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”

Tiled Techniques – Celebrate

Welcome back!  A little creative expression today. The other day as an April Fool’s joke, Facebook’s SU! Colour Challenge posted a photo of Neutral Colors that I thought was pretty cool.  I wanted to play… Today, Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog is featuring the Tiled Techniques stamp set and this is the first time IContinue reading “Tiled Techniques – Celebrate”

Hello There

Welcome back!  A fun little scrappy card for you this morning… The current Atlantic Hearts (#622) Sketch is ideal for using up some of those off cuts that result from your card making.  What better way to use them up. I selected the Facebook’s Stampin’ Up! Color (March) Palette to play with my Soda PopContinue reading “Hello There”

Floral Thinking of You

Welcome back!  The weekend has arrived, and I am hoping you will have some time to be creative. For Just Add Ink (#739), I selected Thinking of You and Embossing from the three choices offered this week. I picked the suggested Facebook Stampin’ Up! Colour (February) Palette and the Freshly Made (#674) Sketch to bringContinue reading “Floral Thinking of You”

Butterfly Smiles

Welcome back!  It is almost the end of a cold wintery month, and I am dreaming about spring… For the Facebook SU! Color (January) Palette, I chose to play with the 3-2-1 Recipe suggestion at Double Trouble (#183) who is partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#662). Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Butterfly Smiles”

Daring Adventure

Welcome back!  A brand-new week…hope it will be a good one. A few guy challenges are about.  Over at Inspire Create (#174), the theme is Men; The Male Room (#189), a site for guy cards, is asking us to employ mixed media styling; Park Hopping (August) have Harry Potter – Steam Punk themed inspiration photos;Continue reading “Daring Adventure”

Simply Zinnia

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#471) Design Team catch-up.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 100 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like.  Inspiration and Color for my design: Facebook SU! Colour (July). Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Simply Zinnia”

Heartfelt Hellos – Enjoy Your Day

Hi!  One more card for today.  There are still a few challenges that close at month’s end…and that is tomorrow. Over at Atlantic Hearts (#579), the Sketch has a Brick Work or Herringbone design.  I haven’t made this style in a long time, and it is perfect for using up scrap pieces.  I decided toContinue reading “Heartfelt Hellos – Enjoy Your Day”

Unbounded Love – More Wishes

Welcome back!  And again, the week is drawing to a close.  Any special weekend plans?  Me? It is going to be a date night… Over at AAA Cards (#263) the clean and simple card theme is Weddings and/or Anniversaries.  When you are long-time married, a date night is a good reason to celebrate even ifContinue reading “Unbounded Love – More Wishes”