Serene Scenes – Nautical Father’s Day

Design Team Time for The Card Concept (#228a) Inspiration Board for both theme and colors for a clean and simple layered Father’s Day card. Sharing with Festive Friday (#211) including several elements on the list and Simply Clean & Simple (#2606) for a Nautical Twist. Choosing the As You See It (#374) Sketch to bringContinue reading “Serene Scenes – Nautical Father’s Day”

In The Meadow – Special Day

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#568), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 46 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog and the colors suggested by Hand Stamped Sentiments (#490). My design choices were influenced by Paper Players (#789)Continue reading “In The Meadow – Special Day”

Sailing Home – All the Best

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline or two… Addicted to CAS (#308) for a clean and simple card featuring Travel. Choosing CAS Colours & Sketches (#586) for the Palette and Sunday Stamps (#386) for the Sketch. Adding in Just Us Girls (#825) to use Stencils and going Masculine for Krafty Chicks (#822) and TGIF (#579). HereContinue reading “Sailing Home – All the Best”

Nautical Seascape – Happy Father’s Day

Design Team Time for The Card Concept (#227) Inspiration Board for both theme and colors and the Atlantic Hearts (#681) Sketch choosing to combine the two. Sharing with Inspire Create (#215) using both wet and dry Embossing Techniques and Facebook’s Global Design Project (#547) Landscape theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Nautical Seascape – Happy Father’s Day”

Beside Me – Always There

Welcome back!  It’s Saturday!!  Hope you have creative plans on your schedule. Today’s card incorporates the Festive Friday (#152) Family Day theme and the Creative Colours (#126) suggestion.  Along for the ride, I selected various embossing folders for Can You Handle the Pressure (#48) and bringing it all together, the Tuesday Morning (#742) sketch. HereContinue reading “Beside Me – Always There”

On the Water – A Fun Day

Welcome back!  It is officially Summer…but I have yet to see the sun for the past few rather rainy days.  However, several challenges are running with a summer theme, so let’s have some fun! Make My Monday (#203); AAA Cards (#242); Just Us Girls (#684); Retro Rubber (#209); The Four Seasons (June); and bringing itContinue reading “On the Water – A Fun Day”

It’s Plane & Simple – You Send Me Soaring

Having fun with a few more challenges…and pulling out some retired products from my stash. Tic Tac Toe (#213) Line including Black Card Base, Stripes, and a Just Because type sentiment; Alphabet (Letter F) for Flying; Creative Colour (#93) Old Olive, Starry Sky and Highland Heather for the current Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#610) SketchContinue reading “It’s Plane & Simple – You Send Me Soaring”

Summer Time – Best Day Ever

Who can resist a perfect summer day?  Several challenges with this theme… Double Trouble (#140) partnering with Color Dare (#552); along with Make My Monday (#202) and for a Masculine bend: Cupcake Inspiration (#571) and Seize the Birthday (#263) for the current Global Design Project (#398) Sketch. Here is the result. Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Summer Time – Best Day Ever”

Better Places – Happy Father’s Day

Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#294) is to create a Tag or add a Tag to your card.  Bringing it all together, I was inspired by: Time Out Challenge (#211) Outdoor Theme; Just Add Ink Challenge (#599) – Favorite Animal; and Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Challenge (#352) for the Slim-Line Sketch. Here is theContinue reading “Better Places – Happy Father’s Day”

Weekend Color Challenge – Sailing Home, what a way to relax!

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is a color challenge.  The color choices were inspired by the photograph. Choose at least three when making your project. Anything goes…however, I was inspired by the nautical influence for my card today. These colors were combined with two other challenges today.  Sketch: Atlantic Hearts (#425) andContinue reading “Weekend Color Challenge – Sailing Home, what a way to relax!”