Bike Ride – Fun on Wheels

Happy Sunday!  Over at Festive Friday (#159), the team is celebrating Brother’s Day with a fun list of elements to choose from.  Easier to say what I didn’t choose than what I did for this card. I am also sharing this card with Ellibelle’s I Spy (#15) Something for the Boys. I have distinct memoriesContinue reading “Bike Ride – Fun on Wheels”

Layers of Beauty Window – My Heart

Welcome back!  It’s Wednesday and I am off to an early start as I have a class this afternoon… I am playing with the TGIF (#472) Sketch along with the palette from Color Dare (#599) and sharing with Can You Handle The Pressure (#55) with a Floral option. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Layers of Beauty Window – My Heart”

Latte Love – Be Merry

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#689) challenge.  This week, Ann has selected a lovely set of colors for us to use plus adding a fourth.  I chose Smoky Slate as all the other three have a gray undertone.  Inspiration for this card was influenced by: Inkspirational (#315) to pick a Season andContinue reading “Latte Love – Be Merry”

To A Classic – Guy Greetings

With pleasure, I accepted the Guest Designer role with the Tic Tac Toe team for Challenge Number 247.  I picked the left column: Dry Emboss, Stripes and Plaid. I was inspired to create for The Male Room (#186) and Alphabet (Letter C).  Choosing the Automobile image from the retired Guy Greetings stamp set. And choosingContinue reading “To A Classic – Guy Greetings”

Baby Blanket Wash Day

A color deadline…Color Dare (#598) and a few new challenges that popped up today for inspiration: Time Out (#263) Alphabet Magnet Day and the Inspired By (#288) Clothesline theme and sketch which tied in nicely with the current Farm Quest (#51) Laundry theme. Here is the result: Steps: All of the elements were adhered toContinue reading “Baby Blanket Wash Day”

Graceful Deer – Peace

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#688) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has provided us with an Inspiration Board entitled Animal Antics to get our creative juices flowing.  My stash of animal images is rather limited so, I selected the Graceful Deer stamp set as Curiosity will disturb the Peace. I combined this week’sContinue reading “Graceful Deer – Peace”

Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day

Welcome back!  A few of our plans got rained out today…so I am happy to be in the Studio. Today, I started with the Atlantic Hearts (#575) Slim Line Sketch. Inspiration for my design came from: Beautiful Blossoms (#16) and specifically the color palette, the Four Seasons (May) Mood Board for the delicacy of theContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day”

Let’s Jazz It Up!

Welcome back!  It’s Friday and almost the weekend.  Hoping you have some time to be creative… Several challenges influenced the design of this card.  At Make My Monday (#224) the theme is International Jazz Day.  Did you know that Jazz is my favorite music genre?  Anyway, over at Global Design (#433) the theme is alsoContinue reading “Let’s Jazz It Up!”

Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card

Welcome back!  Can you believe it is almost May?  I had a busy business day yesterday and will be catching up on some end of month challenges. First up – the Cookie Challenge (#191) with a Birthday theme.  The inspiration photo Sprinkles kept niggling at me so, I decided to push through and create aContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card”

Pocket Full of Posies – Hello

One more for today… Playing with the TGIF (#470) theme technique – Pocket Full of Posies and selecting the Freshly Made (#633) sketch with the Color Throwdown (#790) color palette and inspiration photo to create my card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  TheContinue reading “Pocket Full of Posies – Hello”