Let’s Go Fishing – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#375), we must use Checks and/or Plaids when creating our cards. Challenge accepted and my card was influenced by the Fish theme over at Cupcake Inspirations (#620).  For my card style, I opted for a Fun Fold for both The Male Room (#199) and Creative CreasesContinue reading “Let’s Go Fishing – Happy Birthday”

Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday

Hi again!  Isn’t it fun when you have some time to play and create?  Trying to get ahead so I have time to enjoy the weekend Seize the Birthday (#307) gave us the option to create a Fancy Fold card, and I tried my hand at a Gate Fold Book Bind using the lovely Facebook’sContinue reading “Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday”

Rainbow Bright – Beautiful Butterflies

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#517) Sketch. Today?  The card can be found on page 41 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  This is a lovely Slim Line card.  Not such a fun of this style, I decided to create a horizontal A2 card. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactlyContinue reading “Rainbow Bright – Beautiful Butterflies”

Silent Night – Peace to You

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  It’s a hot one today, so let’s go wintery with a Christmas card… The challenges: Jingle Belles (#2512) with a Caroling theme: Krafty Chicks (#772) Anything Goes Christmas Week; and Farm Quest Country Christmas (#21). Rounding out my idea with the Creative Colours (#197) Palette and the TGIF (#529) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Silent Night – Peace to You”

See The Good – The Right Words

Hi again!  A few deadlines to meet… The challenges: Cupcake Inspirations (#619) Colors and Shopping Our Stash (#540) Theme. Bringing my ideas together, the Atlantic Hearts (#633) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The top Pear was popped up with Dimensionals. Keeping itContinue reading “See The Good – The Right Words”

Summer Blue – Seashells

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#374), our theme is Seashells and at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#465) we have three lovely colored Mood Boards, and I selected the Blue Water one. I chose to use the sketch suggested by Retro Rubber (#256) slightly modified and to celebrate well-loved retired stamp sets toContinue reading “Summer Blue – Seashells”

Celebratory Sips – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week.  A week full of possibilities… Some fun challenges about: AAA Birthday (#74) with no actual stamping; TGIF (#527) using the Celebratory Sips product line; Inspire Create (#194) looking for a Window or two; and the Just Add Ink (#753) Sketch which is ideal for windows.Continue reading “Celebratory Sips – Happy Birthday”

Summer is Calling – Boho Beach

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you find some time to be creative… Today I am playing with a few challenges: Double Trouble (#192) Sun Fun and the 3-2-1 Recipe and Twist partnering with the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#671) Layout which I flipped. Influences: Four Seasons (June), the first of the Summer trio andContinue reading “Summer is Calling – Boho Beach”

Under the Sea – Thanks

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday… Sometimes you just have to take a dive into your treasures…and that is what I did for this card. Over at The Male Room (#198), the theme is Under the Sea, and I selected the Freshly Made (#688) Sketch to bring my idea(s) together. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Under the Sea – Thanks”

Specimen No. 3 – Butterfly

Welcome back!  Wow that was a short week.  Friday already… A few ideas came together as I thought about these challenges: (1) Atlantic Hearts (#631) Sketch; (2) Shopping Our Stash (#548) Adding Numbers; (3) Ellibelle’s I Spy (#26) Butterflies; and (4) Double D (#05202025) Birthstone: Green Emerald. I wanted to use green and opted forContinue reading “Specimen No. 3 – Butterfly”