Irresistible Blooms – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday…October already…WOW! Today’s line-up of challenges: Krafty Chicks (#840) Birthday; Color Dare (#721) Palette; Retro Rubber (#281) Tic Tac Toe – Left Column; and choosing the Sunday Stamps (#395) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Peaceful Pine cardstock. Distressed Accent Mat: (3¾” x 5”)Continue reading “Irresistible Blooms – Happy Birthday”

Bachelor Buttons – Birthday

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#387) with a Gardening theme and I kept really simple! Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. The greetings, Good Things Are Worth Waiting For and Happy Birthday, from the retired Enjoy The Moment stamp set were stamped with Versamark inkContinue reading “Bachelor Buttons – Birthday”

Rock & Roll – Enjoy

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#485) Challenge.  This round, we have a great sketch for you. My reverse clean and simple design was influenced by several similar challenges: Alphabet (Letter X) for X-Ray featuring a black and white color scheme; Little Red Wagon (#851) with a Retro Rock & Roll theme; Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Rock & Roll – Enjoy”

Calm & Quiet – Enjoy The Moment

Welcome back!  All set for a holiday weekend?  With Canada Day and the Fourth of July upon us many have headed out of town.  This is my homage to the those that went to the cottage. I specifically want to create for the Global Design Project’s 400th Challenge.  I opted to CASE (Copy and SelectivelyContinue reading “Calm & Quiet – Enjoy The Moment”

Rainbow Bookcase – Enjoy the Moment

Is Reading a favorite pastime of yours?  It is one of mine.  Curling up with a good book is always a pleasure. Next up…Time Out (#236) theme – Books, Inspired By (#234) for the colorful inspiration photo and Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#602) sketch and color inspiration. I did not have a stamp image inContinue reading “Rainbow Bookcase – Enjoy the Moment”

Sharing Sweet Thoughts – Enjoy the Moment

It’s a lovely day and I am having a play in the Studio.  A quick clean and simple card for a few challenges… Inspiration: Sketch: Paper Players (#588), Color: Cupcake Inspirations (#542), Style and Theme: AAA Cards (#213), Sentiment: Just Us Girls (#629). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Sharing Sweet Thoughts – Enjoy the Moment”

Enjoy the Moment

Welcome back!  Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Today I am playing with the current sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches (#460).  The stamp set, Enjoy the Moment, hasn’t seen a lot of love lately and I was looking for an opportunity to use it.  This sketch seemed ideal. I picked the current colorsContinue reading “Enjoy the Moment”

Crafting Forever – Inspired Happy Birthday

I selected a number of challenges to work with… Sketch: Retro Rubber (#172); Theme: Seize The Birthday (#228) and Color: Color Throw Down (#670).  Funny thing…on the way to the Studio I discovered that over at Double Trouble (#98), the challenge (1) was to create a new project using your stuff.  The challenge (3) wasContinue reading “Crafting Forever – Inspired Happy Birthday”

Evergreen Forest – Happy Birthday

It is the weekend!  Having a bit of a play this morning… Working with the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge (#630) and mixing it with the theme option challenge from Seize the Birthday (#226) and the colors suggested by the Sunday Stamps Challenge (#269). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored atContinue reading “Evergreen Forest – Happy Birthday”

Gorgeous Leaves – A Little Note

Having a wonderful play with a few more challenges. Sketch: Freshly Made Sketch Challenge (#509) with the colors from the Color Throw Down Challenge (#666) along with the Less is More Challenge (#454) and the CAS on Friday Challenge (#216) for Style and Theme. Here is the result: Steps: Single layer card base (7” xContinue reading “Gorgeous Leaves – A Little Note”