Beautiful Motifs – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. March is here and so is green… Starting with: Just Us Girls (#813) to use Dies with a Twist to use the color, Green; Triple B (#2603) with a Green Twist featuring Blooms, Birds and/or Butterflies; If You Give aContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Thinking of You”

Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#555).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 19 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design choices were influenced by the Sunday Stamps (#381) Color Palette which match up withContinue reading “Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful”

Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Floral Beauty

Welcome back!  Already Friday…where did the week go? A clean and simple card for the AAA Cards (#308) suggested sketch and choosing colors and elements from the Inkspirational (#361) Visual Prompts Collage. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, and the Flowers were popped upContinue reading “Floral Beauty”

Celebrate Spring – Sending Love

Hi again!  I have a little more time today to play… The challenges: CAS on Friday (#328), a clean and simple card with a “CUTE” theme; Colorful Options (#2602) for the Pink & Purple palette; Jan’s Paper Players (#774) Sketch which suited both a clean and simple styling and using Leftover bits and pieces foundContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Sending Love”

Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best

Welcome back!  Monday and a brand-new week full of creative opportunities. Today I am playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More (#511) to Make My Mark with coloring techniques and/or tools. I chose the TGIF (#565) Inspiration Image, recreating it with a few stamped images and coloring tools.  Choosing the Color Dare (#691) Palette andContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best”

Good Things – The Right Words

Design Team Time for both The Card Concept (#224) Inspiration Board and I chose the colors and pairing it with the Atlantic Hearts (#668) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by Time Out (#306) to Pick Two – Aperture and Twine and Make My Monday (#271) to use Dies. Creating a clean, layered and graphicContinue reading “Good Things – The Right Words”

Sending Love – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#551) Sketch, found on page 34, with which I took a few liberties with element placements. My choices were influenced by the Inspire Create (#209) Love theme and the Just Add Ink (#778) Colors, of which you had to use a minimum of three. SharingContinue reading “Sending Love – Friendly Foliage”

Bird’s Eye View – You’re The Best

Welcome back!  Chasing a few deadlines…and having some fun… I am playing with the Retro Rubber (#264) Sketch and turned it into a Gate Fold card for Creative Creases (#111). Design influences: Cupcake Inspiration (#633) for the Color Palette and choosing the Whimsical Bird for Critter Crazy (#107). Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – You’re The Best”

Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…

Welcome back!  How I roll in the Studio… I am playing with Just Us Girls (#808) to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card from one of the Design Team members.  Today I selected Lisa Elton’s card which I flipped to the vertical position. Additional Influences: Inspired By (#373) with a Hot Drink theme, theContinue reading “Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…”