Blue Heart – Thank you

Welcome back!  It is already Thursday, and the week is quick coming to an end… Today, I am playing with Festive Friday (#132) and The Male Room (#173) opting for the TGIF (#416) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and the Sentiment TagContinue reading “Blue Heart – Thank you”

Spring Pretty Floral– Birthday Thoughts

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Playing with Just Us Girls (#675) and choosing the Flowers and the Colors from the Mood Board.  Keeping my design CAS (clean and simple), I chose the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches (#509) and opted for the Flower/ Spring themes for Crafter’s Café (#296), CAS on Friday (#255) and RetroContinue reading “Spring Pretty Floral– Birthday Thoughts”

Love Bear – Count on Me

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#404). I chose a board line suggested by Tic Tac Toe (#204) and the word “Adorable” for the Alphabet Letter (A) to inspire my choices. Here is the result: Steps: Both the Sentiment Flag and the Focal Panel were adhered to the card base.  Three Crumb CakeContinue reading “Love Bear – Count on Me”

Pretty Petals – Wonderful Mother

Hi!  Getting a chance to create another clean and simple, simple stamping card for a few challenges. Playing with The Flower Challenge (#79); Double Trouble (#136) partnering with Beautiful Blossoms (#4) and choosing the colors from Inspire Create (#140). Here is the result: Steps: The Focal Panel was added to the card base and theContinue reading “Pretty Petals – Wonderful Mother”

Golden Holly – Christmas Card

Welcome back!  Another work week.  Hope you have a great one. Time for the Holiday card challenges.  Jingle Belles (Peace on Earth) and Happy Little Stampers (April).  Bringing it all together, the sketch over at Paper Craft Crew (#513). With found materials and repurposed items from both my Holiday Bin and my Scrap Bin, hereContinue reading “Golden Holly – Christmas Card”

April Showers – Playing in the Rain

Wishing the very best on this Sunday… April!  April Showers are a popular theme this month.  Here is my take prompted by: Inspired By (#233) including colors and the suggested sketch layout; Shopping Our Stash (#494); and as I went with Rain Showers instead of Baby / Bridal Showers, Can You Handle the Pressure (#29).Continue reading “April Showers – Playing in the Rain”

Easter Lilies – Happy Spring

Hi!  There is a card style challenge over at AAA Cards (#237) to make a CAS (clean and simple) card in a shape other than a rectangle or a square.  Challenge accepted. I chose to use the colors suggested by the Facebook group SU! Only Colour (April) and the Easter theme for both AAA CardsContinue reading “Easter Lilies – Happy Spring”

Happy Labels – Celebrate Sunflowers

Welcome back!  Looking for ideas to spark your creativity?  Hunt out a few challenge blogs…there are links to several in my blog posts.    Another challenge mash-up:  Cupcake Inspiration (#566) for the theme; Global Design Project (#389) for the color choices; and Sunday Stamps (#306) for the sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Happy Labels – Celebrate Sunflowers”

Setting Sail into the Sunshine

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday Sketches (#403). Where we recreate and/or CASE (copy and selectively edit) the chosen Catalog sample card of the week. I picked the colors suggested by TGIF (#415) and the word of the week from Just Us Girls (#674) to create my design. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Setting Sail into the Sunshine”

Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes

Afternoon delight…more time in the Studio… A few CAS (clean and simple) challenges are on the board today.  Addicted to CAS (#235) Code Word: Garden and CAS on Friday (#254) Dots. I decided to make a birthday card for Happy Little Stampers (April) and chose three colors from the Lucky Seven board over at ColorContinue reading “Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes”