Gift of Joy – Just Because

Welcome back!  Hope you have some time to be creative today… I have a quick little love card for you this morning for the Alphabet Challenge – Letter L. Here is the result: Steps: A sweet card to brighten someone’s day! Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda! Need aContinue reading “Gift of Joy – Just Because”

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”

Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#530) Sketch and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#472) Color Palette.  For my subject, I selected the Just Us Girls (#792) Word Prompt: Container.  I could have picked so many different containers but nostalgia brought me to perfume bottles. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best”

Lift Me Up – Just a Note

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A fun card for you today… Playing with the current color suggestion from Color Hues (#116) for Blue & Red along with the Paper Players (#752) sketch. Additional design influences: Make My Monday (#259) for Hot Air Balloons and adding die-cut letters for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#511) suggestion. Here isContinue reading “Lift Me Up – Just a Note”

Sunshine & Rainbows – Sunshine Vibes

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Sunday and hoping you have some time to get creative. Combining a few challenges: Shopping Our Stash (#554) with a Hot theme and I am going for hot sunny days resulting in pop-up showers that create rainbow surprises for Addicted to CAS (#290). I chose the Creative Colour (#207)Continue reading “Sunshine & Rainbows – Sunshine Vibes”

Beloved – Honey Bee

Welcome back!  Hope your Saturday has been fine.  I am back to creating for a few challenges… Both Festive Friday (#190) and Double D (#080625) are celebrating National Honey Bee Day. I used a loose interpretation of the Just Add Ink (#736) Sketch that I flipped to the vertical position. This required a bit ofContinue reading “Beloved – Honey Bee”

Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing

Welcome back!  A day full of chores and just now having time to be a little creative… Several related and/or similar challenge options today: Paper Players (#749) Stef’s By The Water theme; Addicted to CAS (#288) Sunshine theme; Inkspirational (#347) for a warm palette of Colors in their Mood Board; and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Sailing Home – Sunrise Sailing”

Gorgeous Leaves – Hello

Hi again!  Getting to be creative on Sundays is a pleasure… Playing with Creative Colours (#204) and the Freshly Made (#697) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. The colors felt so appropriate for Leaves, so it was fun to pull out a favoriteContinue reading “Gorgeous Leaves – Hello”

Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome

I have the pleasure of being invited to be Guest Designer with Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#8) for August.  As always, the theme includes Birthday, Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary and Sympathy (BEWAS) with an option.  This month the option is International Youth Day. I opted to create a Teenage Birthday card with a Back-to-School twist.Continue reading “Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome”

Revisiting a Memory…

I started blogging in August of 2020. Five years sure go by fast! A TRIPLE CHALLENGE Last week I created a card to meet the criteria for three challenges: Case-ing Tuesday #262Stampin’ Through the Catalog Tuesday Stamp Set Selection “Ornate Garden”Colour Inkspiration #82 Choose a card sample from the 2020 / 2021 Annual Stampin’ Up!Continue reading “Revisiting a Memory…”