Welcome back! Have any great plans for the weekend? How about another trip to the beach? Inspiration: Time Out (#219), Key Word Themes: Use Your Stuff (#453) and Can You Handle the Pressure (#12), Colors: Color Dare (#507) and bringing it all together the current Try Stampin’ on Tuesdays (#565) Sketch which I flipped toContinue reading “Beach Sunset – Friends Are Like Seashells”
Category Archives: Sketch Challenge
Nature’s Prints – Thinking of You
Further to my earlier post regarding favorite things, a very close second would be CAS (clean and simple) cards and the color that makes me happiest: Green. I love to participate in the various challenges because it forces me out of my “box” and makes me think how to use all of the materials andContinue reading “Nature’s Prints – Thinking of You”
Beach Camping – You’ve Got Style
Welcome to the middle of the week. Are you ready for a vacation? How about camping at the beach? A few challenges inspired today’s card. Inkspirational (#270) and Color Dare (#506) along with the colors over at Inspire Create (#121). Bringing my idea together, Sketch Saturday (#705). The VW Camper translated into the new CaravanContinue reading “Beach Camping – You’ve Got Style”
Bike Ride – Happy Paths
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge (#394) and the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday Sketch challenge (#366). It is fun when you are on a design team, and you are able to combine challenges creating synergy. For Hand Stamped Sentiments, I opted for the upper left inspiration photograph and selected the Bicycle. TheContinue reading “Bike Ride – Happy Paths”
Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday
A color challenge deadline is approaching, Just Add Ink (#613)…such a pretty combination, Fresh Freesia (soft purple), Starry Sky (vibrant blue) and Mint Macaron (lovely shade of green). But what to do with them? I pulled out the super pretty Black and White Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper and opted to watercolor one of theContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday”
Just Because
Happy Sunday! Welcome back. A few CAS (clean and simple) challenges are combined with some of my favorite retired stamp sets for today’s card. Sketch: Freshly Made (#545), Color: CAS Colours & Sketches (#479) and Theme: The Flower Challenge (#70). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic WhiteContinue reading “Just Because”
Sending Hugs – Eden’s Garden
Welcome back! I have a busy weekend coming up and I am trying to get ahead… So indulge me on a few more challenges: Sketch – Atlantic Hearts (#482) and Color – Facebook Colour INKspiration (#125). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Background Panel –Continue reading “Sending Hugs – Eden’s Garden”
Celebrate Sunflowers
Don’t you just love days where you get a chance to play? Another couple of challenges: Sketch – Tuesday Morning (#667) and Color – Creative Color (#46). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. Background Panel: (3¼” x 4½”) Pear Pizzazz cardstock dry-embossed with the TimberContinue reading “Celebrate Sunflowers”
Bottled Happiness – Birthday Card
Today, I have accepted the challenge to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Susan Wong as suggested by the Global Design Project (#352) team. My take-aways: Diagonal Layout Orientation, Ribbon/Twine, Block Sentiment and Gems. I picked the colors suggested by the Cupcake Inspiration (#548) team. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “Bottled Happiness – Birthday Card”
Merriest Moments – Joyful Christmas
Welcome back! Christmas in July… Several Challenges with this theme: Double Trouble (#116) partnering with Jingle Belles (Bling on the Holidays) and TGIF (#337). Bringing it all together, I selected the sketch and inspiration from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s (#564). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very VanillaContinue reading “Merriest Moments – Joyful Christmas”