Look Who’s Five – Birthday Bicycle

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Cardz 4 Guyz (#319) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#402) using the colors suggested by Just Us Girls (#673).  Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Mossy Meadow cardstock. Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Crumb Cake cardstock dry-embossed with the Cross-Hatch Basics 3D Embossing Folder.Continue reading “Look Who’s Five – Birthday Bicycle”

Bouquet of Thanks

Welcome back!  Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Catching up with Freshly Made Sketches (#579) and Color Hues (#61). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crumb Cake cardstock. The Fancy Oval Frame, from the Framed Florets Dies set was die-cut from the center ofContinue reading “Bouquet of Thanks”

Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!

Welcome back! There is a lot of inspiration out there in the blog world.  Stuck for an idea?  Peruse the challenges I play with and have fun creating… Let’s play with: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#599) for the sketch and the suggested option; Color Throwdown (#736) for the colors; and Seize the Birthday (#258) forContinue reading “Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!”

Beautiful Day – Graceful Tile

It has been a busy week.  Welcome back!  I have an elegant clean and simple card for you today for a few challenges. Inspired By (#231) for Colors, Patterns and Sketch, Just Us Girls (#672) and Less Is More (#479).   Here is the result: Steps: The sentiment, Have a Beautiful Day, from the retiredContinue reading “Beautiful Day – Graceful Tile”

Beautiful Destinations – Picturesque Butterfly

It is Tuesday…and I am playing with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#401) challenge.  Let’s remake today’s choice. My choices were inspired by the following challenges: Cupcake Inspirations (#565) for the Colors and Tic Tac Toe (#201) for the three elements – Butterfly, Patterned Paper and something Floral.  I am also sharing this with Make myContinue reading “Beautiful Destinations – Picturesque Butterfly”

Muck Luck & Good Fortune

Welcome back!  Class is finished and this is a quick little clean and simple card for Inspired By (#229). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock. The panel was dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder and then die-cut with the (3⅜” x 4¾”) sizedContinue reading “Muck Luck & Good Fortune”

Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card

Having a play with a few more challenges before I get ready for Wednesday’s class… Inspire Create (#138) to use the card created by Karen Farquhar as an inspiration springboard. The items chosen: Layout, Patterned Paper, Embossed Panel, Pansies, Tag Sentiment and Ribbon. The colors were chosen from the Color Dare (#539) Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card”

Odds & Sods – Friendship Card

Welcome back!  I’m getting a late start to the Sunday Play Time.  Hope you have had a great weekend. I followed instructions as directed by As You See It (#294) to take a look at my stash of bits and pieces.  From the Cup and the Tin, I selected a number of previously discarded bitsContinue reading “Odds & Sods – Friendship Card”

Beauty of Friendship – Thinking of You

Back at it this afternoon…another Color and Sketch combination… Tuesday Morning (#699) Sketch and Color Throwdown (#734). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Suede cardstock. Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Soft Suede cardstock dry-embossed with the Cross-Hatch Basics 3D Embossing Folder (a new favorite). Left & RightContinue reading “Beauty of Friendship – Thinking of You”

Petal Park – Floral Birthday

Welcome back!  Have you had a good week?  It is already Friday…how can that be? This morning I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#516) Sketch and chose the color combination from Creative Colour (#80). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. The colored cardstock wasContinue reading “Petal Park – Floral Birthday”