Here For You – Lovely Arrangements

Welcome back!  Glad to be in the Studio…catching up post holidays… Choosing elements from the Festive Friday (#217) Inspiration Board: Stand Up To Cancer paired with the As You See It (#380) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Peach Pie cardstock, retired, for a soft orange color.Continue reading “Here For You – Lovely Arrangements”

Branching Out – Birthday Wishes

Hi again! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#656).  A lovely Frame -Up with lots of possibilities. My design was influenced by: Seize The Birthday (#316) to use Christmas elements to create a birthday card and Inspired By (#326) for the Colors chosen – Copper, Gray and Champagne/Beige/White. Here is the result:Continue reading “Branching Out – Birthday Wishes”

Perfectly Pears – Celebrate

Hi again! One more card for today…don’t you love Sundays… This time around I am playing with: Double Trouble (#202) 3-2-1 Recipe with Twist; CAS Colours & Sketches (#571) for the Palette; and the Freshly Made (#709) Sketch for a clean and simple card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Perfectly Pears – Celebrate”

Thinking of You – Amber Autumn

Design Time for The Card Concept (#220) and we have a Cozy Fall themed inspiration photo this month.  I picked up on the Knitted Throw, Book Pages, Pumpkins and Colors. I opted for a clean and layered styling for this card choosing the Sunday Stamps (#370) Sketch. I am also sharing this card with InspiredContinue reading “Thinking of You – Amber Autumn”

Changing Leaves – Thinking of You

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#356), the challenge is to use Embossing Techniques – Wet, Dry or both and at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#447), we are given a Hello Fall Mood Board for inspiration.  I chose to combine the two. I chose the Sketch Saturday (#759) layout flipped to the verticalContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thinking of You”

Floral Thank You

Hi again!  Some late afternoon creativity… An interesting set of colors presented by Creative Colors (#155) mixed with the current Atlantic Hearts (#591) sketch. Here we go: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Pretty Peacock cardstock. Background Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Pretty Peacock cardstock dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.Continue reading “Floral Thank You”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Key To My Heart

I have been invited to be a Guest Designer with the Alphabet Challenge for the next few challenges and I am delighted as this is one a regularly participate in. Lydia has selected Embossing – Wet and/or Dry for the next letter, Letter E! So, I am going for it. For inspiration, I selected componentsContinue reading “Key To My Heart”

Tropical Leaves – Thanks So Much

It’s Friday!  The end of the work week and time to think about your weekend creative plans. I have a quick little card for you today for two challenges: CAS Colours & Sketches (#529) with the Color Hue (#79) suggestion. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Copper ClayContinue reading “Tropical Leaves – Thanks So Much”

Enduring Beauty – Birthday Wishes

It’s Friday in Australia and that means Just Add Ink (#685) is back for 2024 and starting off with a Floral theme. I am combining several other challenges that are complimentary. Over at Global Design Project (#428), they are looking for a CASE (copy and selectively edit) of Cindy Timmers card.  My take-aways: flowers, generalContinue reading “Enduring Beauty – Birthday Wishes”