Welcome back! A brand-new week. Happy Monday. Shall we begin? Today, we are doing Christmas for: Krafty Chicks (#781) influenced by Jingle Belles (#2517) for a Vintage/Retro feel of Christmas Past. Sharing this card with both Make My Monday (#258) for Snow in August and Farm Quest Country Christmas (#23). Here is the result: Detail:Continue reading “Vintage Christmas – To You & Yours”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Medley Mix – Beautiful Birthday
Welcome back! Sunday…is it your day of creativity? I have a soft and pretty floral birthday card for you today. Playing with the Just Add Ink (#764) Choose Two: Pearls & Pastels, selecting the palette suggested by Facebook’s Colour INKpiration (#193) and adding a Floral element for The Flower Challenge (#105) incorporating chosen Embellishments. Additionally,Continue reading “Medley Mix – Beautiful Birthday”
Little Boy Blue – Birthday
Hi again! I have another clean and simple card for you this afternoon. Playing with several similar challenges: CAS on Friday (#315) with a Baby theme and If you Give a Crafter a Cookie (#207) with a Child’s Birthday theme. Paper Craft Crew (#634) has a Tic Tac Toe Board with a line that includesContinue reading “Little Boy Blue – Birthday”
Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You
Welcome back! Hoping you are having a sensational Saturday. Play time! The challenges: Double Trouble (#197) and the 3-2-1 game (Colors, Layers, Technique) with a twist and a share with Triple B (August) and Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#676). Additionally, I was influenced by Inkspirational (#348) for the CAS Style and the Floral TwistContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You”
Amber Autumn – Birthday Plaid
Welcome back! Happy Friday. Hoping you have great plans for the weekend. Playing with Claire’s current color suggestion from Paper Players (#750) and the Seize the Birthday (#297) No Flowers theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base and the Acorn Branch was popped up with Dimensionals. A funContinue reading “Amber Autumn – Birthday Plaid”
Have a Cup on Us – Merry Christmas
Welcome back! Wishing you a happy Thursday. Always chasing deadlines. Where does the time go? Christmas (or Not) Bingo (#14), choosing B- Christmas, Brown and Plaid and Caffeinated Christmas (#44), always a holiday drink theme. Sharing with Love To Craft (#87) anything goes and Addicted to Stamps & More (#499) any occasion. I picked theContinue reading “Have a Cup on Us – Merry Christmas”
Perfectly Pears – Celebrate
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#525) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 133 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things. You are welcome toContinue reading “Perfectly Pears – Celebrate”
Gallery Blooms – Get Well Card
Welcome back! Happy Monday. Hoping you have an excellent week. Another clean and simple card for you today. The challenges: Addicted To CAS (#289) Squares; Just Us Girls (#787) Floral Dies; and Tic Tac Toe (#276) CAS, Die(s) and Free for Favorite Color. Bringing it all together, I selected the Freshly Made (#698) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Get Well Card”
Gallery Blooms – Birthday
Welcome back! Wishing you the best for your Sunday and hoping you find some time to be creative. I have a clean and simple, simple stamping card for you this morning for the CAS Colours & Sketches (#566) sketch which I flipped to the vertical position and Simply Clean & Simple (#26) anything goes. ChoosingContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Birthday”
Beloved – Honey Bee
Welcome back! Hope your Saturday has been fine. I am back to creating for a few challenges… Both Festive Friday (#190) and Double D (#080625) are celebrating National Honey Bee Day. I used a loose interpretation of the Just Add Ink (#736) Sketch that I flipped to the vertical position. This required a bit ofContinue reading “Beloved – Honey Bee”