Welcome back! Another work week. Hope you have a great one. Time for the Holiday card challenges. Jingle Belles (Peace on Earth) and Happy Little Stampers (April). Bringing it all together, the sketch over at Paper Craft Crew (#513). With found materials and repurposed items from both my Holiday Bin and my Scrap Bin, hereContinue reading “Golden Holly – Christmas Card”
Tag Archives: #cardmaker
April Showers – Playing in the Rain
Wishing the very best on this Sunday… April! April Showers are a popular theme this month. Here is my take prompted by: Inspired By (#233) including colors and the suggested sketch layout; Shopping Our Stash (#494); and as I went with Rain Showers instead of Baby / Bridal Showers, Can You Handle the Pressure (#29).Continue reading “April Showers – Playing in the Rain”
Happiness Surrounds – Believe
Welcome back! Let me share what I made this afternoon… Back to my favorite style. Clean and Simple (CAS). Playing with Inkspirational (#287) where Sunshine and Rain can result in a Rainbow. The colors over at CAS Colours & Sketches (508) on my Mandala remind me of a Rainbow. My stamp set choice, the retiredContinue reading “Happiness Surrounds – Believe”
Full of Love
Happy Saturday! Welcome to the weekend. I hope you have a chance to be creative… This morning I created a card for several open challenges: Firstly, Inspiration Station (#48) for the photo of the big blue sky and the tulip fields. Having a Dutch background, this speaks to me and tulips are my mother’s favoriteContinue reading “Full of Love”
Garden Flowers – Happy Birthday
Welcome back! For today’s card I am combining: Just Add Ink (#648) Choose Two (Wall and Garden) with the colors suggested over at Color Throwdown (#738) and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s (#601) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Looking through a whiteContinue reading “Garden Flowers – Happy Birthday”
Easter Lilies – Happy Spring
Hi! There is a card style challenge over at AAA Cards (#237) to make a CAS (clean and simple) card in a shape other than a rectangle or a square. Challenge accepted. I chose to use the colors suggested by the Facebook group SU! Only Colour (April) and the Easter theme for both AAA CardsContinue reading “Easter Lilies – Happy Spring”
Happy Labels – Celebrate Sunflowers
Welcome back! Looking for ideas to spark your creativity? Hunt out a few challenge blogs…there are links to several in my blog posts. Another challenge mash-up: Cupcake Inspiration (#566) for the theme; Global Design Project (#389) for the color choices; and Sunday Stamps (#306) for the sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Happy Labels – Celebrate Sunflowers”
Framed Fern – Best Wishes
Welcome back! Another CAS (Clean & Simple) card for you today. Less Is More (#480) for the colors, Make My Monday (#198) for an idea and Happy Little Stampers (April) as I chose to use Dies. Here is the result: Steps: The card was assembled. Black and White with a pop of color! Always aContinue reading “Framed Fern – Best Wishes”
Setting Sail into the Sunshine
Tuesday! Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday Sketches (#403). Where we recreate and/or CASE (copy and selectively edit) the chosen Catalog sample card of the week. I picked the colors suggested by TGIF (#415) and the word of the week from Just Us Girls (#674) to create my design. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Setting Sail into the Sunshine”
Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes
Afternoon delight…more time in the Studio… A few CAS (clean and simple) challenges are on the board today. Addicted to CAS (#235) Code Word: Garden and CAS on Friday (#254) Dots. I decided to make a birthday card for Happy Little Stampers (April) and chose three colors from the Lucky Seven board over at ColorContinue reading “Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes”