Moon Lake – On The Water

Tuesday – Design time:  Cardz 4 Guyz (#327).  Creating cards for the guys in your life.  Check out the selection created by the Design Team for more inspiration.  Join us and add your card!  On The Water…lots of possibilities.  I went in a serene direction and chose the delightful, retired stamp set Moon Lake. MyContinue reading “Moon Lake – On The Water”

Delightfully Eclectic Floral Hello

Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#419) and this fortnight it is a Sketch. I decided that I would showcase some of the pretty paper from the new Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack and play with the new Paper Florist Dies. I chose the color story from Color Hues (#68) and to share withContinue reading “Delightfully Eclectic Floral Hello”

Time to Make New Memories – Next Destination

Afternoon play time!  New adventures, new stamp set: Next Destination for a few travel related challenges.  Onward Ho! The Male Room (#176), Inkspirational (#294) and TGIF (#430) with colors from Facebook Colour INKspiration (#147), stripes for Global Design Project (#403) and the current Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#615) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Time to Make New Memories – Next Destination”

By My Side – Life is Better with You

Welcome back! Starting the day with a very clean and simple card for AAA Cards (#244) and selecting the colors suggested on the bottom row of the Tic Tac Toe Board by Color Dare (#588) using the new to me stamp set By My Side. Here is the result: Steps: And that was that!  SuchContinue reading “By My Side – Life is Better with You”

Fun in the Sun – Waving Hello

How about a little Beach Fun? I really do not have much in my collection to match the criteria required for a few summer July challenges.  However, I just received the FUN IN THE SUN Paper Pumpkin Kit for July so, this is an alternative card to fit the challenges. Use Your Stuff (#488); TheContinue reading “Fun in the Sun – Waving Hello”

Wanted To Say – Happy Birthday Wishes

Week Three for my Guest Designer position with Krafty Chicks this month.  Week Three is always CAS…clean and simple and I have a sweet birthday card for you today. Inspiration gleaned from the following challenges: Simply Clean & Simple (#001) for the Florals; Addicted to CAS (#242) for the Sentiment; Happy Little Stampers (July) forContinue reading “Wanted To Say – Happy Birthday Wishes”

Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A late post, a busy day. Had a great class and now I have time to play… A couple of food related challenges are floating about in blog land, so I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Infinite Goodness. Paper Players (#649) for a CAS (clean and simple) Bon AppetitContinue reading “Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes”

Bird’s Eye View – You Matter

Tuesday – Design time:  Case-ing Tuesday (#417).  Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start. Today, I was inspired by the Time Out (#242) theme of Fairy Tales. A little story called: “The Three LittleContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – You Matter”

Earthen Textures – Thanks

You can tell that I was missing the Studio.  One last card for today… Having a go at Festive Friday (#138) and mixing it up with Color Throwdown (#751) using the current TGIF (#429) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Completing the card, a few gold colored Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins were added. Both elegant andContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Thanks”

Celebrating With Numbers

I have another No Stamp, No Ink card for you… Playing with Shopping Our Stash (#500) for a monumental number of challenges under their belt; Seize the Birthday (#265) to include Circles; Heart’s Quest (#34) for a Congratulatory Occasion; Opting for three of the suggested colors from Color Dare (#556); and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Celebrating With Numbers”