I love playing along with the various Card Challenges that are out in the blog world. A little inspiration goes a long way. So, today, my starting point was the sketch over at As You See It – AYSI248. The colors were inspired by the selection over at the Color Throw Down – CTD640. TheContinue reading “Color & Contour – Sweet Thank You”
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Grace’s Garden – Positive Thoughts
Another fun evening…Christine Bertram’s Mystery Stamp Night for April. Christine provides you with Clue #1. These are the materials you need to prepare before she goes live. Following subsequent clues, you create your card in real time. But never fear, if you miss the live broadcast, you can always watch the replay. Select a pieceContinue reading “Grace’s Garden – Positive Thoughts”
Butterfly Bijou – You are Tea-riffic
I entered The Tea Swap over at Joy of Sets and it just so happens that the Just Add Ink Challenge – JAI551 this week is to create something Three-Dimensional. How fortuitous for me because I get to share this with more people. And this is the result: For some time now, I have seenContinue reading “Butterfly Bijou – You are Tea-riffic”
Butterfly Bijou – Making Magic
Another challenge deadline is coming up fast. I really liked the suggested sketch this week from the Paper Craft Crew – PCC423 and played with the current colors suggested by the Global Design Team – GDP289. I have been creating projects with the Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper and had a few pieces on myContinue reading “Butterfly Bijou – Making Magic”
Flowers of Friendship – Happy Birthday
Tuesday is around the corner and I am working on the Case-ing Tuesday Challenge #301. This week the Sample and Sketch is from page 59 of the Mini Spring Catalog. I decided to mix it up with the two other challenges: Color Hues #16 and Seize the Birthday #212. And this is the result: TheContinue reading “Flowers of Friendship – Happy Birthday”
Flowers of Friendship – Thank You
Time for this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS049. A sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets that will debut in May. Flowers of Friendship is a sweet little set with a bunch of Thank You sentiments and comes bundled with a coordinating Flowers and Leaves punch. Over at The Flower Challenge #55, theContinue reading “Flowers of Friendship – Thank You”
Etched in Nature – Important Friends
Yesterday I took inspiration from the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for the card I made with Embossing Paste. Today I created a card that was truer to the sketch. FMS482 is a nice clean layout. I changed the orientation of my card by turning it to a horizontal position to better suit theContinue reading “Etched in Nature – Important Friends”
Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2
Continuing with this week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping exploring Stencils and some of the techniques that you can do with them, I created my card using Embossing Paste. This is an excellent way to use Decorative Masks to create dimension on your projects. I chose to try the Slim Line card design overContinue reading “Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2”
Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping explores Stencils and some of the techniques that can be employed when using them. For this card, I chose to use Decorative Masks to make my own patterned paper. I decided to use the current sketch challenge over at The Spot – #158 for the layout ofContinue reading “Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks”
Best Year – Vintage Birthday
This week, I actually have the stamp set suggested for Thursday’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog Challenge. Best Year is a versatile stamp set with a lot of great sentiments with carryforward statements for the inside of the card. The general layout for the card I created was inspired by the current Global Design Project ChallengeContinue reading “Best Year – Vintage Birthday”
The Inque Spot Studio 