Creating and creating. So many of the challenges I like to do have the same deadline. Even though I try to stagger them, the events of my week intrude on my time in the Studio. So this is a weekend of catch up! I love playing along with the Colour INKspiration Challenges. The CI94 colorsContinue reading “Beauty Abounds – I Choose You!”
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Brushed Blooms – Wishing You All The Best
I needed a card for a friend and I chose to work with the colors suggested by the Color Throw Down Team – CTD632 I did not mean to make a card so literal to the inspiration photo. I wrote the colors down in my TO DO note book a week ago. Spring and SpringContinue reading “Brushed Blooms – Wishing You All The Best”
Celebrating You with a Wrapped Bouquet
Playing around in the Studio with the MOJO Monday Sketch #554 and The SPOT Creative Challenge #152. Here is what I created: The painted chair inspired the (2¾” x 4½”) panel. I took a piece of Pool Party cardstock and dry embossed it with the Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder. To create the pickled effect,Continue reading “Celebrating You with a Wrapped Bouquet”
DSP – Weekend Challenge – Simple Sketch
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is another Simple Sketch intended for you to use some of those well loved but hoarded pieces of patterned paper. A Few Challenges: Sketch: Weekend Challenge – Simple Stamping Stampin’ Up! – March 2021 Suggestion A Color Challenge – Global Design Project – GDP281 I created twoContinue reading “DSP – Weekend Challenge – Simple Sketch”
You Earned a Visit to the Ice Cream Shoppe…
I don’t often tell a lot of stories here on my blog posts but I have one for you today! Read on and I will tell you all about the reason I made this particular card. Three Challenges: Sketch: Paper Players – PP530 Inspiration Theme: TGIF – TGIFC305 Materials: Tic Tac Toe – TTC102 HereContinue reading “You Earned a Visit to the Ice Cream Shoppe…”
A Posy of Purple – Thanks
One of my favorite challenges to participate in is Just Add Ink. The deadline to enter is today, so please bear with me for another blog post. Just Add Ink – JAI543 is a sketch challenge today and I found a new challenge site: As You See It. The ASYI # 244 Challenge is askingContinue reading “A Posy of Purple – Thanks”
ENJOY THE MOMENT – Simple and Good Things
CASE-ING TUESDAY #284 Challenge For today’s card, I chose to keep it all very simple as the Sketch was very straight forward. Which stamp set to use? Which patterned paper to use? Which color to choose? Those are the questions I ask myself as I start to create a card. Having a sketch as aContinue reading “ENJOY THE MOMENT – Simple and Good Things”
RIDICLOUSLY AWESOME – Birthday
December 27, 2020 I quick post today. CASE-ING TUESDAY #283. Stepped Up version with colors from Colour INKspiration CI90 for my niece’s who is celebrating her birthday today. Birthday Celebrations certainly fits the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – WWC302 too! I decided to use the Stepped-Up version of the card. If you have the current catalog,Continue reading “RIDICLOUSLY AWESOME – Birthday”
FLORAL HAPPINESS – 2021 Sneak Peeks
December 16, 2020 CASE-ING TUESDAY #281 and #282. Sneak Peeks from the new January – June 2021 Mini Catalog. Using the Sketches from the August – December 2020 Mini Catalog and mixing in new products, you can see how great the card samples and sketch layouts are. So much fun to see how you canContinue reading “FLORAL HAPPINESS – 2021 Sneak Peeks”
Itty Bitty Christmas – Thinking of You
December 2nd, 2020 Are you ready for Christmas? Have you addressed all your cards? One more… CASE-ING TUESDAY #280. I came across this very pretty retired Specialty Designer Series Paper the other day called Springtime Foils. The floral image reminded me of the winter Amaryllis blooms so popular at Christmas. I chose this to beContinue reading “Itty Bitty Christmas – Thinking of You”