Water Colored Doodles – Thanks So Much

Hi!  Another color challenge…and I just wanted to play.  Got out a trusty doodle pen and went to town. Mixing up the Just Us Girls (#691) colors with the sketch from Atlantic Hearts (#537) and sharing with Happy Little Stampers (August). Here is the result: Steps: What a fun card to make. Thanks for spendingContinue reading “Water Colored Doodles – Thanks So Much”

Calm & Quiet – Happy Birthday

One more for the day!  Happy Saturday… Mixing up a few other challenges: Simply Clean and Simple (#002) Style and Theme with the Global Design Project (#405) Colors and the Happy Little Stampers (August) Watercolor Technique. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping the card clean and simple, the framed scene was added to the cardContinue reading “Calm & Quiet – Happy Birthday”

Paper Florist Slimline – Celebrate You.

Hi! Last card for today.  I appreciate you sticking with me… A few Tic Tac Toe Boards are up for grabs this week and I mixed them up with the Atlantic Hearts (#535) Slim Line Sketch for which I created a Mini-Slim Line card and the Time Out (#243) Inspiration Photo Colors. Over at TicContinue reading “Paper Florist Slimline – Celebrate You.”

Sweet Apple Harvest – Thanks

Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#418).  Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start… Today, I was inspired by Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#4) – A Sweet Treat choosing theContinue reading “Sweet Apple Harvest – Thanks”

Petal Palette – Thank You

Welcome back!  It’s the Weekend…Hooray… Retro Rubber is one of my favorite groups to play with. It is a chance to pull out older treasured stamp sets and give them all the love that they deserve.  The current Retro Rubber (#211) challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board and I selected the first column –Continue reading “Petal Palette – Thank You”

Everlasting Beauty – Birthday Card

Happy Thursday…it is almost the weekend.  Hooray! Having a play in the Studio and working with Just Us Girls (#688) for a soft floral birthday card based on the Mood Board using watercolors for Happy Little Stampers (July) and the current Freshly Made (#595) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered inContinue reading “Everlasting Beauty – Birthday Card”

Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A late post, a busy day. Had a great class and now I have time to play… A couple of food related challenges are floating about in blog land, so I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Infinite Goodness. Paper Players (#649) for a CAS (clean and simple) Bon AppetitContinue reading “Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes”

Celebrating You!

A few deadlines have snuck up on me…so, let’s get them done. Use Your Stuff (#487) Hearts theme and Cupcake Inspirations (#572) for a Red, White and Blue color combination. I selected the Try Stampin’ On Tuesdays (#613) sketch with the Celebration option and chose the tools and technique suggested by Just Add Ink (#660)Continue reading “Celebrating You!”

Gorgeous Garden Rose – Hello

Are you a fan of color?  If so, you must check out the Facebook Color INKspiration challenges.  Something always exciting over there. I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for Colour INKSpiration Challenge #146.  Take a look at those Lucious colors! I chose to do a wet-on-wet watercolor treatment to create depth andContinue reading “Gorgeous Garden Rose – Hello”

My Favorite Fruit – Sharing with Friends

Welcome back!  Time in the Studio and having a bit of fun with a few challenges today… Global Design Project (#399) for their Fruit theme.  Even better than Lemonade from Lemons is Wine from Grapes…especially when shared with friends.  I chose the colors suggested by Sunday Stamps (#311) and the sketch from Freshly Made (#591)Continue reading “My Favorite Fruit – Sharing with Friends”