Welcome back! It is a dark rainy day and I wanted to brighten my day…so… The challenge I am playing with is: Festive Friday (#131) and I chose a number of items from the list. I wanted to add a Bird, but I don’t have many birds in my stamp collection. On a hunt, IContinue reading “Serene Bird – Happy Birthday”
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Graceful Tiles – Because of You
The Design Team Challenge for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#411) is an inspiration Mood Board. There are a lot of take aways and I am taken with the image of the Umbrellas. Additional inspiration comes from Just Add Ink (646): The Cookies led to the colors chosen – Pink, Yellow and Orange as well as theContinue reading “Graceful Tiles – Because of You”
It Looks Like Spring!
Happy Sunday! Hoping you have a chance to be creative…I have a lot of challenge deadlines today so I will be a busy rabbit! Playing with: Global Design Project (#387) for the theme; Creative Colours (#82) for the colors; and Tuesday Morning (#701) for the sketch layout. Additionally, I chose to watercolor for Happy LittleContinue reading “It Looks Like Spring!”
Chic Thanks
Welcome back! Had a chance to create another card for CAS Colours & Sketches (#507) with the colors from Creative Colour (#81) using a Stencil as suggested by Happy Little Stampers (March). Let’s play! Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. The sentiment, Thanks, from theContinue reading “Chic Thanks”
Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card
Having a play with a few more challenges before I get ready for Wednesday’s class… Inspire Create (#138) to use the card created by Karen Farquhar as an inspiration springboard. The items chosen: Layout, Patterned Paper, Embossed Panel, Pansies, Tag Sentiment and Ribbon. The colors were chosen from the Color Dare (#539) Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card”
Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome
Tuesday! Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#410) – Color and Cardz 4 Guyz (#318) – Use some type of Coloring Medium. I chose to create a card for a Teenager and picked the retired stamp set – Epic Celebrations (circa 2018) for Retro Rubber (#202) using the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#400) Sketch. Let’sContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome”
Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive
Welcome back! Round Two with Sketch Saturday (#721) including the option of using an embossing folder flipped to the horizontal position for Jingle Belles – Cardstock Christmas and Happy Little Stampers Christmas including Candy Canes. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Shaded Spruce cardstock. Background Panel: (4⅛” xContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive”
Fable Friends – Happy Spring
Welcome back! Happy Monday! Several fun challenges influenced this particular card. Festive Friday (#130) for a number of the items listed and I chose the retired stamp set Fable Friends, as it loosely reminds me of the Peter Rabbit series of books; the new I Spy With My Little Eye (#1) for a Critter; theContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”
Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend
I have the pleasure of being invited to be a guest designer for Tic Tac Toe (#200) this round on their 200th Board. What a great collection of options…so many ways to go. I chose the Center Line: Wood, Flowers and Die Cuts. I selected the color combination suggested at the Global Design Project (#385)Continue reading “Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend”
Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.
Welcome back! It is Tuesday…let’s play… A few challenges are running with a similar theme: Can You Handle the Pressure (#27), Just Us Girls (#670) and Shopping Our Stash (#492). I chose a more muted or softer Rainbow Palette, so I am adding the card to Make My Monday (#196) and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.”
