Approaching Perfection – Oh So Ombre Birthday

A fun little sketch over at TGIF this week.  Sketch Challenge – TGIFC303 The end of Sale-a-bration is approaching quickly and I wanted to play with a few of the products you can earn for FREE with a qualifying purchase. The Approaching Perfection stamp set is a super set of great sentiments coupled with aContinue reading “Approaching Perfection – Oh So Ombre Birthday”

Envelope Surprises that are Truly Lovely

For inspiration I picked the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – FMS472 and a color combination from the Color Throw Down team – CTD629 to support the CASology 383 theme: Envelope. The name of the game today is Clean and Simple (CAS) Influenced by the color choices, I stamped the Basic White panel with theContinue reading “Envelope Surprises that are Truly Lovely”

Suite Sampler – Birthday

Hi Everyone!  It’s Tuesday and I am having fun with the Case-ing Tuesday #290 Challenge. For my color choices, I selected the Just Add Ink – JAI540 Color Challenge. This is what I created… An easily overlooked stamp set, Suite Sampler is at the back of the Spring Mini Catalog – page 88.  It canContinue reading “Suite Sampler – Birthday”

Birthday Fun – Girls and Boys

This week’s Sunday Sketch – SS040 is a great simple layout.  Pick your colors, pick your theme and you are off to the races. I wanted to make Birthday cards and the colors chosen for these two cards were inspired by two different color challenges. Color Throw Down – CTD628 and CAS Color and SketchContinue reading “Birthday Fun – Girls and Boys”

Scrap Strips…We all have them.  Let’s Make Cards!

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is another Simple Sketch intended for you to use up some of those half-inch scraps you keep for another day project.  Well today is the day! All of the cards I made use some manner of scrap strips from my bins.  Where the scraps originally came fromContinue reading “Scrap Strips…We all have them.  Let’s Make Cards!”

Beautiful Best Wishes

Deadlines, deadlines, and deadlines. The colors for this week…a soft pink, a soft gray, and a dreamy blue for the Color Throw Down – CTD627 Challenge were so appealing that I just needed to make a card with them.  For me, that translated into Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate and Misty Moonlight.  Now what to doContinue reading “Beautiful Best Wishes”

Flower & Field Designer Series Paper Sampler

For my class this week, Celebration of Color – All Occasions Cards, I chose to highlight the beautiful Sale-a-bration Field & Flowers Designer Series Papers. The inspiration for the cards I created came from various sketch challenges.  Sunday Sketch SS038, Case-ing Tuesday #288, Just Add Ink #538, and The Power of Three as suggested byContinue reading “Flower & Field Designer Series Paper Sampler”

Sunday Sketch – SS037

Today, I bring you two very different cards inspired by the SS037 Sketch. The January Stampin’ Up! #SimpleStamping Challenge is to use just Stamp, Paper, Ink and an item from the Sale-a-bration Brochure.  Another Color Challenge that I discovered is the Color Throw Down – CTD#625.  The colors:  Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green and PacificContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS037”

Touch of Ink – Best Wishes

Today I created a card for the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge – FMS467.  I also chose to use the colors suggested by the Global Design Project – GDP273 with the stamp set from Thursday’s Stamping Through the Catalog – Touch of Ink. The Sketch is for a Slim-Line card.  The first I have made ofContinue reading “Touch of Ink – Best Wishes”

Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday

Another fun evening…Christine Bertram’s Mystery Stamp Night for December. Following instructions set out in Clue #1, I prep all the pieces and wait for the event to start to see what will be the end result… If you have figured out that I do not exactly follow the “rules”, I will tell you about allContinue reading Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday