Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

Layers of Beauty Window – My Heart

Welcome back!  It’s Wednesday and I am off to an early start as I have a class this afternoon… I am playing with the TGIF (#472) Sketch along with the palette from Color Dare (#599) and sharing with Can You Handle The Pressure (#55) with a Floral option. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Layers of Beauty Window – My Heart”

Layered Floral Beauty – Heart Smile

Welcome back!  It’s Monday and the start of a brand-new week.  Play time in the Studio. Just Add Ink (#700) is looking for Shimmer. I chose to create with the Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder for Can You Handle the Pressure (#54) Feminine with the Pink and White Colors from The Card Concept (#206) FloralContinue reading “Layered Floral Beauty – Heart Smile”

Bird House – Hello

Design Team Time.  This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#435), we have a wonderful Inspiration Board.  So many lovely Spring images to spark your creativity. I selected the “stack of bird houses” photograph and picked my color palette from there too! Inspiration for my overall design was influenced by CAS on Friday (#280) to useContinue reading “Bird House – Hello”

Sitting Here – Come and Sit a While

Welcome back!  Monday and a brand-new week…let’s have some fun. Over at Farm Quest (#45) the theme is Porch Furniture.  I dug out an old favorite stamp set, Sitting Here for this.  I selected the Color Throwdown (#779) suggested colors and took inspiration from the Paper Craft Crew (#556) sketch design which I flipped. MuchContinue reading “Sitting Here – Come and Sit a While”

Beside Me – Always There

Welcome back!  It’s Saturday!!  Hope you have creative plans on your schedule. Today’s card incorporates the Festive Friday (#152) Family Day theme and the Creative Colours (#126) suggestion.  Along for the ride, I selected various embossing folders for Can You Handle the Pressure (#48) and bringing it all together, the Tuesday Morning (#742) sketch. HereContinue reading “Beside Me – Always There”

Frosty Friends – Warm Heart

Happy Saturday!  Bright and Sunny here, but oh so cold.  So unusual for South Carolina.  Reminds me of winter days back in Canada. A few challenges for today: Can You Handle the Pressure (#47) with a twist to include Snow People; The Card Concept (#203) with a New Year Love theme and winter colors; andContinue reading “Frosty Friends – Warm Heart”

Brightest Glow – All is Merry & Bright

Welcome back! Chasing another deadline and having fun… Today, I am working with the Inspiration and colors suggested by The Card Concept (#202).  The inspiration photo has these beautiful textures and colorful simplicity. I selected the TGIF (#450) Sketch and am sharing this card with Can You Handle The Pressure (#45) for the use ofContinue reading “Brightest Glow – All is Merry & Bright”

More Wishes – Merry Christmas

Happy Tuesday!   A whole lot is shakin’ here in the Studio.  The Facebook – Stampin’ Through the Catalog challenge is featuring More Wishes today. So, the other inspirations that informed my choices were:  Inspiration Station (#56) with Mickey and Minnie Mouse festively dressed in the colors suggested by Facebook Colour INKspiration (#156).  I opted toContinue reading “More Wishes – Merry Christmas”

Season of Gratitude and Thanks

Happy Friday!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Are you an early prepper?  Have you baked your pies or put together your casserole dishes?  I am getting ready… I am following the Recipe suggested by Double Trouble (#153) to add patterned paper, an embellishment or two, and chose my pumpkins for my pie.  For myContinue reading “Season of Gratitude and Thanks”