Love You Lots

Welcome back!  Off to a slower start today… Playing with the Facebook Global Design Project (#454) Sketch and the current Creative Colours (#150).  I chose to incorporate the animal challenges from: Critter Crazy (#88) and Cupcake Inspirations (#598).  Now you might say that Hedgehogs are not jungle animals but these types of animals are foundContinue reading “Love You Lots”

Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes

Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card.  The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers.  Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”

Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday

Design Team time.  Catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#469).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 38 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Tic Tac Toe (#251) board line: Butterfly,Continue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Summer Birthday”

Grassy Grove – Thinking of You

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#351) is stepping into the Animal Kingdom, and I chose a forest setting. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#298) layout from 2014 to play along with Sketch Saturday (#754) asking us to pick a sketch from the archives and share with The Male Room (#188) who has aContinue reading “Grassy Grove – Thinking of You”

Country Florals – Birthday Card

Design Team time.  Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#467).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 44 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Inspired By (#295) photograph set the path for the choices takenContinue reading “Country Florals – Birthday Card”

Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#696) challenge.  This week, Anne-Marie has given us a Tic Tac Toe Board to work with.  Lots of possibilities with eight different combinations.  I selected the left-side down: Stars/Stipes, Birthday, and Twine. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#162) selecting a number of the possible elements; Just Add InkContinue reading “Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate”

Happiest Day – Better Days

Round Three and my stint as a Guest Designer with the Alphabet Challenge comes to an end.  It has been a pleasure to play along with this group of talented Designers. This time around, Veronika has chosen the word “Gentleman” for the Letter “G” and is looking for suitably masculine cards. Inspiration: I chose theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Better Days”

Poised Peony – Hello

Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Poised Peony (page 28) today, Thursday June 27th and I decided to play along. So, I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#583) Sketch and to use a Stencil for Just Us Girls (#733) to design my card. Here is the result: Steps: A pretty Hello card. Thanks for spending someContinue reading “Poised Peony – Hello”

Unbounded Love – Sympathy Card

Design Team time.  Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#465).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 69 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. I was inspired by the Stampin’ Up! #SimpleStamping challenge for June toContinue reading “Unbounded Love – Sympathy Card”

Sailing Home – There is Good in the World

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#441) has a great Summer Mood Board to jump start your creativity and Cardz 4 Guyz (#350) has an Anything Goes category.  Gravitating towards the Sunset image, I created a card suitable for a fellow. Additional inspiration: Sketch – Just Add Ink (#707); Technique – TGIF (#478); andContinue reading “Sailing Home – There is Good in the World”