With pleasure, I accepted the Guest Designer role with the Tic Tac Toe team for Challenge Number 247. I picked the left column: Dry Emboss, Stripes and Plaid. I was inspired to create for The Male Room (#186) and Alphabet (Letter C). Choosing the Automobile image from the retired Guy Greetings stamp set. And choosingContinue reading “To A Classic – Guy Greetings”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday
Hi! Round three as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#284) this time is “Beach”. I took additional inspiration from: Retro Rubber (#230) for a Nautical element and Shopping Our Stash (#521) for the Water element and selected the colors suggested by CAS Colours & Sketches (#536) toContinue reading “Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday”
Baby Blanket Wash Day
A color deadline…Color Dare (#598) and a few new challenges that popped up today for inspiration: Time Out (#263) Alphabet Magnet Day and the Inspired By (#288) Clothesline theme and sketch which tied in nicely with the current Farm Quest (#51) Laundry theme. Here is the result: Steps: All of the elements were adhered toContinue reading “Baby Blanket Wash Day”
Sunshine & Smiles
How about one more… Over at As You See It (#322), we are asked what our least used color is. For me, except a little in the Autumn, I rarely use Pumpkin Pie. I chose to create a clean and simple card with this color for CAS on Friday (#282) Sunshine and Addicted to CASContinue reading “Sunshine & Smiles”
Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes
Hi again! This afternoon, I wanted to play with the Just Us Girls (#725) color combination. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#750) layout. and worked with Make My Monday (#225) Florals and chose to create a clean and simple card for Simply Clean & Simple (#11), who also has an optional twist for Flowers. HereContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes”
Layered Floral Beauty – Heart Smile
Welcome back! It’s Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Play time in the Studio. Just Add Ink (#700) is looking for Shimmer. I chose to create with the Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder for Can You Handle the Pressure (#54) Feminine with the Pink and White Colors from The Card Concept (#206) FloralContinue reading “Layered Floral Beauty – Heart Smile”
Graceful Deer – Peace
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#688) challenge. This week, LeAnne has provided us with an Inspiration Board entitled Animal Antics to get our creative juices flowing. My stash of animal images is rather limited so, I selected the Graceful Deer stamp set as Curiosity will disturb the Peace. I combined this week’sContinue reading “Graceful Deer – Peace”
Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day
Welcome back! A few of our plans got rained out today…so I am happy to be in the Studio. Today, I started with the Atlantic Hearts (#575) Slim Line Sketch. Inspiration for my design came from: Beautiful Blossoms (#16) and specifically the color palette, the Four Seasons (May) Mood Board for the delicacy of theContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day”
Let’s Jazz It Up!
Welcome back! It’s Friday and almost the weekend. Hoping you have some time to be creative… Several challenges influenced the design of this card. At Make My Monday (#224) the theme is International Jazz Day. Did you know that Jazz is my favorite music genre? Anyway, over at Global Design (#433) the theme is alsoContinue reading “Let’s Jazz It Up!”
Garden Meadow – You are the Best
One more…It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#458). The original card can be found on page 71 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. A pretty little card, not too complicated. Inspiration for my choices: Inspired By (#256) for the theme and Color Dare (#597) for the palette.Continue reading “Garden Meadow – You are the Best”