Industrial Modern – Thank You

Welcome back to a new work week.  Let’s get started with a few more challenges. Playing with the Photo Inspiration and Colors suggested by The Card Concept (#197a) Team and pairing it with the current Just Add Ink (#657) Sketch for a clean look. Here is the result: Steps: The completed panel was adhered toContinue reading “Industrial Modern – Thank You”

Sip, Sip, Hooray – Summer is on its way…

Welcome back!  A clean and simple card for you today.  How refreshing! The challenges: AAA Cards (#241) Drinks; Addicted to CAS (#239) One Layer; Retro Rubber (#208) Summer Colors; and the Freshly Made (#589) Sketch flipped horizontally to bring it all together. Here is the result: Steps: All of the drinks look delicious and soContinue reading “Sip, Sip, Hooray – Summer is on its way…”

Brave, Strong, Smart & Loved

Welcome back!  A quick little clean and simple card to celebrate that guy in your life. Challenges: Inspired By (#240) and Inspire Create (#144) and sharing with Shopping Our Stash (#498). I was drawn to the overall impression of the muted colors of the cabinet, the wall treatment and the metallic adornments on the cabinet. Continue reading “Brave, Strong, Smart & Loved”

Christmas Cheers – Merry Cafe

A fun Christmas Coffee card for you today.  Which means pulling out some retired favorites. Loving the Multi-colored Ornaments and the bright blue for a man with a modern sensibility. A lot of challenges: Jingle Belles (#2312) partnering with Caffeinated Christmas (#18) for the themes.  Adding to Inkspirational (#291) for a seasonal card and HappyContinue reading “Christmas Cheers – Merry Cafe”

Copper Vases – Birthday Card

Welcome back!  A brand-new week… Playing with another Creating Connections Simple Stamping Template.  A clean and simple card with both Masking and Embossing Techniques. I created a Birthday card using the both the Waves of Inspiration and Dainty Delight stamp sets with Copper Embossing Powder and the Stylish Shapes Dies for Time Out (#239) pickingContinue reading “Copper Vases – Birthday Card”

Can You See…Home of the Brave

Welcome back! Happy Friday.  Have any great weekend plans? Today, I am playing with The Card Concept (#196) theme, flowers and colors with the Sunday Stamps (#310) sketch.  I am also sharing this card with Krafty Chicks (#666) to use a stamp and Use Your Stuff (#485) for anything goes. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Can You See…Home of the Brave”

Off to the Sea to Swim with the Fish

Welcome back! Thursday and a few challenges that are pending…how does that happen?  Never enough time in the day to get everything you want/need to get done. Over at TGIF (#422) the challenge is what would you do with a Navy background?  Me?  I went to the Sea.  Over at Tic Tac Toe (#210), IContinue reading “Off to the Sea to Swim with the Fish”

Hanging Garden – Lovely You

Welcome back! One more card today for a deadline… Inspired By (#239) Lilacs for the colors and the suggested sketch for a clean and simple card. Here is the result: Steps: Are you a fan of purples?  It is a wonderful color when paired with white.  Hanging Garden is a favorite that I have keptContinue reading “Hanging Garden – Lovely You”

Boho Floral – You Are Wonderful

Welcome back! Mid-week hump day.  Will you be able to carve out some creative time for yourself today? A little inspiration: As You See It (#299) gives us a recipe to follow…just collect your pieces and put it together.  I selected to CASE (copy and selectively edit) the card layout from Krista Frattin as suggestedContinue reading “Boho Floral – You Are Wonderful”

Cheerful Daisies – You Made My Day

Welcome back! Happy Sunday.  Continuing to play with new goodies…today, a clean and simple (CAS) card using the Cheerful Daisies Bundle. The challenges: Less Is More (#484) for a single layer floral card using colors inspired by the current Inkspirational (#290) Mood Board with the Freshly Made (#587) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: AndContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – You Made My Day”