Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode

Happy Day to you all! Having a bit of a play before meeting friends for Easter dinner. Challenges: Freshly Made Sketches (#580), Color Dare (#543), Happy Little Stampers (April) and Stampin’ Up! Creative (April). Here is the result: Steps: All panels were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Flower adds aContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode”

Easter Tulips – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Another dreary day…perfect spending some time in the Studio! For this morning’s card I am combining a few more challenges:  The Card Concept (#193) for colors and especially the Jug of Tulips; Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s (#600) for the sketch; and Tic Tac Toe (#203) for the bottom line – Flowers, Ribbon andContinue reading “Easter Tulips – Thinking of You”

Tropical Leaf – Love You

To CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) is to take inspiration from and make it your own.  The team at the Global Design Project (#388) asked us to recreate a card made by Ann Alexander.  I opted to use the colors suggested by Creative Colour (#83) which are similar in overall impression to Ann’s color choices.Continue reading “Tropical Leaf – Love You”

Serene Bird – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  It is a dark rainy day and I wanted to brighten my day…so… The challenge I am playing with is: Festive Friday (#131) and I chose a number of items from the list.  I wanted to add a Bird, but I don’t have many birds in my stamp collection.  On a hunt, IContinue reading “Serene Bird – Happy Birthday”

Painted Posies – Blank Greeting Card

Hi!  One more card for today… A clean and simple Spring card for Addicted to CAS (#234) influenced by the Mood Board over at Inkspirational (#286) and the colors of the desserts at Inspired By (#232).  I opted for no sentiment because this card was so pretty and can be used for any occasion. HereContinue reading “Painted Posies – Blank Greeting Card”

Bouquet of Thanks

Welcome back!  Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Catching up with Freshly Made Sketches (#579) and Color Hues (#61). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the base sketch.  A few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added for a bit of bling. SuchContinue reading “Bouquet of Thanks”

Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips

One last card for today… The Challenges: Four Seasons (April) for the inspiration; Retro Rubber (#203) for the theme; Atlantic Hearts (#518) for the sketch; and Colorful Options (April) for the pastel color tone. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A Mint Macaron TextileContinue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday – Spring Tulips”

Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!

Welcome back! There is a lot of inspiration out there in the blog world.  Stuck for an idea?  Peruse the challenges I play with and have fun creating… Let’s play with: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#599) for the sketch and the suggested option; Color Throwdown (#736) for the colors; and Seize the Birthday (#258) forContinue reading “Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!”

Beautiful Destinations – Picturesque Butterfly

It is Tuesday…and I am playing with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#401) challenge.  Let’s remake today’s choice. My choices were inspired by the following challenges: Cupcake Inspirations (#565) for the Colors and Tic Tac Toe (#201) for the three elements – Butterfly, Patterned Paper and something Floral.  I am also sharing this with Make myContinue reading “Beautiful Destinations – Picturesque Butterfly”

Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card

Having a play with a few more challenges before I get ready for Wednesday’s class… Inspire Create (#138) to use the card created by Karen Farquhar as an inspiration springboard. The items chosen: Layout, Patterned Paper, Embossed Panel, Pansies, Tag Sentiment and Ribbon. The colors were chosen from the Color Dare (#539) Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card”