Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#553).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 26 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  Taking a Memory page and turning it into a card. My design was influenced by: PickContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best

Welcome back!  Monday and a brand-new week full of creative opportunities. Today I am playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More (#511) to Make My Mark with coloring techniques and/or tools. I chose the TGIF (#565) Inspiration Image, recreating it with a few stamped images and coloring tools.  Choosing the Color Dare (#691) Palette andContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best”

Spring Tea – Good Friends

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday. Blending a number of similar challenges for a lovely friendship card. Starting with the Just Us Girls (#811) Mood Board with a sweet “drink” image in soft pinks and tying in the Inspired By (#366) Tea Garden Inspiration Photo. Adding in some Chocolate for As You See It (#366) with aContinue reading “Spring Tea – Good Friends”

Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts

Hi again!  Popping in with a quick card for a challenge deadline. Inspired By (#375) has a Berries theme… and I chose the Paper Craft Crew (#661) Sketch, which I flipped. I just needed to dig out a collection of Vintage papers from my stash. Here is the result: Steps: Letting the patterned paper takeContinue reading “Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts”

Nature’s Symphony – Smile

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  A dreary day that requires a little sunshine and smiles… Playing with the “Scrappy” Strip card sketch from Sunday Stamps (#379) and choosing the Creative Colour (#227) bright and happy palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the FlowerContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Smile”

Fragrant Layers – Fabulous Sayings Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday – Happy Valentine’s Day – Happy to be in the Studio! Today’s challenge combination: Facebook’s Global Design Project (#534) Sketch with Seize the Birthday (#320) for a CAS, clean and simple card, using Dies and choosing the CAS Colours & Sketches (#578) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Fragrant Layers – Fabulous Sayings Birthday”

Fabulous Sayings – Hello

Welcome back!  Happy Friday.  Where did the week go… Today I am playing with the AAA Cards (#307) Colors for a clean and simple card, choosing the Just Add Ink (#779) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, keeping the card clean and simple.Continue reading “Fabulous Sayings – Hello”

Bloom with Hope

Welcome back!  Delving into my personal stash as a happy paper hoarder for this one… Playing with the Freshly Made (#723) Sketch. My design was influenced by: Retro Rubber (#265) Tic Tac Toe – Die Cut / Pearls / and Pretty Papers for my free choice; Paper Players (#772) for the Colors; and choosing aContinue reading “Bloom with Hope”

Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips

Welcome back!  Middle of the week loveliness… Several clean and simple challenges…my favorite… The Line Up: Double Trouble (#209) with a 3-2-1 Ingredient List; Addicted To CAS (#301) featuring Pink; and CAS On Friday (#327) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping it simple, all elements were adhered to the card base with theContinue reading “Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips”

Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips

Hi again!  Chasing another deadline…and I am playing with the As You See It (#365) Rhapsody in Red Recipe, where all the ingredients need to be used. I have added an Envelope for Inspired By (#374) and Polka Dots for Love Those Pretty Papers (#2602). Here is the result: Steps: All ingredients accounted for.  TulipsContinue reading “Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips”