Happy Saturday! Hope you have some time to play and be creative… Today, I am keeping it simple and playing with the Theme from Less Is More (#470), the Colors suggested by the Global Design Project (#353) Team and the Tuesday Morning (#668) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Summer Solstice”
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Beach Sunset – Friends Are Like Seashells
Welcome back! Have any great plans for the weekend? How about another trip to the beach? Inspiration: Time Out (#219), Key Word Themes: Use Your Stuff (#453) and Can You Handle the Pressure (#12), Colors: Color Dare (#507) and bringing it all together the current Try Stampin’ on Tuesdays (#565) Sketch which I flipped toContinue reading “Beach Sunset – Friends Are Like Seashells”
Nature’s Prints – Thinking of You
Further to my earlier post regarding favorite things, a very close second would be CAS (clean and simple) cards and the color that makes me happiest: Green. I love to participate in the various challenges because it forces me out of my “box” and makes me think how to use all of the materials andContinue reading “Nature’s Prints – Thinking of You”
Forever Friendship – Time For A Card
An interesting challenge issued by the TGIF Team this week. A Few of Your Favorite Things… How do you pick? Giving the matter some thought, here are a few: Earthy Colors. Texture. Heat-Set Embossing (a definite go-to for me). A Stamp Set that is versatile. A pun that is not too cute, but elicits aContinue reading “Forever Friendship – Time For A Card”
Beach Camping – You’ve Got Style
Welcome to the middle of the week. Are you ready for a vacation? How about camping at the beach? A few challenges inspired today’s card. Inkspirational (#270) and Color Dare (#506) along with the colors over at Inspire Create (#121). Bringing my idea together, Sketch Saturday (#705). The VW Camper translated into the new CaravanContinue reading “Beach Camping – You’ve Got Style”
Yuletide Christmas – Itty Bitty Christmas Greeting
Welcome back! Ever have a project that just seems to be a comedy of errors? Well, this was one of those. Working with the Less Is More (#469) Traditional Christmas challenge. This was originally going to be a single layer CAS card. Somehow, I was a real fumble fingers and smeared ink left and right.Continue reading “Yuletide Christmas – Itty Bitty Christmas Greeting”
Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday
We have a really fun challenge for you today at Cardz 4 Guyz! How many of you collect/keep odds and sods because you just know that you can repurpose them into something great. Do you, do it? Pull them out and play along with us: RECYCLE SOMETHING! I selected a few challenges to help meContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday”
Bike Ride – Happy Paths
Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge (#394) and the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday Sketch challenge (#366). It is fun when you are on a design team, and you are able to combine challenges creating synergy. For Hand Stamped Sentiments, I opted for the upper left inspiration photograph and selected the Bicycle. TheContinue reading “Bike Ride – Happy Paths”
Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday
A color challenge deadline is approaching, Just Add Ink (#613)…such a pretty combination, Fresh Freesia (soft purple), Starry Sky (vibrant blue) and Mint Macaron (lovely shade of green). But what to do with them? I pulled out the super pretty Black and White Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper and opted to watercolor one of theContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – Just Because its your Birthday”
A Sea of Thanks – A Fish & A Wish
One last deadline for today and another CAS card mixing in a few other challenges using A Fish & A Wish stamp set. Color: Color Throwdown (#702), Theme: AAA Cards (#220), Addicted to CAS (#225) and a line from the current Tic Tac Toe (#171) Board. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “A Sea of Thanks – A Fish & A Wish”
The Inque Spot Studio 