Christmas in July – Merry Cafe

The month is winding down and a popular challenge theme is Christmas in July.  So, let’s play! The challenges: Alphabet (Letter H) for Holidays, Jingle Belles (#2415) Dashing Through the Snow partnering with Double Trouble (#171) to create an Aperture Snow card. The current Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#651) was perfect for an apertureContinue reading “Christmas in July – Merry Cafe”

Wildflower Designs – On My Mind

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and a quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. I am playing with the Freshly Made (#645) Sketch and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown (#802) with the Addicted to CAS (#263) Nature theme. Here is the result: Steps: And we are done! Truly a #simplestamping card. Continue reading “Wildflower Designs – On My Mind”

He’s All That – A Classic

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, I am playing with a stripped-down version of the Atlantic Hearts (#586) Sketch and the colors suggested by Retro Rubber (#235) for a fun little guy card. My color translation: Soft Sea Foam; Lemon Lolly; Daffodil Delight; Azure Afternoon; Lost Lagoon; and Balmy Blue. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “He’s All That – A Classic”

Friends for Life – Happy Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#699) challenge.  This week, Joanne has asked us to create a clean and simple Birthday card.  A favorite style of mine! I took inspiration from several other current CAS challenges to design my card slipping in one extra for the color choices.  To be considered for aContinue reading “Friends for Life – Happy Birthday”

Love You Lots

Welcome back!  Off to a slower start today… Playing with the Facebook Global Design Project (#454) Sketch and the current Creative Colours (#150).  I chose to incorporate the animal challenges from: Critter Crazy (#88) and Cupcake Inspirations (#598).  Now you might say that Hedgehogs are not jungle animals but these types of animals are foundContinue reading “Love You Lots”

Mediterranean Blooms – It’s your Day

Welcome back!  I have a fun card for you today and it is all about pretty papers. I am playing with a new challenge, Love Those Pretty Papers (#1) and combining it with the Sunday Stamps (#339) Colors and Inspiration Photo and the Seize The Birthday (#289) Optional Choice of Fruit. I selected the TuesdayContinue reading “Mediterranean Blooms – It’s your Day”

Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome

Hi again!  Catching up on a few deadlines…always happens when you take a few (or more) days off. Playing with Double Trouble (#170) who is partnering with Park Hopping (July) for a Water theme. I selected the colors from the Fancy Five Color Dare (#608) choices and picked the TGIF (#481) Sketch to complete myContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome”

Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday

Design Team time.  Catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#469).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 38 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Tic Tac Toe (#251) board line: Butterfly,Continue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday”

Grassy Grove – Thinking of You

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#351) is stepping into the Animal Kingdom, and I chose a forest setting. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#298) layout from 2014 to play along with Sketch Saturday (#754) asking us to pick a sketch from the archives and share with The Male Room (#188) who has aContinue reading “Grassy Grove – Thinking of You”

Attention Shoppers – Happy Birthday

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#442) showcases some fun summer bright colors for us to play with. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#561) layout from 2019 to play along with Sketch Saturday (#754) asking us to pick a sketch from the archives. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Attention Shoppers – Happy Birthday”