Butterfly Brilliance – Special Reason

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts (#693) Sketch.  I chose portrait and fun fold styling. My design influences: Retro Rubber (#277), a Tic Tac Toe Board, choosing the center line across: Ink Blending, Butterfly and a Fun Fold for my Free space and Tic Toe Toe (#298) choosing the right line down: Butterfly, FunContinue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – Special Reason”

Friendly Foliage – Happy Birthday

Welcome back! Happy Sunday… A clean and simple card for you today. I am playing with Just Us Girls (#834) casing the card created by Sue VanDeVusse and choosing the color palette suggested by Creative Colour (#251). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. AccentContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Happy Birthday”

A Little Birthday Hello

Welcome to August!  A happy little card for you today… Inspire Create (#221) is asking for us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card.  I chose a card created by Jamie Babarczy that I admired on Pinterest. My design was influenced by Double D (#260715) for a favorite fruit and mine is summer berries.Continue reading “A Little Birthday Hello”

Poetic Petals – Beautiful Birthday

A quick clean and simple birthday card for you today for: CAS on Friday (#339) with a Floral theme and Color Dare (#713) for the Palette Sharing with Little Red Wagon (#869) One Thing – Die and Paper Craft Crew (#683) for a simple and easy card to make. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Poetic Petals – Beautiful Birthday”

Radiant Sunflowers – Well Wishes

Welcome back!  A few sneak peeks for you today… Today’s challenges: As You See It (#377) with a Recipe of Elements and Paper Players (#796) for the Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crushed Curry cardstock. Background Panel: (5¼” x 4”) Daffodil Delight cardstock dry-embossed with newContinue reading “Radiant Sunflowers – Well Wishes”

Washes of Pink Florals – Amazing Friend

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#575), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 52 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Festive Friday (#214) for National Friendship Day and the list of choicesContinue reading “Washes of Pink Florals – Amazing Friend”

Christmas in July – Woodland Wishes

So, it is almost that time when we celebrate the Holiday half-year and so many challenges are featuring this theme. Starting with Jingle Belles (#2615) for a “Unicorn Christmas” to use non-traditional colors. And selecting Double Trouble (#221) 3-2-1 Recipe for Colors, Layers, and a Holiday Image with a twist to partner with Jingle BellesContinue reading “Christmas in July – Woodland Wishes”

Beauty – Under the Sea

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts (#691) Sketch. My design choices were influenced by Time Out (#317); Just Us Girls (#832); and Paper Players (#795), all with a water and/or beach theme. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Using the (1⅞” x 1⅛”) PostageContinue reading “Beauty – Under the Sea”

Being Twelve is the Best!!

Welcome back!  So nice to be back at home and having time in the Studio.  A quick clean and simple card, a favorite style, for CAS Colours & Sketches (#589) sketch. Additional influences include: Color Dare (#712); Seize The Birthday (#330); CAS on Friday (#338); and Just Add Ink (#790). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Being Twelve is the Best!!”

Floral Tag – Hello

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#295).  Eight possibilities and so much choice.  I selected two lines: Top Diagonal and Middle Cross for the elements: Floral, Square, Stencil and Pink, Square, CAS. I selected the CAS Colours & Sketches (587) Sketch to bring everything together and am sharing with Make My Monday (#280).Continue reading “Floral Tag – Hello”