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”

Christmas Cheer – Latte Love

Welcome back!  It is a glorious Saturday here, hoping it is lovely where you are….  Holiday play time!  The Christmas challenges: Krafty Chicks (#785); Jingle Belles (#2519) adding Metallic Elements; Caffeinated Christmas (#45) adding a Drink Element; and selecting the current Creative Colour (#210) Palette as a starting point. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Christmas Cheer – Latte Love”

Extraordinary Flora – With Love

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Friday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#199) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Images, Aperture) with a twist to add an image to the Aperture Opening and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#678) layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#384) for theContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – With Love”

Life’s Adventure – Candle with Care

Hi again!  A pretty pink birthday card for you this afternoon… The challenges: Paper Players (#754) Food, Glorious Food; Park Hopping (#0925) Delicious Sweets to be had in all Play Parks; AAA Birthday (#77) with a little Attitude; and bringing it all together with the current Freshly Made (#703) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Life’s Adventure – Candle with Care”

Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Autumn Hello

Design Time for The Card Concept (#219) and we have a Fall themed inspiration photo this month.  I opted for the colors this time around. I chose a clean and layered styling for this card influenced by AAA Cards (#298) to Follow the Leader and CASE a card created by Ceal Pritchett.  Here is myContinue reading “Autumn Hello”

Etched Autumn – Autumn Wishes

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#529) Sketch.  Today’s sketch is the first one of many from the new Fall Mini Catalog.  Have fun with it! Two other Facebook challenges that influenced my design choices were: Stampin’ Through The Catalog stamp set for today – Etched Amber, an On-Line Exclusive product that coordinates withContinue reading “Etched Autumn – Autumn Wishes”

Hello Harvest – Thank You

Welcome back!  Another brand-new week.  Happy Monday… A clean and simple card for you this morning for CAS on Friday (#317) and Freshly Made Sketches (#702) both sporting a Fall theme. Here is the result: Steps: And, we are done! You can never have enough thank you cards, and it is lovely to have oneContinue reading “Hello Harvest – Thank You”