The Gang’s All Here to Say Hello

Welcome back!  It’s Saturday and I hope you have some time to be creative this weekend. I am playing with a new challenge called Pick 3.  The first one of many… Additional challenges that influenced my design choices include: Can You Handle The Pressure (#260124) with an All-White twist and CAS on Friday (#326) withContinue reading “The Gang’s All Here to Say Hello”

Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday…a clean and simple masculine birthday card for you today. Simple stamping at its best – just stamps ink and paper! The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#842) Keep it Simple; Krafty Chicks (#804) Masculine; Creative Colours (#224), with the primary palette inspiring the Piet Mondrian layout; and sharing with Creative Crafters (#96)Continue reading “Piet Mondrian – Big on Birthdays”

Snow Front – With Love

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and we are off to a start in my favorite style – Clean and Simple. Combining: Paper Players (#769) Signs of Winter theme with the CAS on Friday (#325) Snowman theme.  Choosing the CAS Colours & Sketches (#576) Palette and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#803) for their CAS week. HereContinue reading “Snow Front – With Love”

Sweet Floral – Friendship Card

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… I am playing with the Creative Colours (#222) Color challenge. My design choices were influenced by: Can You Handle The Pressure (#2601) Twist – Friendship; Simply Clean & Simple (#2601) to use Something New; and sharing with Inspire Create (#207), also Something New. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Sweet Floral – Friendship Card”

Snowflake Sparkle

Welcome back!  I am back…so nice to be in the Studio again.  Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. A quick card for a few challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#575) to choose either or both, a 2025 color and sketch challenge, to create a seasonal card; CAS on Friday (#324) with a Snowflake theme;Continue reading “Snowflake Sparkle”

Weekend Adventures – Hello

Welcome back!  Another clean and simple card…my favorite style… Playing with: Little Red Wagon (#837) for the Letter J; Color Dare (#681) for the Palette; Inkspirational (#356) to use Stencils; and choosing Facebook’s Global Design Project (#526) Sketch to bring my ideas together. Here is the result: Steps: A pretty little clean and simple HelloContinue reading “Weekend Adventures – Hello”

Merry White Poinsettia

Welcome back!  Another brand-new week and I am having some fun with my favorite genre…clean and simple but dressed up for the Holidays. AAA Cards (#305) has an Anything Goes theme with a White-on-White suggested twist.  However, over at Addicted to CAS (#297), they have the code word: Metallic, so I added a little goldContinue reading “Merry White Poinsettia”

Swirled Designs – Celebrate Note Card Set

Welcome back!  A few clean and simple cards for you today… Over at TGIF (#553), the brief is to create a set of cards.  I wanted something fun and easy to duplicate and chose Coastal Cabana and Azure Afternoon from Color Dare (#679) to play with. Here is the result: Steps: The Stars were adheredContinue reading “Swirled Designs – Celebrate Note Card Set”

Decorative Trees – Be Merry

Hi again!  Still a few more deadlines…the theme?  Christmas Trees… Let’s start with Inspired By (#364) theme and sketch; Make My Monday (#266); Paper Craft Crew (#650) and Farm Quest (#78). Choosing to create a clean and simple card for CAS on Friday (#323) using Stencils for Just Us Girls (#803). Here is the result:Continue reading “Decorative Trees – Be Merry”

Sweet Apples – Rustic Centerpiece

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Are you ready for your Thanksgiving celebrations? I have a quick (a very quick) clean and simple card for you today.  Playing with the As You See It (#361) Speed Challenge with an Apple theme.  Can you create a card in less than 10 minutes?  How long do you think itContinue reading “Sweet Apples – Rustic Centerpiece”