Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#281) is to create a Birthday card in Autumn colors. I have been doing a little bit of a cleanup in the Studio. When I do this, I am always surprised by what I find. So, I decided to create this card from with some of those discoveries.Continue reading “Color Me Autumn – Happy Birthday”
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Toxic Treats – Spooky Halloween
Welcome back! Shall we embrace October 31st and create a little Halloween magic? Sketch: CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge (#439) with the Just Us Girls Challenge (#604) and The Paper Players Challenge (#561) for the theme. Here is the result: Steps: On a piece of Shimmery White cardstock, I blended the ink colors So Saffron,Continue reading “Toxic Treats – Spooky Halloween”
The Power of One – Friend
The CASology Challenge – Cue Word (#395) is ONE. I created my card using the Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Challenge (#322) Sketch. ONE Image, ONE Word and ONE Color… Here is the result: Steps: I chose to use Very Vanilla cardstock as a neutral and Cajun Craze as my color. Background panel (4” x 5¼”) VeryContinue reading “The Power of One – Friend”
In Your Words – Smile!
The last card for today to complete the outstanding September challenges. Stamp Set: Stamping Through the Catalog Facebook Challenge for today and Tools: Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge. (I missed this one …time zone / time out – oh well). I mixed these two challenges with the current Color: Colour INKspiration Facebook Challenge (#108) andContinue reading “In Your Words – Smile!”
So Hoppy Together – Hoppy for You!
Hi, welcome back! It has been a busy couple of days. Sometimes we need to take care of things that are not stamping related. Who knew? So, a few challenges… At As You See It (#259), the team issued a timed challenge (10 minutes or less) that needed to have a wee bit of humorContinue reading “So Hoppy Together – Hoppy for You!”
In Your Words – Fantabulistic!
Hi, welcome back! Ran out of steam yesterday but there is another deadline looming, so… Sketch: Freshly Made Sketch Challenge (#504), Theme: Less Is More (#452) and Color: CAS Colours & Sketches (#438). Here is the result: Steps: Mini Slim Line card. For the Hexagons, I die-cut four colors of cardstock: Basic White, Granny AppleContinue reading “In Your Words – Fantabulistic!”
Daisy Lane – It’s Your Time to Shine!
Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#280) is to add some Metal to your card. How about a whole lot of metal? I have been away for a bit of a holiday and had a lovely time and the deadline for this challenge is just around the corner. I wanted to create a greatContinue reading “Daisy Lane – It’s Your Time to Shine!”
Balloon Bash – Hooray!
Hi and welcome back. Did you have a good weekend? We had a few things going on…So, I have combined a number of challenges for today’s card. Keeping it simple: Stampin’ Up!’s #SimpleStamping Challenge for September – Birthdays, CAS on Fridays Theme Challenge (#213) – Balloons, Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge (#372) – Petal Pink,Continue reading “Balloon Bash – Hooray!”
Intricate Leaves – Happy Anniversary
A few more challenges…Wedding White with gold and/or silver just won’t cut it with my husband…something a little more down to earth is more his style. The optional element for the current Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s Sketch challenge (#522) was Anniversary. Down to earth is clean and simple so I selected one of the linesContinue reading “Intricate Leaves – Happy Anniversary”
On the Grow – Thinking of You
Over at Retro Rubber, the current challenge (#166) is a Fall-like table setting that looks so very appealing. I chose the colors from the current CAS Colours & Sketches challenge (#436) and had a play with Water Coloring…a Happy Little Stampers September challenge. Here is the result: Steps: From the Very Vanilla cardstock background panelContinue reading “On the Grow – Thinking of You”