Welcome back! Can you believe it is almost May? I had a busy business day yesterday and will be catching up on some end of month challenges. First up – the Cookie Challenge (#191) with a Birthday theme. The inspiration photo Sprinkles kept niggling at me so, I decided to push through and create aContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card”
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A Little Wild – Animal Outing
Design Team Time. This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#346) we are visiting the Jungle, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#437) Sketch was ideal. Additional inspiration came from Retro Rubber (#229) for the stamp set(s) selection…something older than one year and the items on the Tic Tac Toe Board. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “A Little Wild – Animal Outing”
Pocket Full of Posies – Hello
One more for today… Playing with the TGIF (#470) theme technique – Pocket Full of Posies and selecting the Freshly Made (#633) sketch with the Color Throwdown (#790) color palette and inspiration photo to create my card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. TheContinue reading “Pocket Full of Posies – Hello”
Bold Butterfly – Dream
Hi again! Playing around in the Studio… Inspiration: Just Us Girls (#724) Anything Goes with Stencils…but what? How about Ellibelle’s I Spy (#14) Something with Wings. Then I opted for a clean and simple card using the AAA Cards (#264) Sketch and to share it with Simply Clean & Simple (#10). Here is the result:Continue reading “Bold Butterfly – Dream”
Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#687) challenge. This week, Joanne has provided us with a Sketch to get our creative juices flowing. I did a mirror flip as it seemed to suit my choices better. Let’s have some fun! I selected to use new colors and products from both the new catalogContinue reading “Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible”
Inked & Tiled – Dainty Delight
Welcome back! Just want to share this card I made for this afternoon’s class. Inspired by both the Creative Colours (#138) palette and the Tuesday Morning (#754) sketch, I decided to play with two of my favorite stamp sets which, alas are retiring…Inked & Tiled and Dainty Delight. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Inked & Tiled – Dainty Delight”
Unbounded Love – More Wishes
Welcome back! And again, the week is drawing to a close. Any special weekend plans? Me? It is going to be a date night… Over at AAA Cards (#263) the clean and simple card theme is Weddings and/or Anniversaries. When you are long-time married, a date night is a good reason to celebrate even ifContinue reading “Unbounded Love – More Wishes”
Pretty Pastel Pinks – XOXO
Welcome back! How about a pastel pink Hugs & Kisses card today? I was inspired by Heart’s Quest (#52) Part A – Pink Ombre & XOXOXO and Part B – Stamped Hearts & Pink Heart Doily. I selected the Atlantic Heart’s (#574) Sketch to bring my ideas together. I am also sharing this card withContinue reading “Pretty Pastel Pinks – XOXO”
Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card
Hi! Round two as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#283) this time is “Off the Edge” and I created a mock step fold card, so I would have edges to decorate using the delicious green/blue colors from the Sunday Stamps (#333) suggested palette and sharing with CreativeContinue reading “Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card”
Layers of Country Roses
Wednesdays are always busy days in the Studio as that is Class Day and I sometimes do not have time to create for challenge deadlines. I wanted to play with the As You See It (#321) lovely Color palette (adding a green tone for my one neutral). But what to do with them? I selectedContinue reading “Layers of Country Roses”