Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe that in two months Christmas will have passed?  Time to get cracking on those cards. Playing with several challenges:  This month Stampin’ Up! ‘s Creative Challenge is to use unconventional colors for a Holiday card. I selected the one’s suggested by Color Dare (#570) to create a Fun Fold cardContinue reading “Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy”

Sunshine & Smiles – You Brighten My Day

Welcome back!  How about a little dose of sunshine? That is the theme over at Less Is More (#494) for a clean and simple card.  Additionally, over at Paper Craft Crew (#541) they are looking for a #simplestamping card.  What a great way to use your growing stamp collection from your Stampin’ Up! Paper PumpkinContinue reading “Sunshine & Smiles – You Brighten My Day”

Trick or Treat

One week and the Goblins will come a-calling… Several Halloween challenges are still kicking around.  Today: AAA Cards (#251); Cupcake Inspirations (#580); Can You Handle the Pressure (#41); and the colors suggested by Addicted to CAS (#249). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base for a clean and simpleContinue reading “Trick or Treat”

Floral Beauty – Birthday

Hi! Today is a Tuesday Design Team Day.  Working with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#431) selection from page 17 of the September – December Mini Catalog.  Stampin’ Up! Catalogs are full of inspiration.  Give the layout a whirl.  Would love to see what you might make. My card choices were inspired by Seize the BirthdayContinue reading “Floral Beauty – Birthday”

Fragrant Forest – Thinking of You

Catching up on a few more deadlines.  It’s going to be a busy week and deadlines are approaching. Playing with several challenges today.  Inspired By (#259) for Sketch and Colors; Alphabet (Letter O) for Owl; TGIF (#443) for the Harry Potter inspired image; The Male Room (#148) for the Sentiment; and picking up Color DareContinue reading “Fragrant Forest – Thinking of You”

Vintage Gingerbread – Holiday Cheer

Welcome back to a brand-new week!  Time for a little more holiday magic… Playing with the Tic Tac Toe (#231) Board, Time Out (#249) for something Vintage and bringing it together with a loose interpretation of the Freshly Made (#608) Sketch which I flipped.  Let’s have some fun! Here is the result: Steps: What funContinue reading “Vintage Gingerbread – Holiday Cheer”

Fall Floral Hello

A pretty hello card for you. Some more challenge deadlines.  Tuesday Morning Sketches (#729) reworked for A2 format, Color Throwdown (#765) opting for a warmer orange tone, and Just Us Girls (#702) for the Autumn Mood Board and a few of the color tones. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to resembleContinue reading “Fall Floral Hello”

Fun & Festive Christmas

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Sunday. Today, I am playing with the colors suggested by Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#153) challenge.  I decided to make a Holiday card using the Fun & Festive stamp set.  All of the Critters in this set make me smile. Sharing this card with Jingle Belles (#2322) for featuring aContinue reading “Fun & Festive Christmas”

Abundant Beauty – For You

Friday!  How is it already the end of the week?  Another clean and simple card for you today. Playing with Paper Players (#662) using the technique suggested by Just Add Ink (#674) and sharing with Beautiful Blossoms (#10) and Ellibelle’s I Spy (#8). Here is the result: Steps: The card was assembled, and the SpotContinue reading “Abundant Beauty – For You”

Seasonal Thanks

One more card for today.  Welcome back! Isn’t it glorious that we can now open the windows…I always look forward to the Fall Season as it arrives in the south. There are a number of CAS (clean and simple) challenges and several Autumn theme challenges.  Some combine both.  I have created this card to addressContinue reading “Seasonal Thanks”