Lifetime of Love – Sending Hugs & Love

Tuesday!  Design Team time… This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#439), we have a sweet color challenge. I selected the Try A Sketch on Tuesday (#647) layout and am sharing the card with Love to Craft (#80) anything goes. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Lost Lagoon cardstock.Continue reading “Lifetime of Love – Sending Hugs & Love”

Lifetime of Love – Wedding Card

Welcome back!  That very magical time of nuptials are upon us with the favored June wedding dates. So, for As You See It (#324) Wedding Bells… I was influenced by Inspired By (#290) for the Mini-Florals that reminded me of Wedding Bouquets and the TGIF (#474) Floral Border for my layout design and determined thatContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Wedding Card”

Love Blooms – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday…a little red, white and blue for the Memorial Day weekend.  Playing with the AAA Cards (#266) Sketch that included three shapes for clean and simple card. My choices were influenced by Just Us Girls (#728) to use Stencils; Just Add Ink (#703) to choose two – Bright Colors and a BirthdayContinue reading “Love Blooms – Birthday Wishes”

Something For Everyone – Party Time

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#691) challenge.  This week, Claire has provided us with a versatile sketch, ripe for many possibilities. A number of other challenges informed my choices this week.  Color: The Color Hues (#87) Coral & Teal; Subject: Make My Monday (#226) Dogs; Theme: Double Trouble (#167) Birthday; and sharingContinue reading “Something For Everyone – Party Time”

Kitchen Kaffee Klatch with Friends

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday. I found a little time to play…Farm Quest (#52) Kitchen Tools; Creative Colour (#142); with the Atlantic Hearts (#578) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Accent Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Moody Mauve Stylized Floral patterned piece of paper from theContinue reading “Kitchen Kaffee Klatch with Friends”

Penciled Pear – Just a Little Note

Hi!  Welcome to the weekend…hope it will be memorable.  We are heading out to the Gallabrae Scottish Festival tomorrow.  Always a nice time. A quick card for you today.  Festive Friday (#160) Inspiration List; Color Throwdown (#794) Palette; and the Facebook Global Design Project (#446) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Penciled Pear – Just a Little Note”

Loyal Leaves

Alas, my time as a Surprise Party Guest with Seize the Birthday has come to an end.  It has been a pleasure to create with the team. My last Party Topping (#285) this round is to “Use Metallics”.  I selected the new Textured Metallic Specialty Paper and Gold Embossing Powder for my metallic elements. IContinue reading “Loyal Leaves”

Unbounded Beauty – Celebrate

Catching up with this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#461).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 53 of the Annual Catalog.  I rather liked the choice of stamp sets and decided to use them with a few tweaks.  Additional Inspiration: Inspired By (#289) for the blue and white flowers; Inspiration Station (#61)Continue reading “Unbounded Beauty – Celebrate”

Sailing Home – Celebrating You

Welcome back!  Happy Tuesday… Had a chance to sneak a card in to capture a deadline over at Just Us Girls (#727) for a summery Mood Board incorporating the spotlight Technique for Inkspirational (#316) and creating a clean and simple styled card for AAA Cards (#265) with a Birthday theme. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Sailing Home – Celebrating You”

Born to Shine – Star of Light

Welcome back!  Several things going on early next week and I may not have time to create to meet a few deadlines, so… As You See it (#323) has presented us with a recipe card.  You must use all of the ingredients when creating your project.  Check!  That said, I selected the current Alphabet (LetterContinue reading “Born to Shine – Star of Light”