Floral Cake – Happy Birthday

Catching up with a challenge or two…and playing with the Mood Board over at INKspirational (#310) incorporating elements from the Heart’s Quest (#49) A & B themes and bringing these ideas together with the current Tuesday Morning (#746) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: The Cake was set to the right to accommodate the greetingContinue reading “Floral Cake – Happy Birthday”

Rainy Days – All Weather Friends

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#679) challenge.  This week, Claire has selected the theme Rainy Days.  I was inspired by the bottom left Window and the upper right Rain Boots. I opted to use the Triple Play colors suggested by Color Dare (#590) and CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card createdContinue reading “Rainy Days – All Weather Friends”

Posted For You – Sending Love Your Way

Hi again!  A very gloomy, very rainy day here.  So, I am taking refuge in the Studio to create a sweet Spring card to cheer me up… Let’s play!  Working with the Retro Rubber (#225) Tic Tac Toe Board: Jewels, Butterflies and Florals; Inspired By (#278) for Happy Mail; selecting the colors suggested by ColorContinue reading “Posted For You – Sending Love Your Way”

Echinacea – Neutral Tone Study

Again, it is Friday!  How does that happen?  The week just flew by… Putting together an idea for a few challenges:  I started with the Color Board over at Sunday Stamps (#328) full of my favorite Neutral colors.  Influenced by Tic Tac Toe (#242) to add a Floral element and add some Embossing using theContinue reading “Echinacea – Neutral Tone Study”

A No Bones About It Dinosaur Birthday

Welcome back!  So happy you joined me. Over at Cupcake Inspirations (#588), the theme is Dinosaurs.  I had to borrow the retired stamp set, No Bones About It, from a friend as I do not have anything in my collection that would suit.  Over at Seize The Birthday (#278), the focus is the color Red. Continue reading “A No Bones About It Dinosaur Birthday”

Dainty Delight Bouquet – I Love You

Welcome back!  So happy you joined me. The end of the month is coming quickly and therefore a few deadlines are catching up with me.  Inspired By (#277) Tray and items thereof… White Dainty Blossoms and touches of pink along with black and gray; Heart’s Quest Celebration Of Love (#02) goes without saying; and IContinue reading “Dainty Delight Bouquet – I Love You”

Enduring Beauty – You’re in my Thoughts

It is the beginning of a new work week.  I am a little ahead of the game for a couple of Tuesday challenges.  Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Enduring Beauty and I opted to use Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#449) sketch that can be found on page 43 of the Jan-Apr Mini Catalog. IContinue reading “Enduring Beauty – You’re in my Thoughts”

Sweet Friend – Stylin’ Girl By My Side

Hi! Back again.  Sundays are perfect days to play in the Studio… So let’s play!  At Shopping Our Stash (#515) we are putting our best face forward, so I picked the Poppet from Stylin’ Girl.  To present her in her best light, I opted to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by JoContinue reading “Sweet Friend – Stylin’ Girl By My Side”

Queen Bee – Congratulations

Welcome back!  Will you have some time to be creative today?  I am having a play with a number of challenges:  I Spy With My Little Eye (#12) something that starts with “B”.  I selected the very pretty Floral Bee from the Queen Bee stamp set.  Giving her, her due, I selected the current FacebookContinue reading “Queen Bee – Congratulations”

Blocked Stencils – Hug in a Cup

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#678) challenge.  Anne Marie has given us a fun sketch to play with this week. I decided to have a play with stencils for Just Us Girls (#715) and the Color Dare (#588) Fancy Five picking the warm tones.  I am also sharing this card with KraftyContinue reading “Blocked Stencils – Hug in a Cup”