Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Several challenges are sporting the color Red. Inspiration Station (#82) Mood Photo reminded me that I had some pretty blossom dies in the retired Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies set, so I dug it out and paired it with the Paper Craft Crew (#660) Sketch. ThisContinue reading “Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage”

Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings

Hi! Welcome back to Tic Tac Toe.  I am pleased to let you know that I have joined the Design Team.  Tic Tac Toe is one of my favorite challenges.  Eight possibilities and so much choice. For the Board (#286), I selected the center column: Die Cutting, Ink Blending and Friendship to create a cleanContinue reading “Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings”

Bloom with Hope

Welcome back!  Delving into my personal stash as a happy paper hoarder for this one… Playing with the Freshly Made (#723) Sketch. My design was influenced by: Retro Rubber (#265) Tic Tac Toe – Die Cut / Pearls / and Pretty Papers for my free choice; Paper Players (#772) for the Colors; and choosing aContinue reading “Bloom with Hope”

Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips

Welcome back!  Middle of the week loveliness… Several clean and simple challenges…my favorite… The Line Up: Double Trouble (#209) with a 3-2-1 Ingredient List; Addicted To CAS (#301) featuring Pink; and CAS On Friday (#327) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping it simple, all elements were adhered to the card base with theContinue reading “Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips”

Good Things – The Right Words

Design Team Time for both The Card Concept (#224) Inspiration Board and I chose the colors and pairing it with the Atlantic Hearts (#668) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by Time Out (#306) to Pick Two – Aperture and Twine and Make My Monday (#271) to use Dies. Creating a clean, layered and graphicContinue reading “Good Things – The Right Words”

Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips

Hi again!  Chasing another deadline…and I am playing with the As You See It (#365) Rhapsody in Red Recipe, where all the ingredients need to be used. I have added an Envelope for Inspired By (#374) and Polka Dots for Love Those Pretty Papers (#2602). Here is the result: Steps: All ingredients accounted for.  TulipsContinue reading “Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips”

Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. I can no longer ignore the Valentine push.  I only truly make but one valentine card for my husband yet, the challenge blog world is forcing my hand…that said, I went to my stash of retired goodies for this one. Starting with Festive Friday (#202)Continue reading “Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness”

Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…

Welcome back!  How I roll in the Studio… I am playing with Just Us Girls (#808) to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card from one of the Design Team members.  Today I selected Lisa Elton’s card which I flipped to the vertical position. Additional Influences: Inspired By (#373) with a Hot Drink theme, theContinue reading “Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…”

Special Delivery – Just For You

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s to hoping you have some time to be creative today… A clean and simple card, a favorite style, for: CAS Colours & Sketches (#577) and Make My Monday (#270). Design influenced by: Beautiful Blossoms (#37) for subject and coloring and Krafty Chicks (#805) with a twist to add embossing. HereContinue reading “Special Delivery – Just For You”

Fragrant Layers – Hello

Welcome back!  I have a pretty hello card for you today… Some creative expression using supplies in my stash that need to see a little love for a CASE of Marga Bultena’s card for this week’s Facebook’s Global Design Project (#532) incorporating the palette suggested by Facebook’s SU! Color (#2601). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Fragrant Layers – Hello”