Creating for a few challenges today: Layout/Sketch: Global Design Project – GDP286 Theme – Outdoor Colors: Paper Craft Crew – PCC421 Colors: Color Throw Down – CTD637 Sentiment – Comfort: CASology – Week 387 And this is the result: I went for a minimalist Clean and Simple look for the square card design. FocalContinue reading “Strong, Loyal and True – Painted Poppies with Loyal Leaves”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Happy Spring – Weekend Theme Challenge – Spring Showers
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is a theme based. The image I chose is evocative of the adage: April Showers bring May Flowers. Take from it what you will. Be inspired by the image and/or the colors. Have fun with it! I chose the sketch layout for the Stampin’ Up! Only ChallengeContinue reading “Happy Spring – Weekend Theme Challenge – Spring Showers”
Spring Floral Birthday – Here’s To You
Time again to catch up with the weekly Case-ing Tuesday Challenge #298. This week the Sample and Sketch is from page 48 of the Mini Spring Catalog. I decided to mix it up with the Paper Players #535 Challenge – Springtime Flowers. I hadn’t yet had a chance to play with my March 2021 PaperContinue reading “Spring Floral Birthday – Here’s To You”
Missing You – Loyal Leaves with Hydrangea Hill
Friends – How we miss them. So glad many have had their Covid-19 Vaccinations and we will be able to get together again soon. Loyal Leaves is a favorite stamp set. It was always special when I found a leaf skeleton. However, today I just used the sentiment Missing You. I love the font. TheContinue reading “Missing You – Loyal Leaves with Hydrangea Hill”
Art Gallery – Quite Curvy Hello
Three Challenges: Materials: Tic Tac Toe – TTC106 Technique: TGIF – TGIFC309 Sketch: Paper Players – PP534 How my brain works… Tic Tac Toe: Something Metallic, a Gray color and a Die Cut (??) TGIF: Create Your Own Designer Series Paper (Silver & Gray??) Paper Players: Create all elements (??) and fit to match theContinue reading “Art Gallery – Quite Curvy Hello”
Oh, Snap – Crocodile Kisses
Had a bit of fun with the Oh, Snap stamp set. The Crocodile is so cute! I created this card for the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge – FMS478 and the CASology Cue Word Challenge Week 386 – LONG. Here is what I created: I stamped the Crocodile on to a Basic White Panel (3⅞” xContinue reading “Oh, Snap – Crocodile Kisses”
Happy Spring – Easter Card
Playing around in the Studio with an Easter / Spring theme. Several current challenges this week were on the same track: The SPOT Creative Challenge #155 , the Just Add Ink Crew – JAI547, the As You See It Group – AYSI246 and I chose the colors suggested by the current Color Throw Down ChallengeContinue reading “Happy Spring – Easter Card”
A Little Wild – Hello There, Baby Bear
Thought I would create a little card for the Paper Players Theme Challenge – PP533 today. Here is what I made. Isn’t he the cutest little fellow? Sketch (Card) Elements: Card Base: (4¼” x 5½”) Balmy Blue Panel 1: (3¼” x 4½”) Basic White dry embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. Mat: (1¾”xContinue reading “A Little Wild – Hello There, Baby Bear”
A Blue Rose – Thank You
It is another rainy day and I was feeling a little blue… Catching up today with the Case-ing Tuesday #296 Challenge and I used the TGIF #308 Inspiration Challenge and the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #105 for my theme and materials. This is what I created… Elements: Card Base: (5½” x 4¼”) Basic White. Panel:Continue reading “A Blue Rose – Thank You”
Dandy Birthday Wishes
The new Colour INKspiration Challenge – CI95 colors are so lovely this time around. The image is wonderfully exotic too and had me dreaming up an idea… Here is what I created: These are the steps I followed: I chose Shimmery White cardstock because it has a heavier weight and I was going to abuseContinue reading “Dandy Birthday Wishes”
The Inque Spot Studio 