Simply Said – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. Starting with: Just Us Girls (#812) to use Stencils; Inkspirational (#362) to use Stencils and add a Plaid; Just Add Ink (#780) to use Stencils and/or Dies; and AAA Birthday Cards (#83) to use Dies. That has the Tools covered,Continue reading “Simply Said – Birthday Wishes”

Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors.  Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”

Winter Scenes – The First Noel

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#554).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on the front cover of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design was influenced by: Farm Quest Country Christmas (#29) for a rural winter sceneContinue reading “Winter Scenes – The First Noel”

The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes

Welcome back!  I have the pleasure of being a Crazy Cousin for the month of March with the Double Trouble Family. Challenge (#211) features 3 Layers, 2 Primary Colors and 1 Image with a Twist to add a Pig.  I have 4 Layers, 3 Primary Colors (Orange, Yellow and Green) and 3 Images (Windmill, PigsContinue reading “The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes”

Friendly Foliage – Wishing You All The Best

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s hoping that you have some time to be creative today… The brief: CASE a card created by Leah Dixon for this week’s Facebook’s Global Design Project (#536) incorporating Volume for Alphabet Letter V using colors suggested by Creative Colour (#229) and creating a card suitable for a fellow for Krafty Chicks (#809).Continue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You All The Best”

Floral Beauty

Welcome back!  Already Friday…where did the week go? A clean and simple card for the AAA Cards (#308) suggested sketch and choosing colors and elements from the Inkspirational (#361) Visual Prompts Collage. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, and the Flowers were popped upContinue reading “Floral Beauty”

Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#287).  Eight possibilities and so much choice. From the Board, I selected the left column, the center row and the left diagonal. The elements: Circles, Layering, Neutral Colors, Encouragement, Embellishment Dots, and Embossing. My design was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#395) to case (copy and selectivelyContinue reading “Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything”

Celebrate Spring – Sending Love

Hi again!  I have a little more time today to play… The challenges: CAS on Friday (#328), a clean and simple card with a “CUTE” theme; Colorful Options (#2602) for the Pink & Purple palette; Jan’s Paper Players (#774) Sketch which suited both a clean and simple styling and using Leftover bits and pieces foundContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Sending Love”

Friendly Foliage – Here For You

Design Team Time: The Atlantic Hearts (#670) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: the Give a Crafter a Cookie (#213) suggested colors and Double D (#260218) for a loving Friendship card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Sentiment was popped up withContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Here For You”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#553).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 26 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  Taking a Memory page and turning it into a card. My design was influenced by: PickContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”