Joyful Life – Friendly Critters

Welcome back!  A new work week and I am playing with a number of related challenges today. Critter Crazy (#83); Inspiration Station (#58); and If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#189) all featuring animals and animal love. Working with Inkspirational (#309); Color Throwdown (#780); and Retro Rubber (#224) for hearts, colors and sketch layout.Continue reading “Joyful Life – Friendly Critters”

Eye Catching Ikat – Hygge Blanket Thanks

Welcome back!  Finding a little “me” time, I was able to play in the Studio this afternoon. The challenges: Inspired By (#263) Blankets; Color Dare (#574) Tic Tac Toe Board Colors; and Sunday Stamps (#322) for the Sketch bringing it all together. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Eye Catching Ikat – Hygge Blanket Thanks”

Autumn Adventure

Welcome back! I have the distinct pleasure to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Color Throwdown this week.  What fun and what a nice selection of colors. The illustration photo led me to the All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper and I chose the Walk in the Forest photograph design.  Such aContinue reading “Autumn Adventure”

Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute

Coming up very quickly is Remembrance Day and this is my very clean and simple acknowledgment. My choices were influenced by the inspiration listing provided by Festive Friday (#146). I opted to use today’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#433) sketch and share with Colorful Options (November) and Simply Clean & Simple (#5). Here is the result:Continue reading “Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute”

Dainty Delight – Thank You

Sneaking one more card in for today.  A pretty thank you card.  Always a needed item… Playing with: Simply Clean & Simple (#5) for style and theme; Color Throwdown (#767) for the color palette; Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#630) for the sketch; and Happy Little Stampers (November) for the technique. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Dainty Delight – Thank You”

Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card

Designing for Cardz 4 Guyz (#334) and Case-ing Tuesday (#430). I selected these four challenges: The elements from the Paper Players (#664) Tic Tac Toe board; The circle theme suggested by both Stampin’ Up! Only (#338) and Double Trouble (#151); and Use Your Stuff (#496) partnering with Double Trouble for the Anything Goes theme. HereContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card”

Abundant Beauty – For You

Friday!  How is it already the end of the week?  Another clean and simple card for you today. Playing with Paper Players (#662) using the technique suggested by Just Add Ink (#674) and sharing with Beautiful Blossoms (#10) and Ellibelle’s I Spy (#8). Here is the result: Steps: The card was assembled, and the SpotContinue reading “Abundant Beauty – For You”