A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone

Friday!  The weekend is almost here.  Do you have any fun plans?  Today I am playing with the Global Design Project (#407) theme and the Inspired By (#251) photo for both theme and color choice.  I selected the CAS Colours & Sketches (#518) sketch and the Clear Color Embossing Technique for Inkspirational (#296). Here isContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone”

Earthen Textures – Moon Lake Thank You

Welcome back!  A few deadlines are catching up with me again…let’s have some fun! Inspire Create (#149) and Farm Quest (#34) for the themes; Krafty Chicks (#677) for the clean and simple style; Sunday Stamps (#315) for the colors; and Cupcake Inspiration (#575) for including a ribbon. Going fishing on a misty summer morning… hereContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Moon Lake Thank You”

Abundant Beauty Sunflower – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  A few new things arrived from Stampin’ Up! and I wanted to experiment. Playing with the new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (available September 6th) and the current colors suggested by Paper Players (#653).  I decided to create a Fun Fold card and share with Creative Creases (#63). Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Abundant Beauty Sunflower – Thinking of You”

In The Moment – You Are The Best

Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#421).  Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start… Today, I was inspired by Heart’s Quest (#36) Best Friends Day; Tic Tac Toe (#221) for Color, Tools andContinue reading “In The Moment – You Are The Best”

Honey Bee – Thank You

Welcome back!  A start of a new week of creativity.  Are you game? Over at Just Us Girls (#692) the theme is Bee; Over at Make My Monday (#207) the task is three of anything; Over at As You See It (#305) we are given a “recipe” of items to use; and bringing it allContinue reading “Honey Bee – Thank You”

Bird’s Eye View – Sweet Friend

Happy Sunday!  Combining two challenges with a deadline of today… Let’s play with Color Hues (#69) and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#618) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Calypso Coral cardstock. Two (2⅛”) circles were die-cut with the Stitched Circle die from the Stylish Shapes DiesContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – Sweet Friend”

Gorgeously Made – Hello

Welcome back!  Saturday play time in the Studio with a new to me Bundle: Gorgeously Made stamp set and dies. Mixing up the Creative Colours (#101) with the Tuesday Morning (#719) Sketch and sharing with Happy Little Stampers (August) Dies and Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (August) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½”Continue reading “Gorgeously Made – Hello”

Floral Birthday

Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#420) and this fortnight we have an Inspiration Board.  Lots of pretty images to promote your creativity.  I was drawn to the bottom right Floral image. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#731) Layout and elements from the Paper Craft Crew (#529) Tic Tac Toe board.  I am sharing thisContinue reading “Floral Birthday”

Timeless Arrangements – Floral Thanks

One more for the day!  Happy Sunday… Playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#536) Sketch, the Color Throwdown (#754) Palette, and the Flower Challenge (#83) to include Spots or Stripes (I added both). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Each Strip was hand-flagged with Paper Snips.Continue reading “Timeless Arrangements – Floral Thanks”

Papaya Collage – Thank You

Welcome back!  It’s the weekend.  Several errands and a lunch date for me.  How about you? Spent the afternoon in the Studio.  Mixing up a few challenges: Facebook Colour INKspiration (#148) with Tic Tac Toe (#220) and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#617) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Papaya Collage – Thank You”