Hi! Welcome back. Working with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#407) sketch. A week late, but taking inspiration from the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples never gets old. Several other challenges were incorporated into my design decisions: Double Trouble (#138) partnering with Crafter’s Café (#297) to use stashed crafting materials, a Kraft Paper Bag and incorporate Animals.Continue reading “Zoo Crew – Birthday”
Category Archives: Technique Challenge
Helping Me Grow – Friend
Still catching up…always takes some time to get back into the groove when you take a break. Several Challenges: Just Add Ink (#651) for the color and floral inspiration; Retro Rubber (#206) for the choices; Happy Little Stampers – Stencils and Watercolor; The Flower Challenge (#80) as I opted for Flowers instead of Teacups; andContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Friend”
Circle Sayings – Season of Chic
Tuesday! Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#413) – Sketch and Cardz 4 Guyz (#321) – Get Messy. I chose the colors from As You See It (#297) and a watercolor technique that Linda Dalke, another Demonstrator played with. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Season of Chic”
A Thousand Well Wishes – Bamboo Beauty
Welcome back! A few CAS (clean and simple) challenge deadlines are coming up. My favorite… AAA Cards (#238) for torn edges and Less Is More (#481) for anything goes. I chose to use the Triple Play colors suggested by Color Dare (#544). Here is the result: Steps: Two of my all-time favorite stamp sets. IContinue reading “A Thousand Well Wishes – Bamboo Beauty”
Best Day – Have Cake
Tuesday! Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#405). Several challenges influenced my choices today: Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog – Best Day stamp set; Just Add Ink (#649) for the colors; Happy Little Stampers (April) for the Stencil; and The Male Room (#173) for Gender and Tools: Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Best Day – Have Cake”
He’s All That – Father’s Day
Tuesday! Design Team Challenges for Cardz 4 Guyz (#320) – Emboss and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#412) – Color. I chose to create a Father’s Day card using the As You Can See It (#296) Sketch. Let’s play! Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch withContinue reading “He’s All That – Father’s Day”
Serene Bird – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! It is a dark rainy day and I wanted to brighten my day…so… The challenge I am playing with is: Festive Friday (#131) and I chose a number of items from the list. I wanted to add a Bird, but I don’t have many birds in my stamp collection. On a hunt, IContinue reading “Serene Bird – Happy Birthday”
And They Came 2 x 2 – Count Me In
Welcome back! What a busy week. Glad to have some time to play but those darn deadlines keep creeping up… So today, I was inspired by Paper Players (#634) for the theme; Color Dare (#541) for the colors chosen; TGIF (#414) for the materials used; and bringing it all together the current sketch layout atContinue reading “And They Came 2 x 2 – Count Me In”
Gilded Leaves – Cheers
Another work week and I am off to a good start. Playing with two clean and simple card challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#505) and AAA Cards (#235) and picking up the colors and themes from Inspired By (#227), Color Hues (#59) and Colorful Options (March). Here is the result: Steps: And that was it! Continue reading “Gilded Leaves – Cheers”
Potted Succulents – Hello
Just one more for today. Please indulge me. Working with Freshly Made Sketches (#574) and the Colors suggested by both Color Hues (#58) and Sunday Stamps (#303) and a layered element as directed by TGIF (#409). Here is the result: Steps: All Strips were adhered to resemble the sketch. The Plant Pot and Succulents wereContinue reading “Potted Succulents – Hello”
The Inque Spot Studio 