Welcome back! Let’s get messy… Today I created a teen birthday card inspired by a card created by Sarah Gray for Time Out (#256) and my take-aways are the Splatter / Ink Spot elements. After all, this is the Inque Spot Studio! Over at Seize the Birthday (#277) the optional twist is to add splatter. Continue reading “Epic Celebration – Bright Birthday Wishes”
Category Archives: Sketch Challenge
Thanks A Latte – A Nice Cuppa and More
Shall we have a coffee, tea or hot chocolate? For the Inspired By (#275) theme, colors and sketch. Sharing with Coffee Loving Cardmakers for a Coffee Date with Laurel and Amy and using elements suggested by Just Add Ink (#688). Here is the result: Steps: All of the pieces were adhered in place to resembleContinue reading “Thanks A Latte – A Nice Cuppa and More”
Sitting Here – Come and Sit a While
Welcome back! Monday and a brand-new week…let’s have some fun. Over at Farm Quest (#45) the theme is Porch Furniture. I dug out an old favorite stamp set, Sitting Here for this. I selected the Color Throwdown (#779) suggested colors and took inspiration from the Paper Craft Crew (#556) sketch design which I flipped. MuchContinue reading “Sitting Here – Come and Sit a While”
Notes of Nature – Field Notes
Hi! A little play time in the Studio…on a rainy Sunday. Working with the Creative Colour (#127) suggestions and the Atlantic Hearts (#563) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The Small Flowers were popped up with Dimensionals and three Copper Clay colored 2023/2025Continue reading “Notes of Nature – Field Notes”
Thoughtful Expressions
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#676) challenge. LeAnne has given us a very pretty set of colors to work with this week. I picked an image from the new Thoughtful Expressions stamp set and the Freshly Made (#622) sketch to create my card. I tried a little water coloring with Wink ofContinue reading “Thoughtful Expressions”
Balloon Adventures – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! I am having a bit of fun in the Studio…pulling out some oldies but goodies for a few challenges. For the Global Design Project (#431), I picked Balloon Adventures and a few others to create my scene. I selected the colors suggested by CAS Colours & Sketches (#530) and the Try a SketchContinue reading “Balloon Adventures – Happy Birthday”
Stylin’ Girl – Born to Shine
Hi! I created a delightful card for a sweet girl… Playing with patterned paper for Make My Monday (#218) and choosing to paper piece for Inkspirational (#308) and selecting the Tuesday Morning (#743) sketch to bring it all together. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble theContinue reading “Stylin’ Girl – Born to Shine”
Seasonally Scattered Hearts & Love
I pulled out a really old stamp set – Seasonally Scattered (circa 2014) and the Love image that had never seen ink for a number of clean and simple challenges. The challenges: CAS on Friday (#276) – Valentine; Addicted to CAS (#251) – Heart; Simply Clean & Simple (#8) – add Pink; and the CupcakeContinue reading “Seasonally Scattered Hearts & Love”
Hills of Tuscany – Sepia Study
Hi! Back again for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#446) sketch where we select a card sample from one of the Stampin’ Up! catalogs. Today’s sketch is found on page 30 of the January – April Mini Catalog. I kept the layout pretty much the same but changed out the stamp set, showcasing the Hills of TuscanyContinue reading “Hills of Tuscany – Sepia Study”
Lifetime of Love – Something New to Love
Design Team Time. This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#340), we have a masculine Love related theme. I have combined the theme with our new Hand Stamped Sentiments (#431) Sketch. Additional Challenges: Color Dare (#586) for my choice of colors and Double Trouble (#159) who has a complimentary theme. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Something New to Love”