Abundant Beauty – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Saturday. Today I am combining a number to challenges that feature both clean and simple styling and stencils. CAS on Friday (#318) with a sketch; AAA Cards (#299) with colors; Ellibelle’s I Spy (#30) something clean & simple; Seize the Birthday (#314) with both; and Just Us Girls (#794)Continue reading “Abundant Beauty – Birthday Wishes”

Irresistible Blooms – Wonderful You

One more time!  Another deadline looms… For: The Flower Challenge (#106) Sketch; Color Dare (#669) Palette of Light Green and Purple; and sharing with Crafter’s Café (#323) Twist – Flowers. Back to my favorite clean and simple style. Here is the result: Steps: That is pretty much it!  A few Purple Fine Shimmer Gems wereContinue reading “Irresistible Blooms – Wonderful You”

Peaceful Garden – Celebrate

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#648).  Lots of possibilities with this one especially if you want to play with Patterned Papers. Design influences: Inspire Create (#201) Shades of Blue and Green and more specifically Colour Hues (#118) Smoky Blue and Sage Green. and sharing with Love Those Pretty PapersContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Celebrate”

Beautiful Motifs – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#647).  Lots of possibilities with this one. Design influences: Color Dare (#668) for a Red and Yellow pairing; Tic Tac Toe (#279) Top Line – Rectangle(s), Die Cut(s) and Stripes; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#7) for the Floral image chosen. Here isContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Hello”

Christmas Cheer – Latte Love

Welcome back!  It is a glorious Saturday here, hoping it is lovely where you are….  Holiday play time!  The Christmas challenges: Krafty Chicks (#785); Jingle Belles (#2519) adding Metallic Elements; Caffeinated Christmas (#45) adding a Drink Element; and selecting the current Creative Colour (#210) Palette as a starting point. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Christmas Cheer – Latte Love”

Extraordinary Flora – With Love

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Friday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#199) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Images, Aperture) with a twist to add an image to the Aperture Opening and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#678) layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#384) for theContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – With Love”

Peaceful Garden – Thanks

Welcome back!  Friday already…where did the week go? With the new Fall Mini Catalog that just launched this week, I am exploring some of the products.  I love Autumn and its warm slate of colors but today, the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper was calling out to me.  The predominant colors are Secret Sea andContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Thanks”

Inspiring Imperfections – Hello

Wow!  It’s already September…welcome back. Today I am playing with CAS on Friday (#316) to use Vellum and the CAS Colours & Sketches (#567) Palette influenced by the Paper Players (#753) Tic Tac Toe Board to include Flowers and Word Dies choosing both clean and simple and vellum as my FREE option(s). Here is theContinue reading “Inspiring Imperfections – Hello”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Saturday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#198) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Patterned Papers, Sentiment) with a twist to create a Fan Fold and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#677) Layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Seize The Birthday (#312) to use Black andContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

Thankful Garden

Welcome back! Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#644).  I selected the Color Dare (#665) palette for this card and am sharing with Addicted to Stamps & More (#500) selecting to use both stencils and dies. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Thankful Garden”