Crazy Floral Quilt – Happy Birthday

Welcome to Thursday!  Catching up after running around and completing some chores.  Much more fun to be in the Studio! Playing with the Sketch Saturday (#741) Layout with a modification to the “Quilted” side.  I selected the Color Hues (#78) Blues and the Farm Quest (#43) Quilt Theme.  The Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper fitContinue reading “Crazy Floral Quilt – Happy Birthday”

Celebrate – New Year Glam

Welcome back!  Where does the time go?  It is already Wednesday… I am combining a number of similar challenges with today’s card starting with the Freshly Made (#618) Sketch. Taking inspiration from the Inkspirational (#306) Mood Board and the TGIF (#454) Colors along with the Stampin’ Up! Only (#342) Materials with the Heart’s Quest (#45)Continue reading “Celebrate – New Year Glam”

Rock & Roll – Way to Go

Design Team Time – Part 2.  Today I am combining the Cardz 4 Guyz (#338) Use Something New with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#442) Sketch.  I have selected the Rock & Roll Designer Series Paper as my something new and the sketch can be found on page 65 of the January to April Mini Catalog.Continue reading “Rock & Roll – Way to Go”

Hometown Greetings – Season of Life

Design Team Time: For the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#429) Inspiration Board, I selected the image of the Row of Houses. I chose to keep the card clean and simple and selected the AAA Cards (#256) Sketch and the Creative Colours (#123) suggestion. There are a number of Winter themed challenges at the moment, and I amContinue reading “Hometown Greetings – Season of Life”

Merry Café – Spirited Snowmen Hugs

Welcome back!  A brand-new work week and I have a fun winter card for you today. Sketch: Sunday Stamps (#326); Theme: Caffeinated Christmas Cards (#25), If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#188) and Inspired By (#270) for both theme and colors. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Merry Café – Spirited Snowmen Hugs”

Planted Paradise – Happiness Wishes

Welcome back!  Chasing a deadline or two…. Working with the Tuesday Morning (#738) Sketch and taking a few liberties.  I flipped it to the horizontal position and fit my three shapes a little differently and picked the Letter “O” from the Christmas (or not) Bingo Board (#5) for the elements and chose the Color ThrowdownContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Happiness Wishes”

Sunny Days – Happy Birthday

My first post as a 2024 Guest Designer with Paper Players (#671).  The theme is Cheers to the Years.  Yesterday was my own Birthday and I am certainly cheering to the years! I am also starting the year off with Stampin’ Up’s Simple Stamping challenge to use just Stamps, Paper, Ink and adding an itemContinue reading “Sunny Days – Happy Birthday”

Lifetime of Love – Beautiful Friendship

Welcome back!  Hope you are having a lovely start to the weekend. Studio time and playing with the Freshly Made (#617) Sketch along with the Facebook Colour INKspiration (#157) Selection and sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (January) and Love to Craft (#78) for their Anything Goes theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Beautiful Friendship”

Timeless Arrangements – Planted Paradise

Welcome back!  Off to a late start today… Playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#558) Sketch and the Creative Colours (#122) Selection using the new stamp set Planted Paradise for the Facebook Joy of Sets (January 2024) suggestion and Krafty Chicks (#697) to use Stamps. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Timeless Arrangements – Planted Paradise”

Dear Friend – Winter Deer

Welcome back!  It has been a minute.  I have had a busy first week of the new year, but I am catching up today. Firstly, I am creating a card for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday challenge (#441).  The last sample card from the September – December Mini Catalog found on page 73.  I flipped itContinue reading “Dear Friend – Winter Deer”