The theme challenge selected by the Global Design Project team, GDP874, is “by the sea”. I decided to use the current sketch challenge over at The Spot Creative Challenge – #157 for the layout of the card. And this is the result: The two little girls and their pails reminded me of searching for shellsContinue reading “Beautiful Moments…By the Tide – Happy Day”
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Happy Spring – Weekend Theme Challenge – Spring Showers
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is a theme based. The image I chose is evocative of the adage: April Showers bring May Flowers. Take from it what you will. Be inspired by the image and/or the colors. Have fun with it! I chose the sketch layout for the Stampin’ Up! Only ChallengeContinue reading “Happy Spring – Weekend Theme Challenge – Spring Showers”
Happy Spring – Easter Card
Playing around in the Studio with an Easter / Spring theme. Several current challenges this week were on the same track: The SPOT Creative Challenge #155 , the Just Add Ink Crew – JAI547, the As You See It Group – AYSI246 and I chose the colors suggested by the current Color Throw Down ChallengeContinue reading “Happy Spring – Easter Card”
Here’s A Card – I’m Here
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is a theme challenge. I chose Butterfly -Things that Flutter and found this beautiful image of an iridescent butterfly to inspire you. To help me focus, I chose to use the current sketch from The Spot Team – Challenge #153 and to play along with the PaperContinue reading “Here’s A Card – I’m Here”
Celebrating You with a Wrapped Bouquet
Playing around in the Studio with the MOJO Monday Sketch #554 and The SPOT Creative Challenge #152. Here is what I created: The painted chair inspired the (2¾” x 4½”) panel. I took a piece of Pool Party cardstock and dry embossed it with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. To create the pickled effect,Continue reading “Celebrating You with a Wrapped Bouquet”
Bouquet of Hope – Hello
Hard to believe that I actually got this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS043 completed for this Sunday! I chose the color scheme from this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge – CTD631 and altered the sketch slightly to fit the trendy Slimline card size as suggested by the design team over at The Spot Challenge – #151Continue reading “Bouquet of Hope – Hello”
Happy Birthday – True Love / Art Gallery
Colour INKspiration – CI93 has been bumbling around in my head since last Tuesday, February 9th. This is such a great image. I love a bright green and a bold blue. The sandy color was what was throwing me… I sat down to work on a sketch challenge but got inspired by scraps of theContinue reading “Happy Birthday – True Love / Art Gallery”
Very Versailles Butterfly – Thinking of You
Today I created a card for the Spot Creative Challenge – #149. I also chose to include a few other Challenges: Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge – SUOC268. 3D: TAGS, BOXES & BAGS CASology – #383. CUE WORD: ENVELOPE Let’s see what I made: The Sketch has a back panel, a central shape and a bannerContinue reading “Very Versailles Butterfly – Thinking of You”
Floral Sympathy
Needed one of these today… I chose the Mojo Monday #552 sketch created by Julee Tilman from Poetic Artistry and a color combination from The Spot for Inspiration Challenge #148. Here is the result: I started with the Patterned Paper. I chose the Night of Navy and White floral pattern from the Sale-a-bration selection: PaperContinue reading “Floral Sympathy”
Dragonfly Garden – Birthday
It is another Challenge Mash-Up day! Global Design Project – GDP274 Sketch, The Paper Players – PP523 Color and The Spot – #145 Splish Splash Challenges. This is what I created… I started with a piece of Basic White – Thick card stock. I stamped the sentiment, Happy Birthday, from the new Sweet Ice CreamContinue reading “Dragonfly Garden – Birthday”