Alas, my time as a Surprise Party Guest with Seize the Birthday has come to an end. It has been a pleasure to create with the team. My last Party Topping (#285) this round is to “Use Metallics”. I selected the new Textured Metallic Specialty Paper and Gold Embossing Powder for my metallic elements. IContinue reading “Loyal Leaves”
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Sailing Home – Celebrating You
Welcome back! Happy Tuesday… Had a chance to sneak a card in to capture a deadline over at Just Us Girls (#727) for a summery Mood Board incorporating the spotlight Technique for Inkspirational (#316) and creating a clean and simple styled card for AAA Cards (#265) with a Birthday theme. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Sailing Home – Celebrating You”
Sweet Love of Cupcakes
Well, it’s Friday! Hoping you have a wonderful weekend and an opportunity to be creative. Today, I started with the Just Add Ink (#702) Sketch. Three playful shapes. But what should they be? Next, I selected the color palette suggested by the Facebook Colour INKspirations (#165) team. Isn’t that photograph of the Flowers beautiful? Yet,Continue reading “Sweet Love of Cupcakes”
Unbounded Love – Butterfly Celebration
Hi! Welcome back. Thursday already – where does the week go… I am playing with Double Trouble (#166) asking us to do a mixed-up unmatched project and partnering with Tuesday Morning (#756) for the suggested layout. I also selected the color combination from the Facebook Global Design Project (#445) and added elements found on theContinue reading “Unbounded Love – Butterfly Celebration”
Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! What a busy Monday I have had. Just getting around to making a quick and easy, #simplestamping, clean and simple card for a number of challenges, many sporting a similar theme. First off, a birthday card to celebrate AAA Cards (#265) 10th Anniversary…anything goes. I selected Just Us Girls (#726) Word – Garden;Continue reading “Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday”
To A Classic – Guy Greetings
With pleasure, I accepted the Guest Designer role with the Tic Tac Toe team for Challenge Number 247. I picked the left column: Dry Emboss, Stripes and Plaid. I was inspired to create for The Male Room (#186) and Alphabet (Letter C). Choosing the Automobile image from the retired Guy Greetings stamp set. And choosingContinue reading “To A Classic – Guy Greetings”
Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday
Hi! Round three as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#284) this time is “Beach”. I took additional inspiration from: Retro Rubber (#230) for a Nautical element and Shopping Our Stash (#521) for the Water element and selected the colors suggested by CAS Colours & Sketches (#536) toContinue reading “Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday”
Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes
Hi again! This afternoon, I wanted to play with the Just Us Girls (#725) color combination. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#750) layout. and worked with Make My Monday (#225) Florals and chose to create a clean and simple card for Simply Clean & Simple (#11), who also has an optional twist for Flowers. HereContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes”
Let’s Jazz It Up!
Welcome back! It’s Friday and almost the weekend. Hoping you have some time to be creative… Several challenges influenced the design of this card. At Make My Monday (#224) the theme is International Jazz Day. Did you know that Jazz is my favorite music genre? Anyway, over at Global Design (#433) the theme is alsoContinue reading “Let’s Jazz It Up!”
Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card
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”