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”
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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”