Darling Baby – A Little Wild Lion

Welcome back! Wow, it is already Thursday…let’s have some fun… Challenges for today include: Color Dare (#670) for the Palette; The Male Room (#300) for the Theme; Critter Crazy (#103) for the Subject Choice and AAA Cards (#300) for the CAS Style and the Sketch which I flipped to the vertical position. Here is theContinue reading “Darling Baby – A Little Wild Lion”

Noel – Winter Scenes

Welcome back! I found a bit of time to create today. We had a great class this afternoon…if you are local, you should come and have fun with us. Combining the As You See It (#357) Color Palette and taking inspiration from the photograph with the Paper Players (#757) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Noel – Winter Scenes”

Modern Christmas – Winter Scene

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#649).  A fun sketch featuring a scene.  Choose to create a scene like I did or do something else entirely.  I wanted to play with new Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Paper and the Decorative Trees stamp set, both On-Line Exclusive products, so I willContinue reading “Modern Christmas – Winter Scene”

Impressions Abloom – I Appreciate You

Design Time: For the Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#532) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 55 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini 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 areContinue reading “Impressions Abloom – I Appreciate You”

Sunrise Sailing – Boho Vibes Hey

Welcome back!  Already Friday…where did the week go?  Over at Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog, we are tasked to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Cornelia Janssen, one of Stampin’ Up!’s Design Team Artisans. I love her card; it is so bright and fun.  For my card, the elements I chose areContinue reading “Sunrise Sailing – Boho Vibes Hey”

Autumn Leaves – Thanks

Hi again!  I have some more time to create…so let’s play… Inspired By (#354) Hello Autumn for colors, metallics and a variation of the sketch. Additionally, Make My Monday (#261) also an Autumn theme; and Addicted to CAS (#292) for Leaves and Style.   Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Autumn Leaves – Thanks”

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”

Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#769), we are given a choice.  Pick Two: I selected Numbers & Neutrals. That is pretty wide open…so the following challenges influenced my design decisions: Style & Colors – CAS Colours & Sketches (#569) for a clean and simple card; TGIF (#542) for the Sketch; Addicted to Stamps &Continue reading “Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday”

Beautiful Motifs – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#647).  Lots of possibilities with this one. Design influences: Color Dare (#668) for a Red and Yellow pairing; Tic Tac Toe (#279) Top Line – Rectangle(s), Die Cut(s) and Stripes; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#7) for the Floral image chosen. Here isContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Hello”

Friendly Hello – Cycling Surprise

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Finding a few creative moments among the chores…  Two challenges:  Cupcake Inspirations (#626) has a Sports theme.  I don’t really have anything in my stash for those sports played in School, so I chose Cycling and a favorite retired stamp set.  I picked the color palette suggested by Color Throwdown (#840)Continue reading “Friendly Hello – Cycling Surprise”