Welcome back! Happy Monday! Several fun challenges influenced this particular card. Festive Friday (#130) for a number of the items listed and I chose the retired stamp set Fable Friends, as it loosely reminds me of the Peter Rabbit series of books; the new I Spy With My Little Eye (#1) for a Critter; theContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”
Category Archives: Inspiration Challenge
Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend
I have the pleasure of being invited to be a guest designer for Tic Tac Toe (#200) this round on their 200th Board. What a great collection of options…so many ways to go. I chose the Center Line: Wood, Flowers and Die Cuts. I selected the color combination suggested at the Global Design Project (#385)Continue reading “Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend”
Spring Rain – Spring Clean
True to the quote from Time Out (#234), today “the sun shines hot, and the wind blows cold” and those winds are blowing in more rain… My inspiration for “Spring Rain”: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s (#598) for the sketch and optional theme with the cool color palette suggested by Color Hues (#60). My choice ofContinue reading “Spring Rain – Spring Clean”
Look Who’s Turning Four – Celebrating with Zoo Babies
Yup! It is Tuesday…and I am playing with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#399) suggestion. Let’s remake that sample. I was inspired by the following challenges: Seize The Birthday (#257) as I actually need a birthday card for a little girl; Retro Rubber (#202) because I have these cute retired children’s stamp sets; The current colorsContinue reading “Look Who’s Turning Four – Celebrating with Zoo Babies”
Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.
Welcome back! It is Tuesday…let’s play… A few challenges are running with a similar theme: Can You Handle the Pressure (#27), Just Us Girls (#670) and Shopping Our Stash (#492). I chose a more muted or softer Rainbow Palette, so I am adding the card to Make My Monday (#196) and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.”
All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute
Are you a Corn Beef and Cabbage kind of person? Do you hoist a Green Beer in good cheer? Me? Corn Beef, yes…Green Beer, no…but I have been known to enjoy a Beer or two! Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Several Challenges are hosting this theme and I am knocking them all off with this card: Continue reading “All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute”
Blue Bird – Spring Birthday
Welcome back! So happy to have time to play in the Studio today and share what I created. Working with: Color Dare (#537) for the color choices; Sunday Stamps (#304) for the sketch; and sharing with Four Seasons (March) selecting one of the photos from the inspiration board and using a few retired items fromContinue reading “Blue Bird – Spring Birthday”
Best Wishes for an Amazing Year
A little inspiration goes a long way…today I am actually creating for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#398) challenge on Tuesday. At Case-ing Tuesday, we select a Card Sample from one of the current catalogs and remake it. Keep it the same, change it completely or create something in-between. I was inspired by the following challenges:Continue reading “Best Wishes for an Amazing Year”
Yellow Spring Floral – Hello
When you are in a pinch and need a card quick…Memories & More Card Packs to the rescue. Today, I am featuring Today is the Day for another clean and simple card for Freshly Made (#575) and CAS on Friday (#252) and picking the If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#178) color suggestion andContinue reading “Yellow Spring Floral – Hello”
Gilded Leaves – Cheers
Another work week and I am off to a good start. Playing with two clean and simple card challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#505) and AAA Cards (#235) and picking up the colors and themes from Inspired By (#227), Color Hues (#59) and Colorful Options (March). Here is the result: Steps: And that was it! Continue reading “Gilded Leaves – Cheers”