Finishing up the day with a lovely Winter card. Sketch: Freshly Made (#510): Style and Color: Less Is More (#455); Sentiment: Just Us Girls (#609) and Materials: Just Add Ink (#579) and Tic Tac Toe (#138). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (11” x 4¼” scored at 5½”) Shimmery White cardstock. Background Panel: (3½”Continue reading “Winter White – Merry Wishes”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Merriest Moments – Thinking of You
Hi! Happy Sunday! Lovely bright day here but certainly crisp. I suspect the warmer jackets will need to come out of storage… I am having a play with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#445) and the colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge (#444). As the colors sent me in a Christmas card direction,Continue reading “Merriest Moments – Thinking of You”
Evergreen Forest – Happy Birthday
It is the weekend! Having a bit of a play this morning… Working with the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge (#630) and mixing it with the theme option challenge from Seize the Birthday (#226) and the colors suggested by the Sunday Stamps Challenge (#269). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Evergreen Forest – Happy Birthday”
Endless Wishes – Joy
The current Global Design Project (#316) is to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card created by Stesha Bloodhart. Have a look. It is a beauty! There is a lot going on… Theme – Christmas Colors – Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, a couple of Greens and some light Browns. Embossing – Both Dry and HeatContinue reading “Endless Wishes – Joy”
Blessings of Home – Watercolor Floral
Rainy dark day…perfect for hanging out in the Studio. Working with the Sketch Saturday Challenge (#684). The challenge is to pick a sketch layout from the Archives and I chose (#313) from June 7, 2014. I opted to create an A2 card instead of a Square card. You know I like to mix things up. Continue reading “Blessings of Home – Watercolor Floral”
Delivering Cheer – Sending Love
Over at TGIF (#340), the team has created a Mash-Up of the October Challenges. I chose the Colors (#336) and the Sketch (#337). What a fun way to play again with some great ideas! Over at the Stampin’ Up! Only Challenges (#287), the request was to use favorite products from the Holiday Mini Catalog. IContinue reading “Delivering Cheer – Sending Love”
Bamboo Beauty – You Are So Loved
Our current challenge subject at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#283) is Leaves. At this time of year, we most often think of Autumn Leaves when presented with this theme. I just wanted to change it up a bit. Reviewing my supplies and my hoard of patterned papers, I came across this luscious Jungle Garden of LeavesContinue reading “Bamboo Beauty – You Are So Loved”
Festive Post – There is Magic
Our current challenge at HANDSTAMPED SENTIMENTS (#376) is an Inspiration Image. I hope you decide to join us and I look forward to seeing what you will create! I combined the following challenges when I created this card. Sketch: Inspire Create (#102); Theme: Alphabet – Letter “O”; and Word: Just Us Girls (#608). Here isContinue reading “Festive Post – There is Magic”
Better Places – Hello
Clean and Simple – a style that is often hard to do because it is hard to resist just adding one more element. I took on two challenges that included a similar theme. Over at CASology (#396) the CUE CARD WORD is VIEW and over at Make My Monday (#160) the challenge was to createContinue reading “Better Places – Hello”
Merriest Moments – Joy
On to the next Holidays…Thanksgiving followed by Christmas! This afternoon, I decided to tackle Stampin’ Up! October Simple Stamping Challenge (Stamps, Ink, and Paper) Theme: Christmas or New Year’s and (yeah!) we were allowed to add embellishments. I selected the current layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches (#629) because it was perfect for showcasing a stampContinue reading “Merriest Moments – Joy”
The Inque Spot Studio 