Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode

Happy Day to you all! Having a bit of a play before meeting friends for Easter dinner. Challenges: Freshly Made Sketches (#580), Color Dare (#543), Happy Little Stampers (April) and Stampin’ Up! Creative (April). Here is the result: Steps: All panels were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Flower adds aContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode”

Serene Bird – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  It is a dark rainy day and I wanted to brighten my day…so… The challenge I am playing with is: Festive Friday (#131) and I chose a number of items from the list.  I wanted to add a Bird, but I don’t have many birds in my stamp collection.  On a hunt, IContinue reading “Serene Bird – Happy Birthday”

Look Who’s Five – Birthday Bicycle

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Cardz 4 Guyz (#319) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#402) using the colors suggested by Just Us Girls (#673).  Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the base sketch.  A small Knot was tied using retired Old Olive Linen Thread. Do you rememberContinue reading “Look Who’s Five – Birthday Bicycle”

Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips

One last card for today… The Challenges: Four Seasons (April) for the inspiration; Retro Rubber (#203) for the theme; Atlantic Hearts (#518) for the sketch; and Colorful Options (April) for the pastel color tone. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A Mint Macaron TextileContinue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips”

Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!

Welcome back! There is a lot of inspiration out there in the blog world.  Stuck for an idea?  Peruse the challenges I play with and have fun creating… Let’s play with: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#599) for the sketch and the suggested option; Color Throwdown (#736) for the colors; and Seize the Birthday (#258) forContinue reading “Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!”

Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#410) – Color and Cardz 4 Guyz (#318) – Use some type of Coloring Medium.  I chose to create a card for a Teenager and picked the retired stamp set – Epic Celebrations (circa 2018) for Retro Rubber (#202) using the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#400) Sketch.  Let’sContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome”

Petal Park – Floral Birthday

Welcome back!  Have you had a good week?  It is already Friday…how can that be? This morning I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#516) Sketch and chose the color combination from Creative Colour (#80). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Several Flowers andContinue reading “Petal Park – Floral Birthday”

Look Who’s Turning Four – Celebrating with Zoo Babies

Yup!  It is Tuesday…and I am playing with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#399) suggestion. Let’s remake that sample. I was inspired by the following challenges: Seize The Birthday (#257) as I actually need a birthday card for a little girl; Retro Rubber (#202) because I have these cute retired children’s stamp sets; The current colorsContinue reading “Look Who’s Turning Four – Celebrating with Zoo Babies”

Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.

Welcome back!  It is Tuesday…let’s play… A few challenges are running with a similar theme: Can You Handle the Pressure (#27), Just Us Girls (#670) and Shopping Our Stash (#492).  I chose a more muted or softer Rainbow Palette, so I am adding the card to Make My Monday (#196) and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.”

A Classic Birthday

One last deadline for today…another color challenge.  This one is for Just Us Girls (#669). The colors felt very masculine to me, and we always need guy cards.  I selected the sketch from Tuesday Morning (#698) and to use dies for the cut shapes and therefore chose to also share the card with Happy LittleContinue reading “A Classic Birthday”