Welcome back! Class is finished and this is a quick little clean and simple card for Inspired By (#229). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock. The panel was dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and then die-cut with the (3⅜” x 4¾”) sizedContinue reading “Muck Luck & Good Fortune”
Category Archives: Sketch Challenge
Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card
Having a play with a few more challenges before I get ready for Wednesday’s class… Inspire Create (#138) to use the card created by Karen Farquhar as an inspiration springboard. The items chosen: Layout, Patterned Paper, Embossed Panel, Pansies, Tag Sentiment and Ribbon. The colors were chosen from the Color Dare (#539) Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card”
Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome
Tuesday! Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#410) – Color and Cardz 4 Guyz (#318) – Use some type of Coloring Medium. I chose to create a card for a Teenager and picked the retired stamp set – Epic Celebrations (circa 2018) for Retro Rubber (#202) using the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#400) Sketch. Let’sContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome”
Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive
Welcome back! Round Two with Sketch Saturday (#721) including the option of using an embossing folder flipped to the horizontal position for Jingle Belles – Cardstock Christmas and Happy Little Stampers Christmas including Candy Canes. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Shaded Spruce cardstock. Background Panel: (4⅛” xContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive”
Fable Friends – Happy Spring
Welcome back! Happy Monday! Several fun challenges influenced this particular card. Festive Friday (#130) for a number of the items listed and I chose the retired stamp set Fable Friends, as it loosely reminds me of the Peter Rabbit series of books; the new I Spy With My Little Eye (#1) for a Critter; theContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”
Odds & Sods – Friendship Card
Welcome back! I’m getting a late start to the Sunday Play Time. Hope you have had a great weekend. I followed instructions as directed by As You See It (#294) to take a look at my stash of bits and pieces. From the Cup and the Tin, I selected a number of previously discarded bitsContinue reading “Odds & Sods – Friendship Card”
Beauty of Friendship – Thinking of You
Back at it this afternoon…another Color and Sketch combination… Tuesday Morning (#699) Sketch and Color Throwdown (#734). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Suede cardstock. Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Soft Suede cardstock dry-embossed with the Cross-Hatch Basics 3D Embossing Folder (a new favorite). Left & RightContinue reading “Beauty of Friendship – Thinking of You”
Petal Park – Floral Birthday
Welcome back! Have you had a good week? It is already Friday…how can that be? This morning I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#516) Sketch and chose the color combination from Creative Colour (#80). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. The colored cardstock wasContinue reading “Petal Park – Floral Birthday”
Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend
I have the pleasure of being invited to be a guest designer for Tic Tac Toe (#200) this round on their 200th Board. What a great collection of options…so many ways to go. I chose the Center Line: Wood, Flowers and Die Cuts. I selected the color combination suggested at the Global Design Project (#385)Continue reading “Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend”
Spring Rain – Spring Clean
True to the quote from Time Out (#234), today “the sun shines hot, and the wind blows cold” and those winds are blowing in more rain… My inspiration for “Spring Rain”: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s (#598) for the sketch and optional theme with the cool color palette suggested by Color Hues (#60). My choice ofContinue reading “Spring Rain – Spring Clean”
