Season of Chic – You Are Amazing

Welcome back!  I am playing around with several new products.  The Twigs & Sprigs Embossing Folder & Die Set along with some of the very pretty items that make up part of the Texture Chic Suite. I opted to use the sketch only from the current FUSION challenge… and matched it up with the JustContinue reading “Season of Chic – You Are Amazing”

Be Awesome! – Count on Me, Nothing’s Better Than…

Welcome back to the Studio.  Love that I have time to play on Sunday. Have you been creative today?  A masculine card for the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch (#481) based on the Color Dare (#504) over at Color My Heart using the Choose Two of Three options from Just Add Ink (#612). Here is theContinue reading “Be Awesome! – Count on Me, Nothing’s Better Than…”

Beauty of Friendship

Happy Sunday! Welcome back.    A really quick clean and simple (CAS) card for you this morning for the following challenges. Sketch: CAS Colours & Sketches (#478), Style: CAS on Friday (#235) and Color: Crafter’s Café (#287). Here is the result:  Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Mango Melody cardstock. Bottom Panel:Continue reading “Beauty of Friendship”

Soft Seedlings – Hello

Welcome back!    Playing with a few more challenges this afternoon… Sketch: Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s (#563) and Color: Creative Color (#45). Here is the result:  Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Gray Granite cardstock. The sentiment, hello, from the Soft Seedlings stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink and heat-set withContinue reading “Soft Seedlings – Hello”

Big On Birthdays – It’s Your Day

Happy Day!  More time to play in the Studio… Over at Retro Rubber (#186), this round is a sketch.  I chose to flip it to the vertical position to better fit my “RETRO” retired stamp image from Big on Birthdays (circa 2017) and I played around with this week’s Global Design Project (#351) challenge toContinue reading “Big On Birthdays – It’s Your Day”

Season of Chic – Best Birthday

Welcome back! I was thinking about the current TGIF (#376) Sketch overnight and somewhere in my dream state, I flipped it and thought the Waves of Inspiration stamp set would be a nice way to capture my feelings. I also thought it would be a nice way to present the Texture Chic Suite that IContinue reading “Season of Chic – Best Birthday”

He’s the Man – Congratulations

Wow!  Three Hundred Challenges and counting…so glad to be a part of this group, Cardz 4 Guys.  Such an Epic Milestone. I chose the current sketch over at Just Add Ink (#611) and the He’s the Man Designer Series Paper for today’s card. Here is the result:  Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “He’s the Man – Congratulations”

Pretty Medallion – Just Because

Happy Tuesday and a few more challenges: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#393) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday challenge (#364).  Over at Use Your Stuff (#452), the Mood Board had lots of elements.  I gravitated to the Watercolor and the Flower images and those influenced my choice to use a few watercolor techniques and select the Pretty MedallionContinue reading “Pretty Medallion – Just Because”

You’re So Cool – Sweet Ice Cream

It is a hot one today and it got me thinking about Summer Treats.  Just had to pull out a great retired bundle for this card: The Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and the coordinating Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch. Three Challenges:  Sketch – Paper Craft Crew (#477); Themes – If You Give a CrafterContinue reading “You’re So Cool – Sweet Ice Cream”

Merriest Moments

Welcome back!  It is the start of a brand-new week, and I am excited to share some of my work with you. As usual, I am catching up.  I never seem to find enough minutes on the weekend to complete all of the challenges that are due by Monday. So, here we go with aContinue reading “Merriest Moments”