A very quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. A few drawn scribbles and a bit of lettering for the AAA Cards (#221) challenge and another one for Paper Players (#604). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Accent Panel: (3¼” x 4½”)Continue reading “Time to Fly”
Category Archives: Technique Challenge
You’ve Been Good – North Pole Mischief
Happy Tuesday and a happy day! I have some more time to play. Several really fun challenge ideas have been combined for this card. Most nights, I have challenges on the “brain” and often have a plan when I wake up… Paper Players (#604) – Black and White with a Pop of Color; Can YouContinue reading “You’ve Been Good – North Pole Mischief”
You Are Always Loved – Christmas Scottie
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Facebook Case-ing the Catalog challenge (#369). The card sample is essentially a color block. For my colors, I went to a Random Color Generator Site and set the selector to four colors. The colors that popped up were similar to Sahara Sand, Soft Suede/Early Espresso, Garden Green and MerryContinue reading “You Are Always Loved – Christmas Scottie”
Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate
The challenge theme for the FUSION sketch is Wine & Cheese. How appropriate as we visited a winery yesterday. I selected the retired stamp set, Tuscan Vineyard, to play with. I chose to create another one-layer clean and simple card for the INKspirational (#271) challenge and did a bit of Blender Pen water coloring soContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate”
Off to the Tropics – Charming Sentiments
Hi! Several challenges in my favorite style: Clean and Simple (CAS) and I thought I would combine them all together for this card. Sketch – CAS Colours & Sketches (#482); Colors – Sunday Stamps (#289); Theme – Addicted to CAS (#226); Materials – CAS on Friday (#237) and Technique – INKspirational (#271). Here is theContinue reading “Off to the Tropics – Charming Sentiments”
Happiness Abounds – Pretty Posies
Welcome back! Hope you are having a lovely week. We have some weekend plans, so I am trying to get a few more challenges completed. Sketch – Try Stampin’ on Tuesdays (#567) and Colors – Creative Color (#49). Technique – Happy Little Stampers Watercolor (August) and as the card also checks the boxes, The FlowersContinue reading “Happiness Abounds – Pretty Posies”
Celebrate!
Welcome back! I have been given the opportunity to be the featured Designer for the Color Throwdown Team this week. Such fun to play along. The colors that we get to work with (CTD705) this week are Purple, Red and Green and looking at the inspiration photograph, I selected Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sorbet and ParakeetContinue reading “Celebrate!”
Oriental Brushstrokes – Tranquility
How about we pull out the one stamp set that made me swoon when I flipped through the very first catalog I ever saw. Oriental Brushstrokes. It had retired by the time I started buying Stampin’ Up! products and it took me a few years to find it. I think it will be part ofContinue reading “Oriental Brushstrokes – Tranquility”
Fly Away, Fly Away – Little Lady Bug
Chasing one more deadline…Welcome back! Playing with the Theme from CAS on Friday (#236), the Technique suggested by Make My Monday (#180) and the CAS Colours &Sketches (#480) Sketch which I flipped. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Shimmery White cardstock. Focal Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Shimmery WhiteContinue reading “Fly Away, Fly Away – Little Lady Bug”
Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday
A color challenge deadline is approaching, Just Add Ink (#613)…such a pretty combination, Fresh Freesia (soft purple), Starry Sky (vibrant blue) and Mint Macaron (lovely shade of green). But what to do with them? I pulled out the super pretty Black and White Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper and opted to watercolor one of theContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday”
The Inque Spot Studio 