Adorable Owls – Hooray, It’s Your Day!

Welcome back!  Can you believe I have not yet had a chance to use the delightful Adorable Owls stamp set: a free Sale-a-bration selection?  Well, today is the day as we celebrate your day!  Happy Birthday. Challenges: TGIF (#408) Play with your Sale-a-bration goodies; Creative Colour (#76) for the Colors chosen; Tic Tac Toe (#197)Continue reading “Adorable Owls – Hooray, It’s Your Day!”

Happy Hearts – Love

Well, the 14th has rolled around.  Happy Valentine’s Day!  Each card I have made my husband asks, “Is this for me?”  Today, it is.  He is not a terribly fussy kind of guy and I like how simple this card was to create. I picked the Inspired By (#224) theme, colors and general sketch andContinue reading “Happy Hearts – Love”

Beautifully Happy – Heirloom Oval

Can you believe it is the start of a new week?  Where does the weekend go?  Well, let’s get started… Today I am playing with the Just Add Ink (#639) color suggestion and I selected the sketch from Paper Craft Crew (#504) using the wonderful Shimmery White cardstock.  It has such a pretty sparkly luster.Continue reading “Beautifully Happy – Heirloom Oval”

Let’s Set Sail – Adventure Awaits

Welcome back!  Hope you are enjoying your Sunday… Taking a break from pink…how about some blue?  That is the line-up at Color Dare (#535) and I paired it with the current Alphabet Challenge (Letter W) for Water.  Bringing the two together, I chose the sketch from Freshly Made (#572). Here is the result: Steps: CaseContinue reading “Let’s Set Sail – Adventure Awaits”

Honeybee Blooms – My Cup of Tea

Squeaking in another card this afternoon. A very clean and simple take for the Atlantic Hearts (#511) Sketch and choosing the colors from the Color Hues (#57) challenge. Here is the result: Steps: Case Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Succulent cardstock. Left Side (1¾” x 5¼) Diagonally and Center (½” x 5¼”)Continue reading “Honeybee Blooms – My Cup of Tea”

You’re So Fly – Be My Valentine

Happy Sunday and a very quick clean and simple card for you this morning.  Playing with the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge (#503). I just love that cute little Chameleon and I felt like he was the perfect image for the color scheme. Here is the result: Steps: The two sentiment stamps, You’re So FlyContinue reading “You’re So Fly – Be My Valentine”

Biggest Wish – Let’s Set Sail

Need a quick birthday card for a guy?  I have one for you… Working with Creative Colours (#73) and the suggested sketch presented by Global Design Project (#378). Here is the result: Steps: Case Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Gray Granite cardstock. Background Panel: (3¾” x 5”) Basic White cardstock. The (½” xContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Let’s Set Sail”

A Study in Red – Something Fancy Valentine

Welcome to the weekend!  Time to play in the Studio… Several challenges are going Red…and at this time of the year red often goes with a Valentine.  So here is my clean and simple take. Today’s Line-Up: Festive Friday (#126), Give a Crafter a Cookie (#176), Inkspirational (#282) , Paper Craft Crew (#503) and bringingContinue reading “A Study in Red – Something Fancy Valentine”

Vintage Bird – Nature Walk

A quick card for the Paper Players (#624) clean and simple Bird theme. A favorite bird, the wren, from the retired Nature Walk stamp set was selected for this challenge. Here is the result: Steps: Case Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Suede cardstock. Two additional same-sized die-cuts were created and all threeContinue reading “Vintage Bird – Nature Walk”

Amazing You – Full of Love

Just one more card…one last challenge deadline!  Black and White, anyone? The Challenges: Just Us Girls (#663), Colorful Options (January), Stampin’ Up! Only (#318) and bringing it all together, Tuesday Morning Sketches (692). Here is the result: Steps: The sentiment, To a wonderful friend, from the Amazing Year stamp set was stamped with Versamark inkContinue reading “Amazing You – Full of Love”