Let It Ride – Go For It

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#473), we have a cool sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Festive Friday (#194) with a list of options and Time Out (#298), with another list of options. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Let It Ride – Go For It”

Lift Me Up – Just a Note

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A fun card for you today… Playing with the current color suggestion from Color Hues (#116) for Blue & Red along with the Paper Players (#752) sketch. Additional design influences: Make My Monday (#259) for Hot Air Balloons and adding die-cut letters for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#511) suggestion. Here isContinue reading “Lift Me Up – Just a Note”

Sunshine & Rainbows – Sunshine Vibes

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Sunday and hoping you have some time to get creative. Combining a few challenges: Shopping Our Stash (#554) with a Hot theme and I am going for hot sunny days resulting in pop-up showers that create rainbow surprises for Addicted to CAS (#290). I chose the Creative Colour (#207)Continue reading “Sunshine & Rainbows – Sunshine Vibes”

Back To School – For The Serious Scholar

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline.  Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”

So Hoppy Together – You Can Do Anything

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A little bit of green for a clean and simple card… Playing with the Paper Players (#751) CAS with a Critter; AAA Cards (#297) CAS with a twist of Green; and sharing with Inspire Create (#199) and Krafty Chicks (#782) with their current clean and simple style challenges. Here is theContinue reading “So Hoppy Together – You Can Do Anything”

Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing

Welcome back!  A day full of chores and just now having time to be a little creative… Several related and/or similar challenge options today: Paper Players (#749) Stef’s By The Water theme; Addicted to CAS (#288) Sunshine theme; Inkspirational (#347) for a warm palette of Colors in their Mood Board; and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing”

Be Brave

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday. I need a card for a bright young girl embarking on her teens.  I thought the color palette over at TGIF (#528) was ideal and the bold design at Sketch Saturday (#777) would be perfect for my idea. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were added to the card baseContinue reading “Be Brave”

Have The Best Day – Gallery Blooms

Welcome back!  A busy day ahead, so getting this card done first thing.  Happy Wednesday. Those April Showers sure begat those May Flowers and that is the order of the day.  The challenges: Inspired by (#335) Pretty Florals and Wood Elements along with the suggested Sketch; Seize The Birthday (#305) to add Flowers; Four SeasonsContinue reading “Have The Best Day – Gallery Blooms”

Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey

Design Time: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#460) Color Challenge and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#506) Challenge where we copy and selectively edit a card found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 18 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Today’s design incorporates the Just Us Girls (#768) Stencil Challenge andContinue reading “Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey”

Singing in the Rain – Umbrella Days

I am delighted to be featured as the Crazy Cousin Guest Designer for Double Trouble this March month.  Today is the last one. Double Trouble (#188) Another 3-2-1. Okay: Three Rainbow Colors – Red, Yellow and Blue; Two (or more) Dies Cuts; One Scene. I paired this list with the As You See (#344) SketchContinue reading “Singing in the Rain – Umbrella Days”