Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#703) challenge.  This week, Claire selected a CAS (clean and simple) card style with a Fruit theme for us to play with.  Fruit is a popular motif at the moment: Both Inspiration Station (#64) and Time Out (#270) are showcasing Fruit and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2)Continue reading “Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!”

Planted Paradise – With Love

Welcome back!  It’s Friday!!  Hoping you have a fantastic weekend and some time to be creative. We are having a lovely day with lower humidity which makes it a great time to be outdoors tending to the garden and the house plants. That said, I am playing with Farm Quest (#58) creating a Potting BenchContinue reading “Planted Paradise – With Love”

Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends

Hi again!  Summer and summer vacations…trips to the beach… Playing with a number of CAS (clean and simple) challenges: AAA Cards (#271), Addicted To CAS (#264) and Simply Clean & Simple (#14) and selecting three colors , Wild Wheat, Pretty in Pink and Moody Mauve, from the Sunday Stamps (#341) line-up. Here is the result:Continue reading “Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends”

Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#702) challenge.  This week, Jan has a sweet color combination for us to play with.  Inspiration for my design: Alphabet (Letter J) for Juvenile…make a kid suitable card; Facebook Stampin’ Through The Catalog – upcoming featured stamp set – Happiest Day; and bringing it all together, theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday”

Everyday Details – Happy Thoughts

Welcome back!  How does the week go by so quickly?  No matter, I am playing in the Studio. Today’s combinations: Over at Stampin’ Up! Only (#357), we are tasked with CASE-ing a card found on page 64 of the Annual Catalog.  I chose to take up the Stampin’ Up! (August) Creative Challenge to play withContinue reading “Everyday Details – Happy Thoughts”

Up & Away – Birthday Balloon Adventures

Welcome back!  A little birthday card for you today… A couple of challenges are looking for Balloons: Shopping Our Stash (#527) and Crafter’s Café (#310).  Then comes along a Sketch from Tuesday Morning (#768) that is ideal for a set of Balloons.  Only thing left is the Color choice and I picked the happy brightsContinue reading “Up & Away – Birthday Balloon Adventures”

Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#472) Design Team.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 120 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration: Jingle Belles (#2416) to use “Leftovers” – Holiday Bits and Bobs lying about and Colors selected from theContinue reading “Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card”

In The Meadow – Sending Love

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#353) is into the Great Outdoors with an associated activity.  Me?  We are on a camping trip, and this is what we saw in the evening twilight. Other challenges that informed my design decisions.  Inkspirational (#321) Word: Woodland; Farm Quest (#57) Things Found in a Forest; Heart’s QuestContinue reading “In The Meadow – Sending Love”

Eastern Blooms – Hello There

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#444) has a light and breezy summer Mood Board to inspire your creations.  I picked up the colors, the stripes, the flowers and the texture. I opted to go retro with my stamp set choices to play along with the Retro Rubber (#236) Slim-Line Sketch and sharing myContinue reading “Eastern Blooms – Hello There”

A Little Wild – Welcome Baby

Welcome back!  Wow, it is already Sunday…the week went by fast. A number of fun challenges combined this morning.  The Tuesday Morning (#767) Square Sketch which tied in nicely with Christmas (or not) Bingo (#8) line “G” and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#727) for an Anything Goes using Stamps and since I chose an AnimalContinue reading “A Little Wild – Welcome Baby”