Welcome back! A brand-new week and a colorful birthday card for you today… Color Dare (#688) has a bright fun palette that suited Seize The Birthday (#319) to use a Rainbow of colors. I paired these up with the Inspire Create (#208) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Friendly Birthday”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Special Delivery – Just For You
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. Here’s to hoping you have some time to be creative today… A clean and simple card, a favorite style, for: CAS Colours & Sketches (#577) and Make My Monday (#270). Design influenced by: Beautiful Blossoms (#37) for subject and coloring and Krafty Chicks (#805) with a twist to add embossing. HereContinue reading “Special Delivery – Just For You”
To A Great Guy at Christmas – Nature’s Symphony
I’m back. Chasing another deadline. This time for Jingle Belles (#2602) to create with Something Old and Something New. My design decisions were influenced by Double Trouble (#208) with 3 Colors (Blue, Green and Orange), 2 Images (Popped Up Creatures) and 1 Sentiment, add a Penguin and use the Try Sketch on Tuesday (#687) Layout.Continue reading “To A Great Guy at Christmas – Nature’s Symphony”
Sentimental Framing – Winter Memories
Welcome back! Happy Wednesday…I am delighted to be a guest designer for Farm Quest (#80) this month. The theme is Winter Sports. If you know me, I am a fireside book reader…hanging out in the snow is not my idea of fun. But I do have memories of making Snowmen with my sister. Is thatContinue reading “Sentimental Framing – Winter Memories”
Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays
Welcome back! Happy Thursday…a clean and simple masculine birthday card for you today. Simple stamping at its best – just stamps ink and paper! The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#842) Keep it Simple; Krafty Chicks (#804) Masculine; Creative Colours (#224), with the primary palette inspiring the Piet Mondrian layout; and sharing with Creative Crafters (#96)Continue reading “Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays”
Valentine Vase – With Love
Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#665). Lots of layers, lots of opportunity, kept simple with a unifying color. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Global Design Project (#531) Heart theme, Addicted to CAS (#299) Glass theme, and choosing the Color Dare (#686) Pink Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Valentine Vase – With Love”
Grand Adventure – Birthday Card
Designing for: Cardz 4 Guyz (#382) with a theme entitled Epic Adventure this round and I am taking the Scenic Route… Additional challenges that informed my choices: The Male Room (#206) to add a Tag; Make My Monday (#268) to use Patterned Paper; Addicted To Stamps & More (#208) for a Birthday Theme; and sharingContinue reading “Grand Adventure – Birthday Card”
Snow Front – With Love
Welcome back! A brand-new week and we are off to a start in my favorite style – Clean and Simple. Combining: Paper Players (#769) Signs of Winter theme with the CAS on Friday (#325) Snowman theme. Choosing the CAS Colours & Sketches (#576) Palette and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#803) and AAA Cards (#306) forContinue reading “Snow Front – With Love”
Charming Day – Wedding Congratulations
Welcome back! Happy Sunday. Hoping you can find some time to be creative today… Today’s challenges: Festive Friday (#201) choosing elements from the World Marriage Day line-up; TGIF (#560) Celebration Inspiration Photo – Roses, Lace, and Wedding Theme; and bringing all my ideas together with the current Freshly Made (#719) Sketch. Here is the result:Continue reading “Charming Day – Wedding Congratulations”
Oh Joy – Snow
Welcome back! It is cold in the Upstate and we have a chance of flurries as it is snowing just north of us in the mountains. With that, today’s card is made with a few challenges in mind: Just Add Ink (#777) Something Seasonal; Inspired By (#371) Snowflakes and Colors; and bringing everything together, theContinue reading “Oh Joy – Snow”
The Inque Spot Studio 