Whip It Up Wednesday – Simple Stamped Cards

Welcome back!  Today, I am featuring a really simple card template that can be used for a series of cards that can be whipped up quickly. Here is the Template and the Accent Cut Pattern: I am sharing these cards with the October Stampin’ Up! Simple Stamping challenge and the October Happy Little Stampers BirthdayContinue reading “Whip It Up Wednesday – Simple Stamped Cards”

Season of Chic – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for the Color Hues this round.  What fun!  The colors are Coral and Blue (#73). I selected the Just Add Ink (#672) Sketch and am playing with Paper Craft Crew’s (#537) Tic Tac Toe board, The Male Room (#178) Theme and Seize the BirthdayContinue reading “Season of Chic – Happy Birthday”

Radiating Stitches Dies – One Card, Two Ways

Welcome back!  It has been a minute…I have been busy and distracted from my blog posting.  Several classes to prepare for and celebrating with my husband. Last week, TGIF had a challenge to create one card two ways.  I missed the deadline, but here is what I chose to do. I created the Birthday cardContinue reading “Radiating Stitches Dies – One Card, Two Ways”

With Love & Gratitude – Happy Birthday

Tuesday – Design time and today I am combining the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#423) inspiration mood board with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#426) sketch.  Additional Challenges: Seize the Birthday (#269) and Happy Little Stampers (September) Birthday along with Happy Little Stampers (September) Dies. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “With Love & Gratitude – Happy Birthday”

Timeless Charm – Best Wishes

One last card for today… Playing with Less Is More (#491) for a clean and simple card and Color Dare (#654) for the color palette. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping it simple, the Floral panel was popped up with Dimensionals for a bit of interest. A pretty little birthday card. Thanks for spending aContinue reading “Timeless Charm – Best Wishes”

Petite Pansies – Birthday Wishes

It’s Monday!  It’s a Holiday day – Labor Day…no rest for the wicked.  Although we do have some plans for later in the day. A favorite challenge of mine is CAS Colours & Sketches.  If a month has a fifth week, the team throws out a retro sketch and selects some lovely retired colors.  ThisContinue reading “Petite Pansies – Birthday Wishes”

Celebrate – Happy Birthday To You

One last deadline for today… Playing with the super pretty colors chosen by the group over at Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#150) challenge and selecting the current Atlantic Hearts (#540) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the Tag popped up with Dimensionals.  AContinue reading “Celebrate – Happy Birthday To You”

Delightful Dragonfly – Celebrate You

Welcome back!  It has been a busy day, and I am just now getting my card up. Playing with Double Trouble (#146) and partnering with Tuesday Morning Sketches (#722) for a study in Black and White. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with theContinue reading “Delightful Dragonfly – Celebrate You”

All Good Things

Indulge me…as I was rooting around for a stamp set for my previous post, I came across the retired All Good Things stamp set.  A favorite featuring Koi Fish.  Just perfect for an Orange color challenge, don’t you think? So, one more card for Less Is More (#490). Here is the result: Steps: A simple,Continue reading “All Good Things”

Epic Celebrations – Awesome

Having some fun with a couple more clean and simple challenges: AAA Cards (#247) theme and Less Is More (#490) color. Here is the result: Steps: Simple, clean and perfect for a teenager. Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda! Need a card? Ask me and I can createContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – Awesome”