Hi again! I needed a guy card. Do you have trouble creating cards for guys? I find that simple shapes and earthy colors are ideal to work with. I selected to create a Retro style birthday card for Seize The Birthday (#290) in a loose Frank Lloyd Wright interpretation of his famous window designs. IncorporatingContinue reading “Mid Century Modern – Birthday”
Category Archives: Tic Tac Toe Challenges
Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine
Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#354) is celebrating the Dawn and the Dusk. As an early morning riser, I went with Sunrise… The other challenges that informed my design decisions: Tic Tac Toe (#254) for Sunshine, Birds and Beach and Addicted To CAS (#265) for the Technique. Bringing them together, I chose theContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine”
Love & Affection – Sending a Smile
Welcome back! So happy you came for a visit. A few deadlines: Double Trouble (#172) partnering with If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#195) for a “Be Happy” theme and Color Dare (#612) Tic Tac Toe Board choices and I picked my favorites from the center vertical line. All three, bright and happy. InContinue reading “Love & Affection – Sending a Smile”
Textured Floral – Grateful Heart
Welcome back! A quick card for you today… Playing with the Freshly Made (#647) Sketch, choosing the Color Hues (#92) Duo for the CAS on Friday (#289) color requirements along with elements suggested by Tic Tac Toe (#253). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Textured Floral – Grateful Heart”
Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)
Happy Saturday! Hope you are having an excellent weekend… So, lots of challenges for this one: Starting with a Tic Tac Toe board from Seize The Birthday (#288) which ties in nicely with Just Us Girls (#737). I selected the Tuesday Morning (#766) sketch and the Creative Colours (#151) palette and sharing with Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)”
Changing Leaves – Thank You
Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”
Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes
Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card. The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers. Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”
Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday
Design Team time. Catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#469). The card we are case-ing can be found on page 38 of the Annual Catalog. Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Tic Tac Toe (#251) board line: Butterfly,Continue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday”
Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#696) challenge. This week, Anne-Marie has given us a Tic Tac Toe Board to work with. Lots of possibilities with eight different combinations. I selected the left-side down: Stars/Stipes, Birthday, and Twine. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#162) selecting a number of the possible elements; Just Add InkContinue reading “Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate”
Textured Floral – Smile
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. It is going to be a busy day. Hubby is up early to beat the heat with some garden work so, I headed to the Studio before I have to get in gear. Starting with the Freshly Made (#641) Sketch and the Creative Colours (#146), I chose to make a cardContinue reading “Textured Floral – Smile”
The Inque Spot Studio 