Welcome back! Happy Wednesday. Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. March is here and so is green… Starting with: Just Us Girls (#813) to use Dies with a Twist to use the color, Green; Triple B (#2603) with a Green Twist featuring Blooms, Birds and/or Butterflies; If You Give aContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Thinking of You”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Celebrate Spring – Sweet Greetings
Design Team Time for both The Card Concept (#225) Inspiration Board and the Atlantic Hearts (#672) Sketch, combining the two. and sharing with Paper Players (#776) as this card fits their Colors of the Rainbow theme. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Daffodil Delight cardstock. Background Panel: (4”Continue reading “Celebrate Spring – Sweet Greetings”
Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful
Welcome back! Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#555). Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on page 19 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design choices were influenced by the Sunday Stamps (#381) Color Palette which match up withContinue reading “Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful”
Forever Florals – Thinking of You
Welcome back! Monday and off to a “quick” start. I have taken up the As You See it (#367) Speed Challenge. Create a card in less than 10 minutes featuring the color, Purple. Usually, I go for high speed with a clean and simple card. Today, I wanted to try something different. I chose toContinue reading “Forever Florals – Thinking of You”
Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft
Hi again! No rest for the crafter…Saturday, a day perfectly made for creativity. Ever a fan of clean and simple, I have created a card for Alphabet – Letter W – for Wildflowers. A perusal through my retired stash of goodies yielded the pretty Simply Soft stamp set which I matched up to Facebook’s GlobalContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft”
Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! Friday has arrived…already the end of the week… Today, I am playing with Make My Monday (#271) for a Masculine card for a little fellow; Little Red Wagon (#848) to include an Animal; Krafty Chicks (#810) for the Sentiment: Creative Colour (#230) for the neutral Palette; and bringing it all together with theContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday”
Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! Happy Thursday… It is March and the time for green and gold with a little magic thrown in. That said, this card was created with a few challenges in mind. Paper Players (#775) Mythical Creatures and mine is a Woodland Sprite, Seize the Birthday (#321) Anything with Wings, and Retro Rubber (#266) withContinue reading “Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday”
Simply Said – Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! Happy Wednesday. Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. Starting with: Just Us Girls (#812) to use Stencils; Inkspirational (#362) to use Stencils and add a Plaid; Just Add Ink (#780) to use Stencils and/or Dies; and AAA Birthday Cards (#83) to use Dies. That has the Tools covered,Continue reading “Simply Said – Birthday Wishes”
Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy
Hello there! Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors. Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”
Winter Scenes – The First Noel
Hi again! Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#554). Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on the front cover of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design was influenced by: Farm Quest Country Christmas (#29) for a rural winter sceneContinue reading “Winter Scenes – The First Noel”
