Darling Baby – A Little Wild Lion

Welcome back! Wow, it is already Thursday…let’s have some fun… Challenges for today include: Color Dare (#670) for the Palette; The Male Room (#300) for the Theme; Critter Crazy (#103) for the Subject Choice and AAA Cards (#300) for the CAS Style and the Sketch which I flipped to the vertical position. Here is theContinue reading “Darling Baby – A Little Wild Lion”

Abundant Beauty – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Saturday. Today I am combining a number to challenges that feature both clean and simple styling and stencils. CAS on Friday (#318) with a sketch; AAA Cards (#299) with colors; Ellibelle’s I Spy (#30) something clean & simple; Seize the Birthday (#314) with both; and Just Us Girls (#794)Continue reading “Abundant Beauty – Birthday Wishes”

Autumn Hello

Design Time for The Card Concept (#219) and we have a Fall themed inspiration photo this month.  I opted for the colors this time around. I chose a clean and layered styling for this card influenced by AAA Cards (#298) to Follow the Leader and CASE a card created by Ceal Pritchett.  Here is myContinue reading “Autumn Hello”

Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing

Welcome back!  A day full of chores and just now having time to be a little creative… Several related and/or similar challenge options today: Paper Players (#749) Stef’s By The Water theme; Addicted to CAS (#288) Sunshine theme; Inkspirational (#347) for a warm palette of Colors in their Mood Board; and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing”

Summer Vibes – Birthday Celebration

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#468), we have a nice Mood Board with lots of options.  I selected the Summer Cocktails image. Influences for my choices: AAA Cards (#295) for a clean and simple Style; AAA Birthday (#75) for Sentiment; and Color Dare (#600) for the Palette. Sharing with: Four SeasonsContinue reading “Summer Vibes – Birthday Celebration”

Love More – Labeler Alphabet

Hello! I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer for Heart’s Quest (#75) this time around and we are challenged to add red and/or blue hearts to our project.  I added both. My design choices were influenced by: AAA Cards (#293) to create a clean and simple card with a “sentiment” focused twist; PaperContinue reading “Love More – Labeler Alphabet”

One More Year

Welcome back!  Monday already…where did the weekend go? Keeping it simple, clean and simple with a quick little card. Just Us Girls (#779) is featuring Numbers and Just Add Ink (#755) has a nice set of Colors. Bringing my ideas together with the AAA Cards (#292) Sketch suggesting any shape, any color and any numberContinue reading “One More Year”

Gallery Blooms – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Finding a little time on this holiday weekend to create.  Let’s play. AAA Cards (#291) has a Follow the Leader challenge to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Sue Symens.  My takeaways: CAS Style, Four Die Cuts and small Sentiment. Over at Inspired By (#337), I liked theContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Celebrate”

Plane & Simple – Happy Birthday

Hi again!  Back to my favorite clean and simple style… A couple of CAS (clean and simple) challenges are featuring a similar theme: Things that Fly or have Wings.  I needed a guy birthday card, so I chose a Bi-Plane. Paper Players (#738); CAS on Friday (#309); and AAA Cards (#290). Bringing it all togetherContinue reading “Plane & Simple – Happy Birthday”

Butterfly Beauty Abounds

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday…a clean, simple and colorful friendship card for you this morning. Having a play with the AAA Cards (#289) Colors and the Alphabet (Letter B) for Butterflies. Selecting the Atlantic Hearts (#627) Sketch and sharing with Simply Clean & Simple (#23) and their Floral Twist. Here is the result: Steps: So simple,Continue reading “Butterfly Beauty Abounds”