Welcome back! A few more challenges with quickly approaching deadlines… The Challenges: Use Your Stuff (#475) – Inspired by a Book, Color Throwdown (#727) and Sketch Saturday (#717), I really enjoyed reading The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar. It is a work of historical fiction based on the true life of Johanna BongerContinue reading “The Secret Life of Sunflowers – Jar of Flowers”
Category Archives: Sketch Saturday Challenges
Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns
Welcome back! Slow start to the day. Can you believe it is December? My, how the year has flown by… Well, I got my act in gear and created this clean a simple card for a few outstanding challenges that revolve around a winter theme. TGIF (#396) for the subject and colors, Just Us GirlsContinue reading “Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns”
Celebrate – Birthday Card
Welcome back! Have you got any fabulous plans for the weekend? We will be heading into the city tomorrow for a bit of fun…until then, I still get to play in the Studio. The challenges today include: The Card Concept (#183), Seize the Birthday (#250), Use Your Stuff (#470) and Sketch Saturday (#712). Inspired byContinue reading “Celebrate – Birthday Card”
Catching Butterflies – Celebrate
A quick and simple card. Playing with a color challenge from Just Us Girls (#653). I had a particular idea and patterned paper in mind for my original idea…but could not find it amongst my extensive hoard. I did, however, come across another and that changed everything! The layout is loosely based on the SketchContinue reading “Catching Butterflies – Celebrate”
Oh, Baby
Welcome back! Having a nice play in the Studio this morning… As You See It (#282) has a Baby theme and over at Festive Friday (#117), they are recognizing Memories. Babies create precious memories. I have selected the colors suggested over at Color Dare (#512) and the layout was adapted from the current Saturday StampsContinue reading “Oh, Baby”
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”
A Fish & A Wish – Hey There!
Productive day! Indulge me in another project… Over at Paper Players (#599), this week is color. I chose the Sketch Saturday (#704) layout for a very clean and simple card using the stamp set A Fish & A Wish. For some fun, I played around with one of the newer stencils from the Artistic DecorativeContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – Hey There!”
Celebrate with Flowers – Happy 8th Birthday
Lots of plans this weekend…not sure if we will be able to do all that we want. Spring Festivals and events all start. So, I am trying to beat a few deadlines. Style and Theme – CAS on Friday Challenge (#230), AAA Cards Challenge (#212) and The Flower Challenge (#68); Color – Color Throw DownContinue reading “Celebrate with Flowers – Happy 8th Birthday”
Celebrate with Friends and Flowers
Hi! Welcome back. As mentioned in yesterday’s post a new Stampin’ Up! Catalog is about to debut. Unfortunately, that means some favorite stamp sets and other products are retiring. For today’s card, and the challenges I decided to combine, I selected to use Create with Friends, Celebrate with Flowers and the Pierced Blooms Dies. TheContinue reading “Celebrate with Friends and Flowers”
Butterfly Brilliance – It’s Your Day!
Chasing a deadline… Playing with the Sketch Saturday (#696) layout and the Make My Monday (#170) colors. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Card Front: (5” x 3¾”) Basic White cardstock. Using Stampin’ Write Markers, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy, the “arrow”Continue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – It’s Your Day!”
The Inque Spot Studio 