Welcome back! Are you still in holiday mode? Were the fireworks spectacular? Happy Saturday and a full slate of companion challenges… Inspiration: Double Trouble (#194) and their 3-2-1 Recipe (Red, White plus one color – Blue for 3 colors; at least 2 shapes; and try a fun fold) partnering with Try a Sketch on TuesdayContinue reading “Pretty Kitty times Three – Birthday Cheer”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More
Welcome back! Happy 4th. It’s been a busy day, and I am just now getting around to telling you about the card I created this morning. Every month, Stampin’ Up! has a Creative Challenge and this month it is a Product Mash-Up. So, I combined Gallery Blooms, Beautiful Motifs, Scenic Frames and Mixed Media FloralsContinue reading “Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More”
How Does Your Garden Grow? Wildly!
Welcome back! A quick little card for you today… Keeping it simple to showcase the beautiful Floral Charm Designer Series Paper. For: TGIF (#531) with the Garden theme and Sunday Stamps (#363) for the Colors. Here is the result: Steps: The sentiment, Happy Birthday, from the Charming Day stamp set, an On-Line Exclusive product, wasContinue reading “How Does Your Garden Grow? Wildly!”
Festive Framing – Timeless Tidings
Welcome back! Wednesday and I found some time after class to create this sweet little holiday card. The challenges: Jingle Belles (#2513) Festive Frames; Paper Players (#744) Tic Tac Toe Board – Flowers, Die Cut and Embossing selecting the Color Dare (#657) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Festive Framing – Timeless Tidings”
Chocolate – Hot?
Hi again! A few other challenges are due, and I created a quick card for them. Festive Friday (#187) World Chocolate Day and Inspired By (#342) S’mores Chocolate with the suggested sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crumb Cake cardstock. Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Very VanillaContinue reading “Chocolate – Hot?”
Sunrise Sailing – Time to Celebrate
Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#519) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 110 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 “Sunrise Sailing – Time to Celebrate”
By The Bay – Ahoy!
Hi again! One more deadline due today… Playing with Double D (#061825) and their Let’s Go To The Beach theme picking the bottom right image and combining it with Time Out (#291) and their Seashell Inspiration photo. I chose the Freshly Made (#692) Sketch to bring my ideas together. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “By The Bay – Ahoy!”
Vintage Wedding – Charming Day
Welcome back! Sunday has rolled around, and I have spent some time in the Studio. Will you get a chance to be creative today? Several similar challenges and I combined them with the Sketch Saturday (#779) layout. So, Love Those Pretty Papers (#12) has a Wedding twist; Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#27)Continue reading “Vintage Wedding – Charming Day”
Love More – Labeler Alphabet
Hello! I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer for Heart’s Quest (#75) this time around and we are challenged to add red and/or blue hearts to our project. I added both. My design choices were influenced by: AAA Cards (#293) to create a clean and simple card with a “sentiment” focused twist; PaperContinue reading “Love More – Labeler Alphabet”
Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! Glad to be back. We had a 24-hour power failure due to those strong pop-up summer storms yesterday and I think I had withdrawal symptoms. Anyway, catching up with Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured stamp set, Gallery Blooms, and pairing it with the Color Hues (#112) Palette and selecting to create aContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”
