Botanical Leaves

Hi!  One more card for today. Taking inspiration from the Color Throwdown (#778) photograph and the suggested colors and mixing it up with the Atlantic Hearts (#562) sketch for a subtle all occasion blank card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch which I flippedContinue reading “Botanical Leaves”

Warm Winter Wishes Post

Welcome back!  Project Number 2 for Double Trouble as a Guest Designer for January. This Crazy Cousin is bringing you a nostalgic Winter Sports themed card using some favorite retired products for the Double Trouble (#157) challenge. This round, the play partner in crime is Farm Quest (#44) and I selected the Sketch Saturday (#742)Continue reading “Warm Winter Wishes Post”

Everyday Details – Lifetime of Love

Hi! Welcome back.  How to catch up after a fun holiday week?  Pick up and push on… Playing with Creative Colours (#121) and chose an older published layout from Sketch Saturday to create another clean and simple card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Everyday Details – Lifetime of Love”

Christmas Elf – No Peeking

Welcome back!  It’s Tuesday…Design Team Day… For the Cardz 4 Guyz (#337) theme this week, Christmas Elves or Gnomes, I am at a bit of a disadvantage.  I don’t own any stamp sets with either creature. A perusal of Pinterest yielded several ideas, and I selected a few images for inspiration and hand drew myContinue reading “Christmas Elf – No Peeking”

Floral Birthday

Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#420) and this fortnight we have an Inspiration Board.  Lots of pretty images to promote your creativity.  I was drawn to the bottom right Floral image. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#731) Layout and elements from the Paper Craft Crew (#529) Tic Tac Toe board.  I am sharing thisContinue reading “Floral Birthday”

Many Mates – You’re Just So Fabulous

Welcome back! Having a play with a number of challenges… Sketch: Sunday Stamps (#270); Theme: As You See It (#264); Style and Theme : Happy Little Stampers CAS November; and the power of four, Alphabet Letter “Q” . Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock BackgroundContinue reading “Many Mates – You’re Just So Fabulous”

Sunday Sketch – SS026

 October 25th, 2020 Such a simple sketch, but how to make it interesting?  Enjoy… I went with a simple Black and White motif.  No Seasonal Fall or Hallowe’en colors… …and this is the result. Starting with one of the pretty floral border cut outs from the Ornate Borders Dies, I chose to make this WhiteContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS026”

Sunday Sketch – SS024

 October 11th, 2020 Christmas Cheer Looking at today’s sketch, I was drawn to create a Holiday card. Stampin’ Up! currently has much of it’s Designer Series Paper on sale (15% Off) and the three panels were perfect to show off patterned paper(s).  I picked Heartwarming Hugs. The principle colors in my selected patterns include: RealContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS024”

Sunday Sketch – SS023

October 4th, 2020 Thanks Have you ever made a card with no stamp and / or no ink? When I was deciding what stamped image to use for today’s sketch, I thought about trees.  Should it be Fall or Christmas?  I made a Christmas card last week.  Okay, then an Autumn card… Then I thoughtContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS023”

Sunday Sketch – SS021

 September 20th, 2020 “Just” A nice sketch with a little dimension.  I love doing Sketches.  Half of the guess work is already completed…deciding what to make.  Now all you have to do is choose the colors and the stamp set and get to work! Instead of a 2½” x ”2¾” square, I chose one ofContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS021”