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”
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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”
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”
Bloom Where You Are Planted – Birthday
I have been invited to be the guest designer for this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge (#116). So exciting! Thanks to the Design Team for giving me this opportunity. Tic Tac Toe is always fun…eight different ways to inspire your creativity. You may remember that I have mentioned GREEN is my very most favorite color,Continue reading “Bloom Where You Are Planted – Birthday”
Apple Pie = Special Day
Popping in for a quick post. Getting ready for today’s class and had an idea that just needed to be tried. Theme: CAS on Friday (#205) and Style: CASology (#391). Stampin’ Up! has released a Digital Download of FREE images. UNITED THROUGH CREATIVITY. You can find it at my on-line store. And this is theContinue reading “Apple Pie = Special Day”
Enjoy the Moment – Good Things Are Worth Waiting For
We are planning a little break in the house of Johnstone and I am working hard at getting ahead with a few more challenges… Sketch – Global Design Project (#290); Colours – CAS Colours & Sketches (#418) and Theme – Make My Monday (#147). And this is the result: Steps: Three elements on the sketchContinue reading “Enjoy the Moment – Good Things Are Worth Waiting For”
Color & Contour – Sweet Thank You
I love playing along with the various Card Challenges that are out in the blog world. A little inspiration goes a long way. So, today, my starting point was the sketch over at As You See It – AYSI248. The colors were inspired by the selection over at the Color Throw Down – CTD640. TheContinue reading “Color & Contour – Sweet Thank You”
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