All Hearts Come Home For Christmas

Welcome back! Having a bit of fun with traditional Holiday colors as Christmas mailing due dates get nearer. The challenges: Paper Players (#811) and Colour Hues (#144) for Heart’s Quest (#88) and Krafty Chicks (#846). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Brushed Gold cardstock (retired but still inContinue reading “All Hearts Come Home For Christmas”

Noel – Holiday Card

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#305).  Eight possibilities and so much choice.  My selections – Center Down – Gold, FREE (Wreath), and Ribbon. Sharing with PICK 3 (#2610), opting for Gold, Wreath and Twine (Ribbon); Christmas (or not) Bingo (#22) Letter G: Christmas, Metallics, Layers, FREE (Ribbon) and Sentiment Focus; Inspire CreateContinue reading “Noel – Holiday Card”

Autumn Thank You

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#498) Design Team Challenge.  This round, we have a wonderful Autumn Mood Board. I opted for the glow of copper and gold with a clean and simple Leaf theme. My design was influenced by Christmas (or Not) Bingo (#21) selecting letter “O” Copper, Texture and Free – forContinue reading “Autumn Thank You”

Christmas Greetings

Hi again!  Catching a few deadlines that snuck up on me…all Christmas related. Today I am playing with: Jingle Belles (#2606) with a theme of Three; Addicted to Stamps and More (#512) and Krafty Chicks (#811). I chose the TGIF (#568) Sketch, which I flipped to the horizontal position. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Christmas Greetings”

Nature’s Symphony – Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday…the end of the week and catching up with all things green with a spot of gold. Today is mostly a color challenge day: Seize the Birthday (#322) using mostly Green; along with Color Hues (#128) Green & Gold; Inspiration Station (#83) with a Green & Gold suggestion photo. Additionally, I am playingContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Birthday”

Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… It is March and the time for green and gold with a little magic thrown in.  That said, this card was created with a few challenges in mind. Paper Players (#775) Mythical Creatures and mine is a Woodland Sprite, Seize the Birthday (#321) Anything with Wings, and Retro Rubber (#266) withContinue reading “Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday”

Much Luck & Good Fortune

Welcome back!  Celebrating Chinese New Year I am playing with: Festive Friday (#203) incorporating several of the required elements for a clean and simple shaped card for Krafty Chicks (#808) and Shopping Our Stash (#567). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock die-cut off the edgeContinue reading “Much Luck & Good Fortune”

Christmas Special Delivery

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#552).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s card can be found on page 23 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Adding to my 2026 Holiday card collection, I chose to create a Christmas card and flippedContinue reading “Christmas Special Delivery”

Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips

Hi again!  Chasing another deadline…and I am playing with the As You See It (#365) Rhapsody in Red Recipe, where all the ingredients need to be used. I have added an Envelope for Inspired By (#374) and Polka Dots for Love Those Pretty Papers (#2602). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½”Continue reading “Time to Celebrate – Spring Tulips”