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”

A Little Bit Festive – Let’s Celebrate

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#490) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 19 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   What fun to mix and match with current products and those in your stash…and we all know thatContinue reading “A Little Bit Festive – Let’s Celebrate”

Holiday Tag – Be Merry

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#362) we are looking for a Holiday Tag and/or Holiday Card.  I don’t really need any more cards, so I opted to create a Tag.  Hand Stamped Sentiments (#453) is offering us a Holiday Mood Board and I was influenced by the photo on the bottomContinue reading “Holiday Tag – Be Merry”

Be Merry Ornament

Welcome back!  Already Thursday – where does the time go? I am having a play with a few CAS (clean and simple) challenges using the opulent colors and photo inspiration offered up by Sunday Stamps (#349). Additional inspiration: Addicted to CAS (#272) Ornament; AAA Cards (#279) Christmas Theme; and bringing it all together CAS ColoursContinue reading “Be Merry Ornament”

Merry Merry Sparkle

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#489) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 24 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   So much inspiration…similar colors and themes and I just had to use pretty papers in my stash:  .JingleContinue reading “Merry Merry Sparkle”

Nature’s Beauty – Noel

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#718) challenge.  This week, LeAnne’s theme is featuring the beautiful and majestic “Deer”.  Lots of images to choose…from realistic to delightful. Bringing my idea(s) together, I chose the Freshly Made (#664) Sketch, the Creative Colour (#169) Palette switching out Copper Clay for Pecan Pie and sharing withContinue reading “Nature’s Beauty – Noel”

Sentimental Christmas – Christmas Labels

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#488) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 28 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   I flipped the sketch 180 degrees and opted to keep a Christmas design so I could play withContinue reading “Sentimental Christmas – Christmas Labels”

Country Denim – Thank You

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#361) the theme is Thankful and at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#452), we have a very versatile sketch. To that end, I was inspired by the colors and country theme suggested by the photograph at Inspired By (#311) creating a clean and simple card for Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Country Denim – Thank You”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#487) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 49 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   My design was influenced by a number of current challenges.  TGIF (#499) has an Autumn Leave theme goingContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Poppy Remembrance – No Words

Good morning!  Having a nice Sunday play in the Studio.  Aren’t weekends grand? The challenges: Stampin’ Up Only (#364) to Honor Our Heros; Festive Friday (#172) for several elements: Red, Black, Masking, Texture and Twine; and Tuesday Morning Sketches (#782) for the Layout. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “Poppy Remembrance – No Words”