Our current challenge at HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS (#386) is Sketch. Additional Inspiration: Style – CAS (clean and simple) Colors: Less is More (#461); Theme: Happy Little Stampers April Challenge. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Side Panel: (1¼” x 5½”) Gold Foil cardstock. Center ShapeContinue reading “Hot Tropical Pink – You’re Amazing”
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Animal Outing – Together We Make a Great Pair
Hi! Welcome back. Sundays are always great days to play in the Studio. The only drawback is that if I get busy during the week, all of the challenges (mostly sketches) that have Sunday deadlines are set up in the cue. Noon means Noon and Three means Three. Decided not to do the Noon challengeContinue reading “Animal Outing – Together We Make a Great Pair”
Honeybee Home – Beautiful Friendship
It will be April tomorrow and I must update my events and class calendar, but I needed to sneak in one more card… Sketch: Paper Players Challenge (#584); Colors: Color Throwdown Challenge (#686); and choice of Stamp Set: Stampin’ Through the Catalog Facebook Challenge for March 31st. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½”Continue reading “Honeybee Home – Beautiful Friendship”
Plentiful Plants – You Touched My Heart
Welcome back! How about a mash up of a few challenges? I started with the Inspire Create Challenge Sketch (#113) and turned it into a Fun Fold for the Creative Creases Challenge (#28). Over at Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge (#4), in addition to using Embossing Folders and Powders, I added the color GreenContinue reading “Plentiful Plants – You Touched My Heart”
Groovy Sixties Color Pop – Feathery Friends
I have the honor of guesting with Retro Rubber for their Groovy Sixties Color Challenge (#179). What fun…color challenges are one of my favorites! I selected the retired stamp set Feathery Friends (circa 2017) for this project. All images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Colors chosen: Both LightContinue reading “Groovy Sixties Color Pop – Feathery Friends”
Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference
Hi, welcome back! I have been mulling over my design for the FUSION Challenge for days and now the deadline is here. Time to get cracking… So many elements on this Bookshelf inspired me and I had a deep dive into my collection of stamp sets (retired) to keep the scale of the images similar.Continue reading “Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference”
Have a Beautiful Day – Expressions in Ink
Playing around with a few more challenges. The coordinating theme is Gold. Sketch with Metallics option: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#547); Materials and Tools: Tic Tac Toe (#154) Gold and Dies along with the Free space. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Background Panel: (3¾”Continue reading “Have a Beautiful Day – Expressions in Ink”
I Can’t Begin to Count…
…when we’ve laughed together or counted sheep! A fun card mixing up a few challenges: AAA Cards Challenge (#211) for Style and Theme; Color Hues (#37) for Colors; and a Sketch idea from an older Tuesday Morning Sketches design. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.Continue reading “I Can’t Begin to Count…”
In The Moment – Relax
The Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog Challenge for today, Thursday is to use the In the Moment stamp set. I selected the square card sketch from the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge (#465) and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown Challenge (#685). I rarely make square cards, nor use a lot of Orange. So, here isContinue reading “In The Moment – Relax”
Inspiring Canopies – What a Beautiful Day
Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#292) is to create a card celebrating the Equinox. Seasonal Changes are officially here…we have just past March 21st. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere like I do, Spring has arrived. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, Autumn is just beginning. Both of these seasons areContinue reading “Inspiring Canopies – What a Beautiful Day”