Painted Pumpkins – Halloween Boo!

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#391) with a color combo. My design was influenced by: Festive Friday (#220) with a list of Halloween inspired options and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2610) with a Halloween Twist. Sharing with If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#221) and their Halloween theme and choosing the Stampin’ Up! OnlyContinue reading “Painted Pumpkins – Halloween Boo!”

Painted Pumpkins – Hey

Design Team Time for The Card Concept (#230) Inspiration Board for both theme and colors for a clean and simple layered Greeting card. Design choices influenced by As You See It (#383) Recipe Ingredients and sharing with Sunday Stamps (#396) for the colors and Fall theme along with Cupcake Inspirations (#643) and their Fall theme.Continue reading “Painted Pumpkins – Hey”

Golden Noel

Welcome back!  Happy Tuesday… A quick card.  New products arrived and I had to have a play.  Mixing the old with the new for a pretty Christmas card. The challenges: Theme – Krafty Chicks (#841) and Addicted To Stamps & More (#527); Colors – Color Hues (#142) Golden Glow and Cherry Cobbler and Color DareContinue reading “Golden Noel”

Tile Garden – Good Thing

Welcome back! Happy Sunday. Hoping that you find some time to be creative today… Today’s card is loosely based on the Layout from Freshly Made Sketches (#757), the Palette from Creative Colours (#261) and the Floral theme from Beautiful Blossoms (#45). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) CajunContinue reading “Tile Garden – Good Thing”

Soft Seedlings – Autumn Birthday

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#585), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 48 of the Sep – Dec 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Retro Rubber (#282) with a Fall theme including Leaves; Ellibelle’s I SpyContinue reading “Soft Seedlings – Autumn Birthday”

Harvest Sunflowers – Thank You

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#303).  Eight possibilities and so much choice.  My selections: Center Across – Enamel Dots, Leaves, Thanks and Left Diagonal Down – Fall Colors, Leaves, Metallics. Design influences: Four Seasons (#2610) Inspiration Board – Sunflowers and Colors; Double Trouble (#226) 3-2-1 Colors, Sentiment, Fall Theme; and Time OutContinue reading “Harvest Sunflowers – Thank You”

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”

Glow of Harvest – Autumn Birthday

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#584), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 17 of the Sep – Dec 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Seize The Birthday (#335) using Fall colors; Inkspirational (#377) choosing Fall theme,Continue reading “Glow of Harvest – Autumn Birthday”

Autumn Thank You

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#498) Design Team Challenge.  This round, we have a wonderful Autumn Mood Board. I opted for the glow of copper and gold with a clean and simple Leaf theme. My design was influenced by Christmas (or Not) Bingo (#21) selecting letter “O” Copper, Texture and Free – forContinue reading “Autumn Thank You”

A Messy Meow – Pretty Kitty

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here is to hoping you find some time to be creative today Another clean and simple offering for several challenges: Starting with Inspire Create (#225); and influenced by Addicted to CAS (#317) to add Circles; and AAA Cards (#323) for the Letter M. Sharing with Alphabet (Letter K) for Kitten(s) andContinue reading “A Messy Meow – Pretty Kitty”