Special Moments – Thinking of You

Design Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#445) we have an interesting set of colors to play with. Several other challenges informed my design decisions.  The AAA Cards (#272) Sketch for a clean and simple, single layer card; Just Add Ink (#715) to play with Shadows; and the Facebook Global Design Project (#459) forContinue reading “Special Moments – Thinking of You”

Attention Shoppers – Just Because Love Card

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and I am chasing two deadlines… Playing with the Freshly Made (#649) Sketch and keeping it clean and simple for CAS Colours & Sketches (#542). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Matted Bouquet was popped up with Dimensionals. Continue reading “Attention Shoppers – Just Because Love Card”

Count on Me for Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A little birthday card for you today… Over at Seize The Birthday (#289), they are looking for cute critters. So many “critters” in my stash but by far, the little bear from Count On Me is a clear favorite. I selected the Tuesday Morning (#769) Sketch, keeping it clean and simple along withContinue reading “Count on Me for Birthday Wishes”

Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#703) challenge.  This week, Claire selected a CAS (clean and simple) card style with a Fruit theme for us to play with.  Fruit is a popular motif at the moment: Both Inspiration Station (#64) and Time Out (#270) are showcasing Fruit and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2)Continue reading “Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!”

Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends

Hi again!  Summer and summer vacations…trips to the beach… Playing with a number of CAS (clean and simple) challenges: AAA Cards (#271), Addicted To CAS (#264) and Simply Clean & Simple (#14) and selecting three colors , Wild Wheat, Pretty in Pink and Moody Mauve, from the Sunday Stamps (#341) line-up. Here is the result:Continue reading “Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends”

Daring Adventure

Welcome back!  A brand-new week…hope it will be a good one. A few guy challenges are about.  Over at Inspire Create (#174), the theme is Men; The Male Room (#189), a site for guy cards, is asking us to employ mixed media styling; Park Hopping (August) have Harry Potter – Steam Punk themed inspiration photos;Continue reading “Daring Adventure”

Country Flowers – You’re The best

Hi again!  A quick little clean and simple #simple stamping card…just stamps, ink and paper. Every week, the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog team chooses two stamp sets from the current Catalogs and/or On-Line Exclusive offerings to play with.  I don’t always have them, but I do have Country Flowers, which is the selection forContinue reading “Country Flowers – You’re The best”

Textured Floral – Grateful Heart

Welcome back!  A quick card for you today… Playing with the Freshly Made (#647) Sketch, choosing the Color Hues (#92) Duo for the CAS on Friday (#289) color requirements along with elements suggested by Tic Tac Toe (#253). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Textured Floral – Grateful Heart”

Cheerful Daisies – Thanks

Welcome back!  Starting the week off with a quick clean and simple card for you. I am playing with the delightful Freshly Made (#646) Sketch and the great Color combo suggested by Creative Colour (#252). Here is the result: Steps: Completing the card, the Daisies were popped up with Dimensionals. A fun summer bright thankContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Thanks”

Wildflower Designs – On My Mind

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and a quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. I am playing with the Freshly Made (#645) Sketch and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown (#802) with the Addicted to CAS (#263) Nature theme. Here is the result: Steps: And we are done! Truly a #simplestamping card. Continue reading “Wildflower Designs – On My Mind”