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”
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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: Card Base:Continue 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”
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”
