So many challenges due for tomorrow, so please indulge me with another card today. Mixing up Tic Tac Toe (#218) with Color Throwdown (#752) and the Atlantic Hearts (#534) sketch for a soft and subtle sympathy card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock. Split BackgroundContinue reading “Love & Sympathy”
Category Archives: Sketch Challenge
Petal Palette – Thank You
Welcome back! It’s the Weekend…Hooray… Retro Rubber is one of my favorite groups to play with. It is a chance to pull out older treasured stamp sets and give them all the love that they deserve. The current Retro Rubber (#211) challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board and I selected the first column –Continue reading “Petal Palette – Thank You”
Time to Make New Memories – Next Destination
Afternoon play time! New adventures, new stamp set: Next Destination for a few travel related challenges. Onward Ho! The Male Room (#176), Inkspirational (#294) and TGIF (#430) with colors from Facebook Colour INKspiration (#147), stripes for Global Design Project (#403) and the current Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#615) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Time to Make New Memories – Next Destination”
Everlasting Beauty – Birthday Card
Happy Thursday…it is almost the weekend. Hooray! Having a play in the Studio and working with Just Us Girls (#688) for a soft floral birthday card based on the Mood Board using watercolors for Happy Little Stampers (July) and the current Freshly Made (#595) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½”Continue reading “Everlasting Beauty – Birthday Card”
Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! A late post, a busy day. Had a great class and now I have time to play… A couple of food related challenges are floating about in blog land, so I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Infinite Goodness. Paper Players (#649) for a CAS (clean and simple) Bon AppetitContinue reading “Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes”
Botanical Wreath – Celebrate
Welcome back! One more deadline for today… Using materials that were still on my work table from the last few cards created, I am playing with Just Add Ink (#661) inspired by the wreath and using the Inspire Create (#147) sketch and choosing the Shopping Our Stash (#501) no stamping allowed theme. Here is theContinue reading “Botanical Wreath – Celebrate”
Bird’s Eye View – You Matter
Tuesday – Design time: Case-ing Tuesday (#417). Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start. Today, I was inspired by the Time Out (#242) theme of Fairy Tales. A little story called: “The Three LittleContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – You Matter”
Earthen Textures – Thanks
You can tell that I was missing the Studio. One last card for today… Having a go at Festive Friday (#138) and mixing it up with Color Throwdown (#751) using the current TGIF (#429) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Copper Clay cardstock. The pieces were adheredContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Thanks”
Celebrating With Numbers
I have another No Stamp, No Ink card for you… Playing with Shopping Our Stash (#500) for a monumental number of challenges under their belt; Seize the Birthday (#265) to include Circles; Heart’s Quest (#34) for a Congratulatory Occasion; Opting for three of the suggested colors from Color Dare (#556); and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Celebrating With Numbers”
Merry Christmas – Inked & Tiled
Week Two for my Guest Designer position with Krafty Chicks this month. Week Two is always Christmas…Christmas in July, why not? Other challenges with a similar theme: Inkspirational (#293); Happy Little Stampers (July); Jan’s Digi Stamps (July) and I selected to CASE the Designer for a simplified layout from Inspire Create (#146). Here is theContinue reading “Merry Christmas – Inked & Tiled”
