Happy Hibiscus – Best Friend Ever

Welcome back!  It’s Friday!  Hoping you will have a fantastic weekend. So, I have a lot of challenges that contributed to today’s card. Starting with Double Trouble (#189) and the 3-2-1 Recipe (Three Pastel Colors; at least two words in the Sentiment; and one – make a Slimline card) based on the Try A SketchContinue reading “Happy Hibiscus – Best Friend Ever”

Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey

Design Time: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#460) Color Challenge and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#506) Challenge where we copy and selectively edit a card found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 18 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Today’s design incorporates the Just Us Girls (#768) Stencil Challenge andContinue reading “Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey”

Special Reason – I’m Lucky

Welcome back!  Again, it is Monday and the start of a new week. Rainy and cool here this morning…all the reason to play with the color green. St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and so many challenges are featuring things green including: Color Hues (#105); Color Dare (#642); Double D (#030525); and PaperContinue reading “Special Reason – I’m Lucky”

Dance With Me – My Heart Anniversary Card

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#501), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 51 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. The challenges that informed my choices today include: Paper Craft Cew (#609) to select a favorite from theContinue reading “Dance With Me – My Heart Anniversary Card”

Happiest Day – So Excited For You

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday to you. A quick little card for you today.  A clean and simple, simple stamping card.  Just Stamps, Ink and Paper. The Challenge: CAS Colours & Sketches (#553) with a layout sketch found on Paper Craft Crew. Here is the result: Steps: A cute little card that can be used forContinue reading “Happiest Day – So Excited For You”

Iced Gingerbread & Coffee – Made with Love

Welcome back! Happy Saturday.  Hoping you will find some time to be creative today. A few challenge themes: Paper Craft Crew (#608) Treats and Caffeinated Christmas (#38) Add a Heart. With the Color Throwdown (#826) Palette and the TGIF (#512) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base toContinue reading “Iced Gingerbread & Coffee – Made with Love”

A Fish & A Wish – A Sea of Thanks

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#365) we are asked to create a CAS (clean and simple) card. For my theme, I chose Alphabet (Letter U) for Underwater; For my Sketch, I chose Paper Craft Crew (#606) highlighting a Stampin’ Up! layout option; and I am sharing this card with Inspire CreateContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – A Sea of Thanks”

Soda Pop – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, we get a new Paper Players (#722) challenge and this week Joanne has given us a sketch. The sketch has clean lines, and I thought it was perfect for a quick masculine birthday card. My choices were influenced by the Navy and Lime Green color scheme suggested by Color HuesContinue reading “Soda Pop – Celebrate”

Autumn Thanksgiving

Welcome back!  It has been a busy day…but I found some time to be creative. Playing with the Color Throwdown (#820) Palette, the Tuesday Morning (#783) Sketch and selecting the theme suggested by Paper Craft Crew (#597). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch andContinue reading “Autumn Thanksgiving”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Team Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#487) where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 49 of the Sep – Dec Mini Catalog.   My design was influenced by a number of current challenges.  TGIF (#499) has an Autumn Leave theme goingContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”