Sweet Apples – Rustic Centerpiece

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Are you ready for your Thanksgiving celebrations? I have a quick (a very quick) clean and simple card for you today.  Playing with the As You See It (#361) Speed Challenge with an Apple theme.  Can you create a card in less than 10 minutes?  How long do you think itContinue reading “Sweet Apples – Rustic Centerpiece”

Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#657).  Lots of layers, lots of possibilities. My design was influenced by: Inspiration Station (#79) for both the florals and the colors.  I made My Mark for Addicted to Stamps & More (#506) by using both Blending Brushes and Stampin’ Blends Markers for my coloring techniques.Continue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”

Nests of Winter – Very Merry

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#477), we have a wonderful Mood Board full of iconic Holiday images, and I opted for the Cardinals and the Plaid.  Merry Christmas! My design choices were influenced by: Inkspirational (#355) with their Holiday Tag Motif which led to the Sunday Stamps (#374) Sketch that includesContinue reading “Nests of Winter – Very Merry”

Joyful Tidings – Nests of Winter

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and we are off to a flying start. The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#834) with a Let’s Fly theme and choosing to CASE (copy and selectively edit) Cordula De’s card for the Facebook’s Global Design Project (#524) for the general layout. Picking up lines from the current Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – Nests of Winter”

Gift of Joy – Festival of Trees

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Chasing a few deadlines… Playing with Double Trouble (#204) and the 3-2-1 Recipe (3 Colors, 2 Images and 1 Slimline styled card) with a “T” Twist (Trees) and partnering with Try Stamping on Tuesday (#683) for the Sketch. I selected Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#199) colors and tying in with the Stampin’Continue reading “Gift of Joy – Festival of Trees”

Amber Autumn – Thanks

Welcome back!  Here’s to hoping you have some time to be creative this weekend. I am playing with: Make My Monday (#265) with a thankful theme and creating a Thank You card within 30 minutes for Shopping Our Stash (#561); choosing Fall Colors for Color Throwdown (#845) and Double D (#111925); using Dies for JustContinue reading “Amber Autumn – Thanks”

Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting

Welcome back! A dressed up clean and simple Holiday card for you today… Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Danielle Bennenk.  I really like the layout of her design and changed it to include the CAS Colours & Sketches (#572) Palette and toContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting”

Swirled Designs – Friends

A quick little clean and simple card for you this afternoon… Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog stamp set choice for today is Swirled Designs, an On-Line Exclusive product, and I paired it up with CAS on Friday (#322) and their Rainbow theme. Here is the result: Steps: Once dry, all elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Swirled Designs – Friends”

Winter Forest – Noel

Welcome back! A brand-new week. The holiday count down continues with several challenges. A companion card to the one I created last week. Clean and simple with a white-on-white treatment. For: Paper Players (#764) – Frosty Vistas; Facebook’s Global Design Project (#523) Keeping it Cold; and Farm Quest’s Country Christmas (#26) for a Rural WinterContinue reading “Winter Forest – Noel”

Noel

Welcome back!  Hoping that you will find time to be creative this weekend.  Happy Saturday. Today I have holiday card for you…pretty much sourced from my box of useable discards that did not make it on another project or die-cuts created to conserve precious papers. Principal Challenge: Jingle Belles (#2523) to use Holiday Leftovers. OtherContinue reading “Noel”