Another Butterfly…I love the Butterflies…they are so pretty… The current challenge over at Just Us Girls (#619) invites you to create your own Stencils using Dies. What I great idea! The die sets that I chose were: Tasteful Labels, Brilliant Wings and the retired Ornate Borders. To complement the Stencils I created, I chose theContinue reading “Brilliant Wings – Happy Birthday”
Category Archives: Tools Challenge
Plentiful Plants – My Heart is Smiling
Nothing better than hanging out in the Studio on a rainy morning…let’s get creative! Sketch: CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge (#456); Color: Color Throwdown Challenge (#679); Inspiration: Just Add Ink Challenge (#590) and Tools: Happy Little Stamper Challenge (Dies – February 2022. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Plentiful Plants – My Heart is Smiling”
Wildflower Path – Beautiful Wings Birthday
Let’s Play!! Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches (#643); Color: Global Design Project (#329); Theme: Less is More (#458) and Seize the Birthday (#231); bringing it all together Tic Tac Toe (#148) for the sentiment, the embellishment and the use of dies. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic WhiteContinue reading “Wildflower Path – Beautiful Wings Birthday”
Wildflower Path – Leave a Trail
Playing in the Studio today. I started with the very subtle colors, Soft Seafoam, Smoky Slate and Calypso Coral from the color challenge over at TGIF (#354) but I had some other things to do this morning and missed the deadline…oh, well…I carried on with my idea. On Facebook, the Stampin’ Through the Catalog groupContinue reading “Wildflower Path – Leave a Trail”
Floral – Here For You
Here we go! Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Challenge (#342). I chose the current color palette from the As You See It (#267) Challenge and for the Tools and Style, I selected the Tic Tac Toe (#147) Challenge. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Patterned Strips: (4½”Continue reading “Floral – Here For You”
Driving By – Miami Style
Our current challenge at HANDSTAMPED SENTIMENTS (#382) is an Inspiration Board. There are several take-aways: Colors – Pink, Blue, White; Themes – Birds, Vehicles, Flowers, Walls and Doors; Textures – Bricks and Wood. Lots to work with! I selected to use the weekly Sketch challenge posted on my website – Sunday Sketches SS018 but flippedContinue reading “Driving By – Miami Style”
Happy & Heartfelt – I *Heart* You
Playing with the Double Trouble (#102) Challenge…Thing One: Anything, Thing Two: Partner with other challenges, and Thing Three Twist: A different card size. I created a Masculine Valentine card in the Mini-Slim Line size and partnered with Dies R US (#186). Additional challenges that inspired me were as follows…Style and Theme: Just Add Ink (#589),Continue reading “Happy & Heartfelt – I *Heart* You”
Floral Color & Contour – You’re Absolutely Amazing
Chasing a few more challenges…welcome back! Sketch: Paper Craft Crew (#458); Color: CAS Colours & Sketches (#455); Style: AAA Cards (#207) and Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (February). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Top Square: Starting with a (5½” x 4¼”) piece of Copy Paper, IContinue reading “Floral Color & Contour – You’re Absolutely Amazing”
In The Moment – Heck, Yeah!
If I wasn’t creating this card today, heck, yeah!, I would definitely be cuddling up with a book. I am in South Carolina and we rarely get any snowy weather in my little corner of the State. Well, we certainly got it! Snow Day! A perfect time for hunkering down with my nose in aContinue reading “In The Moment – Heck, Yeah!”
Flowing Flowers – I Like You
Our current challenge at HANDSTAMPED SENTIMENTS (#380) is a sketch. Each week at The Inque Spot Studio, I issue a personal challenge to my clients to play along with me. It is a way to engage all to keep stamping when we cannot get together. This week the challenge was to try a technique usingContinue reading “Flowing Flowers – I Like You”