness theme; The Flower Challenge (#92)Continue reading “Forget Me Nots – In My Thoughts”