Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#700) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has a super sketch for us.  Three basic shapes and lots of possibilities. Inspiration:  If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#194) Aloha Hibiscus; Beautiful Blossoms (#19) for their Tropical Floral Mood Board; and choosing four of the Color Dare (#610) SixContinue reading “Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You”

Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#470) Design Team time.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found in the Stampin’ Up Catalogs. The card we are case-ing this week is on page 72 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration for my design: Time Out (#268); AsContinue reading “Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Christmas in July – Merry Cafe

The month is winding down and a popular challenge theme is Christmas in July.  So, let’s play! The challenges: Alphabet (Letter H) for Holidays, Jingle Belles (#2415) Dashing Through the Snow partnering with Double Trouble (#171) to create an Aperture Snow card. The current Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#651) was perfect for an apertureContinue reading “Christmas in July – Merry Cafe”

He’s All That – A Classic

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, I am playing with a stripped-down version of the Atlantic Hearts (#586) Sketch and the colors suggested by Retro Rubber (#235) for a fun little guy card. My color translation: Soft Sea Foam; Lemon Lolly; Daffodil Delight; Azure Afternoon; Lost Lagoon; and Balmy Blue. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “He’s All That – A Classic”

Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome

Hi again!  Catching up on a few deadlines…always happens when you take a few (or more) days off. Playing with Double Trouble (#170) who is partnering with Park Hopping (July) for a Water theme. I selected the colors from the Fancy Five Color Dare (#608) choices and picked the TGIF (#481) Sketch to complete myContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome”

Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

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”

Attention Shoppers – Happy Birthday

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#442) showcases some fun summer bright colors for us to play with. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#561) layout from 2019 to play along with Sketch Saturday (#754) asking us to pick a sketch from the archives. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Attention Shoppers – Happy Birthday”

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”