Welcome back! A brand-new week and I am playing with Black & White. Choosing elements from the Festive Friday (#215) Inspiration Board…colors, subject matter and adding frames. My design choices were influenced by Krafty Chicks (#832) for a birthday card and the suggested sketch, flipped, from Paper Craft Crew (#684). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday”
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Let It Ride – Go For It
Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#473), we have a cool sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Festive Friday (#194) with a list of options and Time Out (#298), with another list of options. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Let It Ride – Go For It”
Coffee With Friends
Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#420). Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start… Today, I was inspired by Festive Friday (#140). I am sharing this card with Time Out (#244). Here isContinue reading “Coffee With Friends”
Simply Sketched – Sympathy Card
Some Sundays just get off to a slow start… A few clean and simple (CAS) style challenges came together quickly. AAA Cards (#223) for the theme, Addicted to CAS (#228) for the subject and Less is More (#472) for the color. Sympathy cards are my least favorite to make…yet I love a black and whiteContinue reading “Simply Sketched – Sympathy Card”
Charming Sentiments – Just For You Butterfly Surprise
Welcome back…a few more challenges…keeping it clean and simple and black and white. Sketch: Just Add Ink (#606); Theme, Tools and Technique: Can You Handle the Pressure (#8); Tools and Technique: Alphabet Challenge (Letter “E”) and Use Your Stuff (#449) for Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Charming Sentiments – Just For You Butterfly Surprise”
Perfectly Penciled – Happy Mother’s Day
Had a chance to catch up and create my card for this week’s Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Challenge (#354). Have to admit that I was a little stumped with this one. Loving all the circles but what theme, what colors and what materials to use… With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I opted to playContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – Happy Mother’s Day”
All Together – Here For You
Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#290) is to create a Fancy Fold card. There are so many different Fancy Folds one can do with a card base. I chose to go with a fan favorite of my clients. A little different than a standard card but ever so simple to create. This isContinue reading “All Together – Here For You”
You Are My Kind of Hero!
Hi, welcome back. Working on a few more challenges trying to meet the deadline date. Sketch: CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge (#434) and the CASology Cue Word Challenge (#394). Here is the result: Steps: Using the Stamparatus Positioning Tool, the sentiment, You Are One of a Kind, from the retired Lovely Wishes stamp set wasContinue reading “You Are My Kind of Hero!”
Sailing Home – You Are My True North in any Storm
Today, I am tackling the Tuesday Morning Sketch (#609) and chose the theme suggested by the As You See It team (#252). Here is the result: Stormy weather suggested a monochromatic color scheme. Steps: Focal Image: (2⅜” x 4”) Basic White cardstock. The Rectangle image from the Watercolor Shapes stamp set was stamped with 2ndContinue reading “Sailing Home – You Are My True North in any Storm”
You’re So Cool – Groovy Black and White
Who doesn’t like a graphic black and white design with a pop of color? A few simple elements and you are swinging! Playing with the Tuesday Morning Sketch (#608) and the Colour INKspiration (CI-100) Challenges. Here is the result: Steps: Rings: Magenta Madness (1⅞”), Bermuda Bay (2⅜”) and Gorgeous Grape (1⅜”). The Rings were createdContinue reading “You’re So Cool – Groovy Black and White”
The Inque Spot Studio 