Elemental Hello

Happy Sunday!  Hope you are having a fabulous weekend. A favorite style, a favorite color combination and a fun gender-neutral card. Clean and Simple: Addicted to CAS (#243) for Shapes; Colors: Stampin’ Up! Only (#331) for my choice; and Tuesday Morning (#717) for the Sketch layout. Here is the result: Steps: And that is allContinue reading “Elemental Hello”

The Quotable Woman – Birthday Card

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  I have a fun card for you today.  Over at Seize the Birthday (#266), we are challenged to be inspired by a book.  What can be more inspiring than a book of quotes?  And who no less inspiring than Katherine Hepburn. Based on the quote chosen, I selected to create aContinue reading “The Quotable Woman – Birthday Card”

Wild Meadow – Cheers

Welcome back!  It’s Friday…the weekend is almost here… Catching up on a deadline fast approaching for Paper Players (#650).  I flipped the sketch and chose to play with Just Add Ink (#663) and Festive Friday (#139). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered in place to resemble the flipped layout.  The Flower andContinue reading “Wild Meadow – Cheers”

Bella is Wishing for a White Christmas

Thursday…and it is a hot one…and Bella is dreaming…of cooler days… Having a play in the Studio and working with the Alphabet Letter “H” for Humour theme and going with Double Trouble (#143) for a Christmas in July and Santa Hat theme, and Crafter’s Cafe (#299) also a Christmas in July theme choosing the colorsContinue reading “Bella is Wishing for a White Christmas”

Tropical Leaf – Thinking of You

Alas it is Week Four and this is my last Guest Designer card for Krafty Chicks (#674).  Week Four is All Occasions, and for this occasion I will be thinking fondly of my tenure for the month of July.  It was a pleasure and I thank Krafty Chicks for inviting me to participate. My choicesContinue reading “Tropical Leaf – Thinking of You”

Sweet Apple Harvest – Thanks

Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#418).  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 Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#4) – A Sweet Treat choosing theContinue reading “Sweet Apple Harvest – Thanks”

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”

Delightfully Eclectic Floral Hello

Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#419) and this fortnight it is a Sketch. I decided that I would showcase some of the pretty paper from the new Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack and play with the new Paper Florist Dies. I chose the color story from Color Hues (#68) and to share withContinue reading “Delightfully Eclectic Floral Hello”

Love & Sympathy

So many challenges due for tomorrow, so please indulge me with another card today. Mixing up Tic Tac Toe (#218) with Color Throwdown (#752) and the Atlantic Hearts (#534) sketch for a soft and subtle sympathy card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble a version ofContinue reading “Love & Sympathy”

Petal Palette – Thank You

Welcome back!  It’s the Weekend…Hooray… Retro Rubber is one of my favorite groups to play with. It is a chance to pull out older treasured stamp sets and give them all the love that they deserve.  The current Retro Rubber (#211) challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board and I selected the first column –Continue reading “Petal Palette – Thank You”