Textured Floral – Smile

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  It is going to be a busy day.  Hubby is up early to beat the heat with some garden work so, I headed to the Studio before I have to get in gear. Starting with the Freshly Made (#641) Sketch and the Creative Colours (#146), I chose to make a cardContinue reading “Textured Floral – Smile”

Fully Flowering – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  In yesterday’s class I featured the Mix & Match products.  Preprinted Card Bases and Envelopes along with a great selection of Ephemera.  Chopped everything up and everyone went to town creating unique cards. So, this is one I created for the TGIF (#477) and Color HuesContinue reading “Fully Flowering – Birthday Wishes”

Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday

Wednesday Hellos!  I certainly have a mash up for you today… Double Trouble (#169) is celebrating the longest day of the year – tomorrow – June 20th by asking for a Slim Line card and to partner up with I Spy With My Little Eye (#16) by adding Flowers.  I selected the CAS Colours &Continue reading “Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday”

Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love

Welcome back!  On Tuesday, a whole round of new challenges pop up, and I got inspired to create this card for them. First up…Shopping Our Stash (#524) is asking us to use buttons.  It has been a minute since they were all the rage.  Coincidently, the Tuesday Morning Sketch (#761) also features a button. NowContinue reading “Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love”

Hooray for Surprises – You’re the Best

Design Team time.  Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#465).  The project we are case-ing can be found on page 58 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. I was inspired by the Colors and Stripes suggested by Just AddContinue reading “Hooray for Surprises – You’re the Best”

Poised Peony – Unbounded Love

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#694) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has opted for a CAS (clean and simple) card with an Encouragement or Sympathy theme. I am a tad sad.  I moved to the US in 2006 and my first and therefore longest American friend just recently passed away.  Her love, caringContinue reading “Poised Peony – Unbounded Love”

Queen Bee – Thanks For Being You

Another Design Team card.  This time for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#464).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 119 of the Annual Catalog.  I selected the Just Us Girls (#730) Colors and chose the On-Line Exclusive Queen Bee stamp set for both Critter Crazy (#87) and Farm Quest (#53) and sharing withContinue reading “Queen Bee – Thanks For Being You”

Wildflower Designs – Thank You

Design Time: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#440) has a lovely Sketch for you to use this round. For Krafty Chicks (#719), I selected to feature the new stamp set Wildflower Designs and picked Color Dare (#603) for the color palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble theContinue reading “Wildflower Designs – Thank You”

Textured Floral – Thoughtful Wishes

Welcome back!  I had a lovely time visiting with my family from Canada but it is now time to get back to work.  A few deadlines today and one clean and simple, simple stamping card made. Playing with Freshly Made Sketches (#639); Color Throwdown (#796); and Beautiful Blossoms (#17). Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Textured Floral – Thoughtful Wishes”

Timeless Charm – Warmest Wishes

Happy Sunday!  Here’s to hoping you have an opportunity to be creative today. My design choices for today’s card were made from combining Jeanie’s Tic Tac Toe (#249) bottom line: Patterned Paper, Floral and Gems with the Atlantic Hearts (#580) Sketch using the Creative Colours (#144) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Timeless Charm – Warmest Wishes”