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”
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Thinking of You – Happy Scenes
Welcome back! I have the honor of being selected as a Guest Designer for Double Trouble for the month of September. What fun to be a Crazy Cousin! Challenge (#147) includes Fall Colors, Pumpkins and a chance to partner with Inspiration Station (#53) for their photograph of the Fall Market Gourd Display which is soContinue reading “Thinking of You – Happy Scenes”
Toile Tidings – ‘Tis The Season
Jumping from Fall into Christmas with a Vintage inspired card. Several challenges with a Vintage theme: Use Your Stuff (#491); Jingle Belles (#2318); Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#621); and I chose the colors from the Color Dare (#563) Tic Tac Toe board. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Toile Tidings – ‘Tis The Season”
A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone
Friday! The weekend is almost here. Do you have any fun plans? Today I am playing with the Global Design Project (#407) theme and the Inspired By (#251) photo for both theme and color choice. I selected the CAS Colours & Sketches (#518) sketch and the Clear Color Embossing Technique for Inkspirational (#296). Here isContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone”
Everlasting Beauty
Playing with another set of colors for another clean and simple card. Seems like everyone is up for colors this week! Colors: Inspire Create (#148) and choosing the August Photo Inspiration from Less Is More (#489) for my stamp set choice: Everlasting Beauty. Here is the result: Steps: Late summer blossoms twinkling in the sun. Continue reading “Everlasting Beauty”
Eclectic Stencils – Just Wanted To Say…
Welcome back! A quick clean and simple card for today. Mixing up a the Just Add Ink (#664) colors with the cool sketch from Freshly Made (#597) using Stencils for Happy Little Stampers (August). Here is the result: Steps: Add a bit of bling – a few Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the Floral elementsContinue reading “Eclectic Stencils – Just Wanted To Say…”
Moon Lake – On The Water
Tuesday – Design time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#327). Creating cards for the guys in your life. Check out the selection created by the Design Team for more inspiration. Join us and add your card! On The Water…lots of possibilities. I went in a serene direction and chose the delightful, retired stamp set Moon Lake. MyContinue reading “Moon Lake – On The Water”
Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! A late post, a busy day. Had a great class and now I have time to play… A couple of food related challenges are floating about in blog land, so I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Infinite Goodness. Paper Players (#649) for a CAS (clean and simple) Bon AppetitContinue reading “Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes”
Garden Zinnias – Cheerful Daisies Reimagined
Tuesday – Design time: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#418) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#416). 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… Be sure to check out the impressive selection of cards created by the DesignContinue reading “Garden Zinnias – Cheerful Daisies Reimagined”
My Beach – Waterfront Sunshine
Welcome back! Friday already…the trip to the beach is winding down… Not really, but I am inspired by the Paper Players (#647) theme and creating with the Tuesday Morning (#714) sketch. Enjoy! Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and a bit of retired BumbleContinue reading “My Beach – Waterfront Sunshine”
The Inque Spot Studio 