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: Card Base: (8½” x 5½”Continue reading “By My Side – Life is Better with You”
Category Archives: Theme Challenges
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: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Copper Clay cardstock. The pieces were adheredContinue 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”
Merry Christmas – Inked & Tiled
Week Two for my Guest Designer position with Krafty Chicks this month. Week Two is always Christmas…Christmas in July, why not? Other challenges with a similar theme: Inkspirational (#293); Happy Little Stampers (July); Jan’s Digi Stamps (July) and I selected to CASE the Designer for a simplified layout from Inspire Create (#146). Here is theContinue reading “Merry Christmas – Inked & Tiled”
Best Fishes
One more project for today…another CAS (clean and simple) card. Challenges: Tic Tac Toe (#216) Diagonal Green/Blue, CAS and Critter lead to Cupcake Inspirations (#573) for a far less fearsome Critter and I chose the Paper Craft Crew (#525) sketch to complete the card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Best Fishes”
By the Sea – Thinking of You
Hi! Welcome back. I have another card for you this morning. Playing in the Studio before I start prepping for tomorrow’s class. Do you like to go to the Beach? Is that how you spend part of your summer vacation? Do you like to hunt for seashells? Well, a few challenges are exploring that themeContinue reading “By the Sea – Thinking of You”
