What a glorious day today – perfect for celebrating! I hope you are having a lovely day, too. A whole lot of inspiration contributed to the making of this card… Double Trouble (#132) celebrating Creative Creases (#52) on their two year anniversary and looking for a Fancy Fold and some Spring Flowers; Retro Rubber (#201)Continue reading “Perfectly Penned – Celebrate Today”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Spring Floral Cascade – You’re the Nicest
Happy Saturday! Welcome back. Today I am playing with the following challenges: Try Stampin’ On Tuesdays (#595) for Sketch and Option Detail; Color Throwdown (#732) for the chosen Colors; Inspire Create (#137) and Global Design Project (#383) for the Spring Theme; Shopping Our Stash (#491) for adding Flowers; and sharing with Jan’s Digi Stamps (February)Continue reading “Spring Floral Cascade – You’re the Nicest”
Queen Bee – Birthday
Catching up and having a bit more of a play this afternoon. Challenges: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#397) Sketch – a little late to the game; Creative Colours (#78); Can You Handle The Pressure (#26) Tools and Theme; and Happy Little Stampers (March) Birthday Theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Queen Bee – Birthday”
Up & Away – A Travelling We Will Go
Welcome back! I have a fun and quick card for you today. Inspired by: Use Your Stuff (#477) Travel Theme; Cupcake Inspiration (#563) for the colors; and Paper Players (#629) for the sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping the card clean and simple, the Hot Air Balloon was added to the card front withContinue reading “Up & Away – A Travelling We Will Go”
A Well Written He’s All That – Thanks
I have the pleasure of being a guest designer at The Male Room this month. Challenge – TMR172 is a sketch. I had some fun. It is March and Spring is around the corner. To that effect, I am playing with the Stampin’ Up! Only (#321) color challenge and the Tic Tac Toe (#198) boardContinue reading “A Well Written He’s All That – Thanks”
Let’s Get Together – Celebrating You!
Welcome back! I created this simple Birthday invitation card for a friend and incorporated a number of challenges. The Card Concept (#189b) Inspiration Photo for the Colors, Tea Cup and Circle shape from the Weigh Scale; AAA Cards (#234) for the Style and Circle theme; Seize The Birthday (#256) for the Colors Red, White andContinue reading “Let’s Get Together – Celebrating You!”
Bamboo Sunset
I don’t know about you, but for me a really clean and simple styled card is often just right for a man. Straight forward and to the point. Here is my take on Nature for The Male Room (#171) challenge for February. I decided to pair it with the February Orange color challenge from GiveContinue reading “Bamboo Sunset”
Batter Up! – You’re the Best
Tuesday! Design Team Challenge for Cardz 4 Guyz (#316) – Sporting Chance. I have very little by the way of Sports themes in my collection…so, I opted for the May 2021 Paper Pumkin Kit – Batter Up! with a Baseball theme. Additional Inspiration: Inspired By (#225) for the colors and the boy’s themed bedroom andContinue reading “Batter Up! – You’re the Best”
Wildflower Path – Get Well Card
Welcome back! Design team time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#408) for a great color challenge. Sketch: Over at Stampin’ Up! Only (#320), the suggestion was to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) one of the card samples from page 5 of the Sale-a-bration Brochure and I chose the bottom card. CAS (Clean and Simple) Style CardsContinue reading “Wildflower Path – Get Well Card”