Welcome back! Happy Saturday. It’s a hot one today, so let’s go wintery with a Christmas card… The challenges: Jingle Belles (#2512) with a Caroling theme: Krafty Chicks (#772) Anything Goes Christmas Week; and Farm Quest Country Christmas (#21). Rounding out my idea with the Creative Colours (#197) Palette and the TGIF (#529) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Silent Night – Peace to You”
Category Archives: Sketch Challenge
Charming Days – Thanks
Well now…Facebook’s Global Design Project is celebrating challenge #500 with a special CASE a Design Team Member. I chose to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a project created by Janneke De Jong. Additional influences: Simply Clean and Simple (#24) to add Pink and Stampin’ Up! Only (#378) for the lovely Flowers in the inspiration photo.Continue reading “Charming Days – Thanks”
Spring Corners – Stitched Sampler
Hi again! A few more challenge deadlines are coming up and I wanted to play with them… Over at Sunday Stamps (#362) there is a really nice sketch, perfect for scraps and I flipped it to fit my design ideas. I selected the Paper Players (#741) Colors suggested by Stef and took a look inContinue reading “Spring Corners – Stitched Sampler”
Be Brave
Welcome back! Happy Thursday. I need a card for a bright young girl embarking on her teens. I thought the color palette over at TGIF (#528) was ideal and the bold design at Sketch Saturday (#777) would be perfect for my idea. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were added to the card baseContinue reading “Be Brave”
See The Good – The Right Words
Hi again! A few deadlines to meet… The challenges: Cupcake Inspirations (#619) Colors and Shopping Our Stash (#540) Theme. Bringing my ideas together, the Atlantic Hearts (#633) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The top Pear was popped up with Dimensionals. Keeping itContinue reading “See The Good – The Right Words”
Just a Note – You’re on my Mind
Design Time for The Card Concept (#218) and we have a Neutral Naturals Décor themed inspiration photo this month. I picked up on the Shelving, Vases and Colors. I opted for a clean and layered styling for this card. Additional influence: Inspire By (#339) for the Sketch and a nod to the colors. Here isContinue reading “Just a Note – You’re on my Mind”
You Make Me Smile – Layers of Beauty
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#516) Sketch. Today? The card can be found on page 144 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 welcomeContinue reading “You Make Me Smile – Layers of Beauty”
Summer Blue – Seashells
Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#374), our theme is Seashells and at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#465) we have three lovely colored Mood Boards, and I selected the Blue Water one. I chose to use the sketch suggested by Retro Rubber (#256) slightly modified and to celebrate well-loved retired stamp sets toContinue reading “Summer Blue – Seashells”
Botanical Prints – Here For You
Storms rolled through and we are powered by a generator. More important that the freezer and the refrigerator are plugged in than my computer. Let’s revisit a post and card created in June of 2022. I hope you like it as much as I do. Cheers, Jolanda Over at CAS on Friday (#232), the themeContinue reading “Botanical Prints – Here For You”
Beautiful Motifs – Floral Just a Note Card
Welcome back! Happy Saturday… Morning Studio time with the following challenges: Freshly Made (#689) Sketch with a Square Layout; Just Add Ink (#754) Pick Two: Flowers & Dies; CAS Colours & Sketches (#561) Palette; and Double D (#060425) to include a Frame. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Floral Just a Note Card”
The Inque Spot Studio 