Welcome back! A brand-new week…hope it will be a good one. A few guy challenges are about. Over at Inspire Create (#174), the theme is Men; The Male Room (#189), a site for guy cards, is asking us to employ mixed media styling; Park Hopping (August) have Harry Potter – Steam Punk themed inspiration photos;Continue reading “Daring Adventure”
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Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#702) challenge. This week, Jan has a sweet color combination for us to play with. Inspiration for my design: Alphabet (Letter J) for Juvenile…make a kid suitable card; Facebook Stampin’ Through The Catalog – upcoming featured stamp set – Happiest Day; and bringing it all together, theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday”
Floral Flight – Hello
Happy Saturday! Hope you are having a good weekend. I was able to take a detour into the Studio before dinner…playing with Facebook Colour INKspiration (#170), choosing three favorite colors: Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo and Pretty Peacock and creating with the Freshly Made (#648) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Floral Flight – Hello”
Friends For Life
Welcome back! It’s Friday!! Any great plans for the weekend? We have a fun day planned for tomorrow, weather permitting, and I am not sure that I will have time to play in the Studio…to that end, I created this card for the Atlantic Hearts (#589) sketch and the palette suggested by Creative Colour (#153).Continue reading “Friends For Life”
Country Flowers – You’re The best
Hi again! A quick little clean and simple #simple stamping card…just stamps, ink and paper. Every week, the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog team chooses two stamp sets from the current Catalogs and/or On-Line Exclusive offerings to play with. I don’t always have them, but I do have Country Flowers, which is the selection forContinue reading “Country Flowers – You’re The best”
Everyday Details – Happy Thoughts
Welcome back! How does the week go by so quickly? No matter, I am playing in the Studio. Today’s combinations: Over at Stampin’ Up! Only (#357), we are tasked with CASE-ing a card found on page 64 of the Annual Catalog. I chose to take up the Stampin’ Up! (August) Creative Challenge to play withContinue reading “Everyday Details – Happy Thoughts”
Up & Away – Birthday Balloon Adventures
Welcome back! A little birthday card for you today… A couple of challenges are looking for Balloons: Shopping Our Stash (#527) and Crafter’s Café (#310). Then comes along a Sketch from Tuesday Morning (#768) that is ideal for a set of Balloons. Only thing left is the Color choice and I picked the happy brightsContinue reading “Up & Away – Birthday Balloon Adventures”
Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card
Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#472) Design Team. Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 120 of the Annual Catalog. We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration: Jingle Belles (#2416) to use “Leftovers” – Holiday Bits and Bobs lying about and Colors selected from theContinue reading “Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card”
In The Meadow – Sending Love
Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#353) is into the Great Outdoors with an associated activity. Me? We are on a camping trip, and this is what we saw in the evening twilight. Other challenges that informed my design decisions. Inkspirational (#321) Word: Woodland; Farm Quest (#57) Things Found in a Forest; Heart’s QuestContinue reading “In The Meadow – Sending Love”
Eastern Blooms – Hello There
Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#444) has a light and breezy summer Mood Board to inspire your creations. I picked up the colors, the stripes, the flowers and the texture. I opted to go retro with my stamp set choices to play along with the Retro Rubber (#236) Slim-Line Sketch and sharing myContinue reading “Eastern Blooms – Hello There”