Welcome back! Ho, Ho, Ho to you… A couple of challenges have a Santa theme: Moving Along with the Times (#184); If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#211) and Love Those Pretty Papers (#18). My design choices were influenced by Festive Friday (#199) and I chose the As You See It (#362) Sketch toContinue reading “‘Twas a Night Well Done – Merry Christmas Santa”
Category Archives: Love Those Pretty Paper Challenges
Winter Whisper – Thinking of You
Welcome back! Happy Thanksgiving. Did you watch the Parade? I cannot believe that Christmas is less than a month away. Now that the Parade is finished, I took the opportunity to dive back into the Studio. My happy place! The challenges: Paper Players (#765) for the Sketch; Inspire Create (#206) for the Monochromatic Color scheme;Continue reading “Winter Whisper – Thinking of You”
Imperfections Admirables – Merci
Welcome back! A quick and easy card for you today pulling out a favorite paper pack from my stash of retired goodies. The challenges: Paper Players (#761) Sketch – mirrored; Color Dare (#674) for the Palette, and sharing with Love Those Pretty Papers (#16) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Imperfections Admirables – Merci”
Peaceful Garden – Celebrate
Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#648). Lots of possibilities with this one especially if you want to play with Patterned Papers. Design influences: Inspire Create (#201) Shades of Blue and Green and more specifically Colour Hues (#118) Smoky Blue and Sage Green. and sharing with Love Those Pretty PapersContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Celebrate”
Just My Type – Hello
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#526) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 79 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things. You are welcome toContinue reading “Just My Type – Hello”
Thankful Garden – You Make a Difference
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#523) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 52 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things. You are welcome toContinue reading “Thankful Garden – You Make a Difference”
Vintage Wedding – Charming Day
Welcome back! Sunday has rolled around, and I have spent some time in the Studio. Will you get a chance to be creative today? Several similar challenges and I combined them with the Sketch Saturday (#779) layout. So, Love Those Pretty Papers (#12) has a Wedding twist; Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#27)Continue reading “Vintage Wedding – Charming Day”
Secret Garden – Wonderful
Welcome back! Saturday…any creative plans? Several related challenges today. Starting with the Stampin’ Up! Only (#375) CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Angel Shaver. Angel created a Fun Fold card, but I reinterpreted it as a standard A2 Card to showcase patterned papers. Influences: Double D (#050725) for Patterned Papers and LoveContinue reading “Secret Garden – Wonderful”
Tea Together – You Are Tea-riffic
Hi again! I had a bee in my bonnet with a few challenges and I had sometime time to pull my ideas together. Over at Colorful Options (April), I was taken with the “tea” motifs in the pastel inspiration photos. I particularly liked the color palette over at TGIF (#519) this week and opted forContinue reading “Tea Together – You Are Tea-riffic”
Petal Promenade – Friends
Welcome back! Happy Sunday. Over at Time Out (#284), we are challenges to create inspired by Red Carpet Fashion. I opted for a lovely floral dress worn by Zendaya at the 2023 SAG Awards. Additional influences related to my design were: Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#1) for anything in or from the Garden; Love Those PrettyContinue reading “Petal Promenade – Friends”