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”

Celebrate – Wanted To Say

Welcome back!  Friday already… Studio time with: Atlantic Hearts (#632) for the Sketch; Tic Tac Toe (#272) for center line featuring Layers, Floral, and No Stamping as my FREE Space; Just Us Girls (#778) featuring Dies and Layers. Additional influences: Krafty Chicks (#771) Birthdays and Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202506) as this card canContinue reading “Celebrate – Wanted To Say”

Love You – Layered Thoughts

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Sneaking in a card between today’s Class Prep. Inspired By (#338) is featuring Lady Bugs and a cute Sketch and Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog is featuring the Layered Thoughts stamp set this week.  What fun! I am sharing this card with Heart’s Quest (#74) as my Love theme includes aContinue reading “Love You – Layered Thoughts”

Specimen No. 3 – Butterfly

Welcome back!  Wow that was a short week.  Friday already… A few ideas came together as I thought about these challenges: (1) Atlantic Hearts (#631) Sketch; (2) Shopping Our Stash (#548) Adding Numbers; (3) Ellibelle’s I Spy (#26) Butterflies; and (4) Double D (#05202025) Birthstone: Green Emerald. I wanted to use green and opted forContinue reading “Specimen No. 3 – Butterfly”

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”

Thankful Garden – You Make a Difference

Hi again!  Popping in with another card… So, we have a brand-new catalog and a brand-new set of colors.  That said, there are a few related challenges, so let’s play! Stampin’ Up Only (#376) is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card found on page 41 of the Catalog and I pickedContinue reading “Thankful Garden – You Make a Difference”

Secret Garden – Wonderful

Welcome back!  Saturday…any creative plans? Several related challenges today.  Starting with the Stampin’ Up! Only (#375) CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Angel Shaver.  Angel created a Fun Fold card, but I reinterpreted it as a standard A2 Card to showcase patterned papers. Influences: Double D (#050725) for Patterned Papers and LoveContinue reading “Secret Garden – Wonderful”

Gallery Blooms – You Make Me Smile

Welcome back!  How can it already be Friday?  The week just flew by… Today, I am creating for the Cookie Challenge (#204) featuring Pretty Flowers, selecting the Creative Colour (#192) Palette with the Freshly Made Sketch (#685), which I flipped to the vertical position to better accommodate my selected image and sharing with Shopping OurContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – You Make Me Smile”

Lovely as a Tree – Best Day Ever

A few days off and I feel energized.  Welcome back! Today I am combining a few challenges with similar themes: Stampin’ Up! Only (#373) with a Neutral Palette in their inspiration photo; Inspire Create (#190) looking for a Monochrome Color Scheme; Festive Friday (#182) celebrating Earth Day; and Time Out (#286) with a list ofContinue reading “Lovely as a Tree – Best Day Ever”

Tiled Techniques – Celebrate

Welcome back!  A little creative expression today. The other day as an April Fool’s joke, Facebook’s SU! Colour Challenge posted a photo of Neutral Colors that I thought was pretty cool.  I wanted to play… Today, Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog is featuring the Tiled Techniques stamp set and this is the first time IContinue reading “Tiled Techniques – Celebrate”