Much Luck & Good Fortune

Welcome back!  Celebrating Chinese New Year I am playing with: Festive Friday (#203) incorporating several of the required elements for a clean and simple shaped card for Krafty Chicks (#808) and Shopping Our Stash (#567). Here is the result: Steps: The elegant gold stamped Arch was popped up with Dimensionals onto the Shaped Card Base,Continue reading “Much Luck & Good Fortune”

Christmas Special Delivery

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#552).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s card can be found on page 23 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Adding to my 2026 Holiday card collection, I chose to create a Christmas card and flippedContinue reading “Christmas Special Delivery”

Extraordinary Flora – Celebrate

Welcome back!  I have a pretty birthday card for you today… The brief: Krafty Chicks (#806) Birthday and AAA Birthday (#82) for a Slim Line card choosing this week’s Facebook’s Global Design Project (#533) Colors. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base and decorated with Flowers popped up withContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – Celebrate”

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”

Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday…a clean and simple masculine birthday card for you today. Simple stamping at its best – just stamps ink and paper! The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#842) Keep it Simple; Krafty Chicks (#804) Masculine; Creative Colours (#224), with the primary palette inspiring the Piet Mondrian layout; and sharing with Creative Crafters (#96)Continue reading “Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays”

Snow Front – With Love

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and we are off to a start in my favorite style – Clean and Simple. Combining: Paper Players (#769) Signs of Winter theme with the CAS on Friday (#325) Snowman theme.  Choosing the CAS Colours & Sketches (#576) Palette and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#803) and AAA Cards (#306) forContinue reading “Snow Front – With Love”

Holiday Delight – Joyful Tidings

Welcome back!  Almost mid-month and the Holiday Blog Challenges continue, getting you ready for the 2026 Christmas season. So, today, I am playing with: Jingle Belles (#2601) to reuse or repurpose Gift Wrapping for creating a card and Krafty Chicks (#802) for their Christmas theme. I chose the colors suggested by Color Hues (#124) andContinue reading “Holiday Delight – Joyful Tidings”

Lovely Arrangements – Love You Birthday

Welcome back!  What fun to create with some new products… Playing with the Global Design Project (#528) challenge to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card created by Ann Alexander. Takeaways: Layers, Die Cuts, Embossing, Florals, and Layout. Additional influences: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#17) Letter ‘O” for Rectangle, Stitching, Patterned Paper and Dies forContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Love You Birthday”

Nature’s Symphony – To a Great Guy

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#545) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 17 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  This is the last one.  Next Week – January 2026 – April 2026 Mini Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) AlmostContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – To a Great Guy”

Gift of Joy – Wrapped in Love

Welcome back!  Already Thursday…holiday chores have kept me hopping today. I had a chance to get into the Studio late in the day to play with the following challenges: Paper Players (#767) Gifting; Tic Tac Toe (#285) Right Vertical Line – Bow, Square and Sparkle; Paper Craft Crew (#651) Inspiration Photo; and Krafty Chicks (#798)Continue reading “Gift of Joy – Wrapped in Love”