Welcome back! Happy Wednesday. Are you ready for your Thanksgiving celebrations? I have a quick (a very quick) clean and simple card for you today. Playing with the As You See It (#361) Speed Challenge with an Apple theme. Can you create a card in less than 10 minutes? How long do you think itContinue reading “Sweet Apples – Rustic Centerpiece”
Category Archives: Inspiration Challenge
Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday
Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#657). Lots of layers, lots of possibilities. My design was influenced by: Inspiration Station (#79) for both the florals and the colors. I made My Mark for Addicted to Stamps & More (#506) by using both Blending Brushes and Stampin’ Blends Markers for my coloring techniques.Continue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”
Gift of Joy – Rustic Christmas
Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#540) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 39 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog. Switching from a Fall theme to a Christmas theme. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation;Continue reading “Gift of Joy – Rustic Christmas”
Nests of Winter – Very Merry
Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#477), we have a wonderful Mood Board full of iconic Holiday images, and I opted for the Cardinals and the Plaid. Merry Christmas! My design choices were influenced by: Inkspirational (#355) with their Holiday Tag Motif which led to the Sunday Stamps (#374) Sketch that includesContinue reading “Nests of Winter – Very Merry”
Joyful Tidings – Nests of Winter
Welcome back! A brand-new week and we are off to a flying start. The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#834) with a Let’s Fly theme and choosing to CASE (copy and selectively edit) Cordula De’s card for the Facebook’s Global Design Project (#524) for the general layout. Picking up lines from the current Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – Nests of Winter”
Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting
Welcome back! A dressed up clean and simple Holiday card for you today… Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Danielle Bennenk. I really like the layout of her design and changed it to include the CAS Colours & Sketches (#572) Palette and toContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting”
I Miss You Already – As the Snow Begins to Fly
Design Time for The Card Concept (#221) and we have a Holiday Table Setting inspiration photo this month. I picked up on the Light Teal and Dark Purple colors adding a Gold Touch to the Leaf themes. I opted for a clean and graphic styling choosing the Inspire Create (#205) Sketch and details from theContinue reading “I Miss You Already – As the Snow Begins to Fly”
Feathery Friends – Get Well
Welcome back! Having a bit of fun this Thursday afternoon… Playing with the following challenges: Double Trouble (#203) 3-2-1 for Round Shapes, Images and Twine with a Bird Twist; Cupcake Inspirations (#630) for a Get Well card and choosing the happy bright and pick-me-up colors suggested by Color Dare (#675). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Feathery Friends – Get Well”
Beautiful Blues – Birthday
Welcome back! It’s Wednesday and I have a pretty card for you today using elements from the Beautiful Blues Kit. Don’t you just love taking bits and pieces and creating something new? My design was influenced by Alphabet (Letter O) for Ovals and One Word Sentiment. Make My Monday (#264) for a Birthday with FlowersContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Birthday”