Holiday Celebration – Have a Cup on Us

Hi again!  How about a bit more green?  This time for a Holiday card. The challenges: Caffeinated Christmas Card (#39); Jingle Belles (#2505); Addicted to Stamps and More (#487) and bringing my ideas together, the Sunday Stamps (#355) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble theContinue reading “Holiday Celebration – Have a Cup on Us”

Abigail Rose – Blank Card

Happy Sunday!  Did you remember to change the clocks?  I cannot believe it is already “noon”. Just Add Ink (#741) is looking for a simple elegant card and I selected the Color Throwdown (#828) palette of blues and browns for this card featuring the lovely, retired Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper. Here is the result:Continue reading “Abigail Rose – Blank Card”

Floral Delight – Gift of Friendship

Happy Thursday!  A lovely sunny day here this morning and the earliest flowers in my garden are Forsythia and I see little pops of yellow on the bush.  A promise of warmer days to come. That said, today’s combined challenges include: Paper Players (#727) for Claire’s Spring Flowers theme and TGIF (#514) taking inspiration fromContinue reading “Floral Delight – Gift of Friendship”

This Little Piggy – Hogs & Kisses

Welcome back!  How can it already be Wednesday?  Hope your week is going well. A few animal challenges out there…Cupcake Inspirations (#612) for the love of Pigs (a favorite and my Chinese Horoscope Animal); Addicted to CAS (#277) for Pet; and as always the monthly Critter Crazy (#96) with a focus on animals. Bringing myContinue reading “This Little Piggy – Hogs & Kisses”

Spring Birthday – Greetings For All

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#502), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 2 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Other challenges that informed my choices today include: Seize The Birthday (#300) with a no stamping twist andContinue reading “Spring Birthday – Greetings For All”

Sketched Butterflies – Beautiful Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Monday.  A brand-new week.  Hope it will be a great one for you… A quick clean and simple card for you this morning inspired by the Freshly Made (#675) sketch and choosing the Just Add Ink (#740) color palette. Here is the result: Steps: Card Front adhered to Card Base and weContinue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Beautiful Birthday”

Helping Me Grow – Hello

Welcome back.  Friday again…Do you have creative plans for the weekend?  Let me provide you with a little inspiration… Over at Inkspirational (#335), we have a lovely mood board, and I was taken with the pretty flowers – Hyacinths and the Aqua tones.  I opted to add a bit more color and chose the colorContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Hello”

Grow With Love – Hello

Hi again.  I have a quick clean and simple card for you this afternoon… Over at Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog, the featured stamp set is the On-Line Exclusive Grow With Love.  I have it, so I just had to play along. Other challenges that informed my choices: Color Dare (#639) for the Palette andContinue reading “Grow With Love – Hello”

Lily Pond Lane – My Kind of People

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday…a perfect day for crafting. Today, I have taken on the Stampin’ Up Only! (#370) challenge to case a card found on page 42 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Festive Friday (#178) and Double Trouble (#185) who is partnering with Beautiful Blossoms (#26). HereContinue reading “Lily Pond Lane – My Kind of People”

Hello – Thoughtful Moments

Sneaking in a card I created yesterday but ran out of time to post… This week at Stampin’ Through the Catalog, Nicole Peschke from kreatives_papierwunder, was the Guest Designer.  We are encouraged to be inspired by her design and CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) it. I loved her card, and my takeaways were the colors,Continue reading “Hello – Thoughtful Moments”