Golden Holly – Christmas Card

Welcome back!  Another work week.  Hope you have a great one. Time for the Holiday card challenges.  Jingle Belles (Peace on Earth) and Happy Little Stampers (April).  Bringing it all together, the sketch over at Paper Craft Crew (#513). With found materials and repurposed items from both my Holiday Bin and my Scrap Bin, hereContinue reading “Golden Holly – Christmas Card”

Bouquet of Thanks

Welcome back!  Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Catching up with Freshly Made Sketches (#579) and Color Hues (#61). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the base sketch.  A few Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added for a bit of bling. SuchContinue reading “Bouquet of Thanks”

Odds & Sods – Friendship Card

Welcome back!  I’m getting a late start to the Sunday Play Time.  Hope you have had a great weekend. I followed instructions as directed by As You See It (#294) to take a look at my stash of bits and pieces.  From the Cup and the Tin, I selected a number of previously discarded bitsContinue reading “Odds & Sods – Friendship Card”

All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute

Are you a Corn Beef and Cabbage kind of person?  Do you hoist a Green Beer in good cheer?  Me?  Corn Beef, yes…Green Beer, no…but I have been known to enjoy a Beer or two!  Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Several Challenges are hosting this theme and I am knocking them all off with this card: Continue reading “All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute”

Frosted Window – Merry Christmas

Tuesday has come around again!  The Design Team Challenge for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#409) is a Sketch and I opted for a Holiday card.  What fun to delve into the Christmas Box.  I suspect many of the products used are retired.  Let’s play! The shape reminded me of a Window and over at Jingle Belles,Continue reading “Frosted Window – Merry Christmas”

Queen Bee – Birthday Blessings

Welcome to the weekend!  Will you find some time to craft?  After a morning of chores…here is what I created. Playing with the Tuesday Morning (#694) Sketch and Color Throwdown (#729) along with a materials suggestion from Just Us Girls (#666) for a pretty birthday card. Here is the result: Steps: All of the manyContinue reading “Queen Bee – Birthday Blessings”

With Love – True Beauty

Welcome to the weekend! Given the time of year, many challenges are related to Valentine’s, Pinks and Reds and other Love related themes.  Keeping that in mind, I really like the idea of Galentine Cards.  Special cards for your girlfriends. Several challenges today: Sketch and Technique – Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s (#591); Color – ColorfulContinue reading “With Love – True Beauty”

Beautifully Happy – Happy Thoughts

Welcome back!  I am playing with some of my new goodies.  The new Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration Brochure goes live tomorrow, and I am giving you a wee sneak peek! I chose the sketch and some of the inspiration photo colors from Inspired By (#218) to make my card.  I felt that theContinue reading “Beautifully Happy – Happy Thoughts”

Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate

The challenge theme for the FUSION sketch is Wine & Cheese.  How appropriate as we visited a winery yesterday.  I selected the retired stamp set, Tuscan Vineyard, to play with. I chose to create another one-layer clean and simple card for the INKspirational (#271) challenge and did a bit of Blender Pen water coloring soContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate”

Celebrate

Welcome back! I have never actually created an ATC (Artist Trading Card) before today.  It is a little art piece that measures (2½” x 3½”) and often supports a mixed media application.  It can be used as a stand-alone creation or subsequently added to a card base creating an interesting card.  Essentially, the size (2½”Continue reading “Celebrate”