Fun & Festive – Happy Christmas

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#381) Christmas Critter theme.  Additional challenges that informed my choices: Facebook’s SU! Colour (December) and Can You Handle The Pressure (#25DEC13) Twist of Holidays. I am also sharing this card with Critter Crazy (#105). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base.  The sentiment wasContinue reading “Fun & Festive – Happy Christmas”

Approaching Perfection – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#658).  All wrapped up with a tag.  Lots of fun possibilities with this sketch.  I changed the orientation to horizontal to better accommodate my sentiment. Design influences: Krafty Chicks (#796) Masculine and Alphabet (Letter Q) for Quote. Selecting the Facebook SU! Colours (December) suggestion and addingContinue reading “Approaching Perfection – Happy Birthday”

Happy Birthday Tweets To You

Welcome back!  Did you have a nice Thanksgiving Day?  We enjoyed our company and our dinner. Back in the Studio…and playing with AAA Birthday Card (#79) with a Musical component and the Facebook SU! Colour (November) suggestion. Here is the result: Steps: And that’s all folks!  Clean and simple, bright and fun with the groupContinue reading “Happy Birthday Tweets To You”

Pretty in Pink – Snowflake Bauble Ornament

Welcome back! Today I am creating for Jingle Belles (#2521) to use pink for Breast Cancer and I chose to make an Ornament for Inspire Create (#203) using Facebook’s October SU! Colour choices substituting Berry Burst for Melon Mambo. I am also sharing this project with Crafter’s Cafe (#324) with their Christmas Twist and LittleContinue reading “Pretty in Pink – Snowflake Bauble Ornament”

Impressions Abloom – I Appreciate You

Design Time: For the Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#532) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 55 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You areContinue reading “Impressions Abloom – I Appreciate You”

Prairie Grass – Sent with Love

This week at Just Add Ink (#766), the brief is to create a One-Layer card with only Stamps and/or Stencils.  Clean and Simple – a favorite style of mine. Design decisions were influenced by Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog stamp set choice for today, Prairie Grass and Facebook’s SU! Colour (August) palette. I hope myContinue reading “Prairie Grass – Sent with Love”

Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday… A couple of challenges…Just Us Girls (#785) Stencil Week – Anything Goes and Facebook’s SU! Colour (July). Giving it some thought, I created a Stencil.  I wanted something a bit Oriental, inspired by the Kintsugi Collection. I drew the Ornamental Pot onto a section of an Adhesive Sheet and cut outContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate”

Sunshine Vibes – Geometric Hello

Hi again!  Guess what?  The “Man in Brown” came by and I have received a few new things, including the Summer Vibes stamp set. Yesterday, Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog was featuring this stamp set and I paired it up with Facebook’s SU! Colour (June) Palette for a fun simple stamping geometric card.  Just Stamps,Continue reading “Sunshine Vibes – Geometric Hello”

Boho Vibes – Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday. An eclectic inspiration board over at TGIF (#526) this week.  The theme is Boho Vibes with earthy colors and a birthday sentiment. I selected the Facebook SU! Colors (May) suggestion for my earthy tones. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base completing my Boho inspiredContinue reading “Boho Vibes – Birthday”

Textured Botanicals – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  A new day and a few new challenges…and the end of the month. Both Just Us Girls (#772) and Seize The Birthday (#304) have technique challenges to use Stencils. Over at Addicted to Stamps & More (#491), we are challenged to Make Our Mark, and I am making mine with a few self-madeContinue reading “Textured Botanicals – Happy Birthday”