Celebrate – Have A Hippy 5th Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday again…where did the week go?  I have a great combination for you today. Stampin’ Up! has asked the question: THIS or THAT with regards to a couple of sketch layouts and I chose “THAT”. Over at Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#184), we are given a playful set of bright colors that I feltContinue reading “Celebrate – Have A Hippy 5th Birthday”

Spring Birthday – Greetings For All

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#502), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 2 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Other challenges that informed my choices today include: Seize The Birthday (#300) with a no stamping twist andContinue reading “Spring Birthday – Greetings For All”

Helping Me Grow – Hello

Welcome back.  Friday again…Do you have creative plans for the weekend?  Let me provide you with a little inspiration… Over at Inkspirational (#335), we have a lovely mood board, and I was taken with the pretty flowers – Hyacinths and the Aqua tones.  I opted to add a bit more color and chose the colorContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Hello”

Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises

The Valentines just keep coming… I am creating with Ann’s theme at Paper Players (#723) Love is in the Air in mind and selected the current sketch from the Facebook Global Design Project (#482) for my general layout and choosing the colors pink and red as suggested by the collaboration between Color Hues (#103) andContinue reading “Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises”

Snowflake – Cheers

Welcome back!  I woke up to a very cold morning here in the South…so unusual and certainly cold enough for snow.  I wonder if we will get some. That said, there a number of winter related challenges about.  It is January after all… CAS on Friday (#300) Winter; Inkspirational (#333) Snow; and Make My MondayContinue reading “Snowflake – Cheers”

Double Fun Fold – Quilt Card

Welcome back!  Lots of inspiration for this card… Over at Stampin’ Through The Catalog today, Teri West was invited to be a Guest Designer and we are invited to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) her card.  My Take-aways were the overall card layout design, quilt element, and floral die-cut. I selected three colors from theContinue reading “Double Fun Fold – Quilt Card”

Jolly Gingerbread – From Our House

Welcome back!  Catching up on a few challenges that I didn’t have time for during the Christmas week.  Ho, Ho, Ho! Design Team: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#492) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Last week’s card can be found on page 47 of the Sep – DecContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – From Our House”

Stylized Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Wednesday already and I hope the week has been good to you so far… It is moody and rainy here this morning , so I just had to find some time to play as creating cheers me up. What trouble can we get up to today?  Let’s start with the AAA Cards (#280)Continue reading “Stylized Florals – Celebrate”

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”

Season of Green & Gold Thank You card

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#714) challenge.  This week, Elizabeth has chosen the theme “Give Thanks”.    Additional Inspiration: Tic Tac Toe (#259) for Leaves, Twine and a Fun Fold; Inkspirational (#328) for Layers; and sharing with If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#198) and Creative Creases (#94). Here is theContinue reading “Season of Green & Gold Thank You card”