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”

Sweet Ice Cream – Treat Yourself

Welcome back! Hoping you will be able to carve out some time to be creative this weekend. Today I am playing with: Little Red Wagon (#832) with an Ice Cream theme: Krafty Chicks (#793) with a Birthday theme; choosing the Palette from Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#198); and selecting the Freshly Made (#711) Sketch to bringContinue reading “Sweet Ice Cream – Treat Yourself”

Beautiful Blues – Birthday

Welcome back!  It’s Wednesday and I have a pretty card for you today using elements from the Beautiful Blues Kit. Don’t you just love taking bits and pieces and creating something new? My design was influenced by Alphabet (Letter O) for Ovals and One Word Sentiment. Make My Monday (#264) for a Birthday with FlowersContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Birthday”

Charming Day – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Friday, and I am wondering where the week went… A few challenges mashed up for a pretty birthday card. The Flower Challenge (#107) adding some purple; AAA Birthday (#78) adding an ombre effect; Moving Along with the Times (#182) to highlight the sentiment; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#8) as flowers surelyContinue reading “Charming Day – Celebrate”

Peaceful Garden – Celebrate

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#648).  Lots of possibilities with this one especially if you want to play with Patterned Papers. Design influences: Inspire Create (#201) Shades of Blue and Green and more specifically Colour Hues (#118) Smoky Blue and Sage Green. and sharing with Love Those Pretty PapersContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Celebrate”

Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#527) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate”

Lovely Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Sneaking in a card on this rather busy Wednesday.  Just an FYI – we had a great class this afternoon. Playing with the current Freshly Made (#699) sketch, choosing the Facebook Global Design Project (#509) colors and doing a little ink blending with a paint brush for Alphabet (Letter I). Here is theContinue reading “Lovely Florals – Celebrate”

Breathtaking Bouquet – Celebrate

Welcome back! It’s Saturday and I have a nice card for you today… The challenges: Beautiful Blossoms (#30) featuring a Patriotic Bouquet; Paper Craft Crew (#626) Patriotic Colors; and Atlantic Hearts (#634) for the Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch which I flippedContinue reading “Breathtaking Bouquet – Celebrate”

Gallery Blooms – Celebrate

Happy Monday!  The new Catalog debuts tomorrow and I have a sneak peek for you… Just as new comes in the door…the old favorites are still here.  To that end, I am embracing Joanne’s Paper Players (#776) Challenge to use Something Old and Something New for the Time Out (#287) Inspiration Photo Elements: Jade Color;Continue reading “Gallery Blooms – Celebrate”

Painted Posies – Celebrate

Design Time for The Card Concept (#215) and we have a lovely floral cake for our inspiration this month. I loved all the texture and the white space, so I chose to create a clean and simple, yet textured card. I am sharing this card with the CAS on Friday (#304) for water coloring andContinue reading “Painted Posies – Celebrate”