Amazing Year – Enjoy Your Day Bouquet

Design Team Time…must be a Tuesday.  Welcome back to the first 2023 challenge for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#405). Color anyone? Inspiration came from two places.  As You See It (#289b) for the floral bouquet and Paper Players (#622) for the tag and I chose the sketch from Sunday Stamps (#300). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Amazing Year – Enjoy Your Day Bouquet”

Beautifully Happy – Happy Thoughts

Welcome back!  I am playing with some of my new goodies.  The new Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration Brochure goes live tomorrow, and I am giving you a wee sneak peek! I chose the sketch and some of the inspiration photo colors from Inspired By (#218) to make my card.  I felt that theContinue reading “Beautifully Happy – Happy Thoughts”

Star of Light – Guiding the Magi

Welcome back!  Christmas traditions continue up and through to January 6th. Today’s challenges: CAS on Friday (#247), TGIF (#401), Double Trouble (#128) and Color Dare (#528). Here is the result: Steps: A Mask/Stencil was created using the retired Starlight Thinlits Dies set. The Focal Panel was added to the card base creating a very cleanContinue reading “Star of Light – Guiding the Magi”

Dainty Delight – Sneak Peek

I could not resist playing with something new.  The ever so delicate Dainty Delight stamp set coming in January. A clean and simple card for CAS on Friday (#246) and Color Dare (#525) challenges… along with Double Trouble (#127) partnering with Colorful Options (December), Happy Little Stampers (December) and Colour Crazy (#48). Here is theContinue reading “Dainty Delight – Sneak Peek”

Santa’s Workshop

Creating quick and simple cards with the Memories and More Card Pack – retired Santa’s Workshop.  A super product line for when you don’t have a lot of time…pick a card and just play!  This is a no stamp and no ink card. I wanted to play with a few more challenges: Paper Players (#620)Continue reading “Santa’s Workshop”

Diner Cake Slice – Let’s Celebrate

More treats!  Cake, anyone?  Let’s take a break from our Holiday shopping and have something sweet to eat… Keeping it clean and simple for AAA Cards (#229) with colors from Color Dare (#524) and sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Corner for December. Here is the result:  Steps: All elements were arranged and adhered with the CakeContinue reading “Diner Cake Slice – Let’s Celebrate”

Peace to You at Christmas

One last card for today… Playing with the CAS Colours & Sketches (#498) combined sketch and color challenge. My card is a loose interpretation.  A square shape with overlapping images.  My image, from the Peace to You stamp set (which had not yet seen ink) is essentially a square.  The image has four almost overlappingContinue reading “Peace to You at Christmas”

Embellished Ornaments

Card number two for today.  Giving myself a speed challenge courtesy of As You See It (#289).  Can I do it ten minutes or less?  Let’s see… I chose the sketch from Freshly Made (#564) and the colors from Color Throwdown (#721). The trick for speed stamping is to be prepared and then set theContinue reading “Embellished Ornaments”

Merry – Thanks

So glad you came back!  Welcome.  Will you get what you are hoping for this Christmas?  Need to send a Thank You card?  I have you covered. Playing with Can You Handle the Pressure (#20) along with the colors from Sunday Stamps (#297) to create a clean and simple card for the Alphabet Letter “R”Continue reading “Merry – Thanks”

Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns

Welcome back!  Slow start to the day.  Can you believe it is December?  My, how the year has flown by… Well, I got my act in gear and created this clean a simple card for a few outstanding challenges that revolve around a winter theme. TGIF (#396) for the subject and colors, Just Us GirlsContinue reading “Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns”