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”

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”

Day At The Farm – Hey, Chick

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline…and having a little fun… Over at Farm Quest (#59), the challenge is to create with “R” Farm or Forest Animals and I chose Rooster(s). Over at Alphabet the current Letter is “L” for Landscape and over at Shopping Our Stash (#530), we need to confess a crafting weakness…and mine isContinue reading “Day At The Farm – Hey, Chick”

Feathered Friends – You’re in my Thoughts

Hi again!  A quiet day in the neighborhood.  Just perfect for some more play time in the Studio. Lots of CAS (clean and simple) challenges about and I thought I would give it a go! CAS on Friday (#291) with a Bird theme; Inkspirational (#323) with an Animal Twist; and AAA Cards (#273) with aContinue reading “Feathered Friends – You’re in my Thoughts”

Hey – Happiest Day

Hi again!  One more card for you today.  In my favorite clean and simple style. So, over at Inkspirational (#322), they have this really cool Mood Board.  My take-aways were the colors and the suggested Shapes along with an Ombre effect. To complete my idea, I chose to use Stencils for Just Us Girls (#741)Continue reading “Hey – Happiest Day”

In The Meadow – Sending Love

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#353) is into the Great Outdoors with an associated activity.  Me?  We are on a camping trip, and this is what we saw in the evening twilight. Other challenges that informed my design decisions.  Inkspirational (#321) Word: Woodland; Farm Quest (#57) Things Found in a Forest; Heart’s QuestContinue reading “In The Meadow – Sending Love”

Planted Paradise – Love You

Welcome back.  A few Friday deadlines are creeping up on me… I am playing with Inkspirational (#320) to use more than one company’s product(s) and using a Close To My Heart Die that I was gifted with the current Sketch Saturday (#755) layout and combining that with Heart’s Quest (#58) and Farm Quest (#56) whoContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Love You”

Spotlight on Nature – It’s Your Day

One more card for today…  Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Spotlight on Nature (page 69) for Tuesday and I am getting a head start by combining it with a number of other challenges. How about a clean and simple card? One of my favorite styles.  Addicted to CAS (#261) theme – Critter; CAS onContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – It’s Your Day”

Sailing Home – Father’s Day

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#349) is featuring Father’s Day… So many other challenges are sporting a similar theme, and I took lots of inspiration from them for this card. Double Trouble (#168) for a Masculine card partnering with Colorful Options (June) for the Aqua color; and Stampin’ Up! Only (#353) for a Dad card…Continue reading “Sailing Home – Father’s Day”