Happiest Day – So Excited For You

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday to you. A quick little card for you today.  A clean and simple, simple stamping card.  Just Stamps, Ink and Paper. The Challenge: CAS Colours & Sketches (#553) with a layout sketch found on Paper Craft Crew. Here is the result: Steps: A cute little card that can be used forContinue reading “Happiest Day – So Excited For You”

Hand-Made Ornaments – Merry Christmas

Welcome back!  Happy Monday.  Trying to squeeze a few challenges in that are due today.  It will be a busy week, and I am hoping to find bits of time to enjoy the Studio.  Combining Color Throwdown (#823) with the Freshly Made (#666) sketch for a water-colored card. Here is the result: Steps: A funContinue reading “Hand-Made Ornaments – Merry Christmas”

Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love

Welcome back!  On Tuesday, a whole round of new challenges pop up, and I got inspired to create this card for them. First up…Shopping Our Stash (#524) is asking us to use buttons.  It has been a minute since they were all the rage.  Coincidently, the Tuesday Morning Sketch (#761) also features a button. NowContinue reading “Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love”

Hooray for Surprises – You’re the Best

Design Team time.  Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#465).  The project we are case-ing can be found on page 58 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 Colors and Stripes suggested by Just AddContinue reading “Hooray for Surprises – You’re the Best”

Fruit Favorite – Tuscan Vineyards

Round Two as a Guest Designer with the Alphabet Challenge.  Melanie has chosen the word “Fruit” for the Letter “F”.  What better fruit than Grapes…as it is used for a favorite beverage – Wine, which is best shared with Friends. I chose to create a clean and simple card for CAS Colours & Sketches (#538)Continue reading “Fruit Favorite – Tuscan Vineyards”

Marvelous Nature – Timeless Arrangements

Did you see the Mood Board over at Just Add Ink (#691)?  I love the moodiness of the blues and greens, the mystical touches of gold…so, I just had to play. I selected to keep the card clean and simple by choosing the AAA Cards (#260) sketch and sharing with Tic Tac Toe (#242) leftContinue reading “Marvelous Nature – Timeless Arrangements”

Timeless Arrangements – You Are the Best

Hi!  A hand drawn doodle today… Playing with Creative Colour (#128) and the Tuesday Morning (#744) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Flower decoration was popped up with Dimensionals. A bright pop of color framing a lovely floral vase for an allContinue reading “Timeless Arrangements – You Are the Best”

Circle Sayings – Happy Birthday

Welcome back! A bunch of ideas have been percolating in my brain as I pondered what to do with sets of colors, some open themes, a tool usage and various sketches. These were the ones I settled on. Firstly, the colors: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#158); then the theme: TGIF (#456); thirdly using stencils for Just UsContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Happy Birthday”

Happy Birthday – Doodled Gifts

Welcome back! So much to do in the House of J to get ready for Christmas, but I couldn’t resist creating a card for couple of afternoon deadlines. Paper Players (#670) colors with the Sketch Saturday (#740) layout for a #simplestamping card.  Just stamps, ink, paper and a little doodling. I am also sharing thisContinue reading “Happy Birthday – Doodled Gifts”

Autumn Thank You

Hello, again!  I am back with the second card for today. The challenges:  Sunday Stamps (#320) for the sketch which I flipped to the vertical position; Just Add Ink (#676) for the autumn inspiration and coloring; Color Throw Down (#766) for the specific colors; Time Out (#250) for the sentiment and Happy Little Stampers (October)Continue reading “Autumn Thank You”