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”
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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”
Yuletide Christmas – Itty Bitty Christmas Greeting
Welcome back! Ever have a project that just seems to be a comedy of errors? Well, this was one of those. Working with the Less Is More (#469) Traditional Christmas challenge. This was originally going to be a single layer CAS card. Somehow, I was a real fumble fingers and smeared ink left and right.Continue reading “Yuletide Christmas – Itty Bitty Christmas Greeting”
Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday
We have a really fun challenge for you today at Cardz 4 Guyz! How many of you collect/keep odds and sods because you just know that you can repurpose them into something great. Do you, do it? Pull them out and play along with us: RECYCLE SOMETHING! I selected a few challenges to help meContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday”
Season of Chic – Best Birthday
Welcome back! I was thinking about the current TGIF (#376) Sketch overnight and somewhere in my dream state, I flipped it and thought the Waves of Inspiration stamp set would be a nice way to capture my feelings. I also thought it would be a nice way to present the Texture Chic Suite that IContinue reading “Season of Chic – Best Birthday”
Merriest Moments
Welcome back! It is the start of a brand-new week, and I am excited to share some of my work with you. As usual, I am catching up. I never seem to find enough minutes on the weekend to complete all of the challenges that are due by Monday. So, here we go with aContinue reading “Merriest Moments”
Happiness Abounds – You Are Wonderful
Can you stand another card? Playing in the Studio with a few more challenges. Sketch: Paper Craft Crew (#476), Style and Theme: The Flower Challenge (#70), Style and Element: Addicted to CAS (#223) and Color: TGIF (#375). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Mossy Meadow cardstock used asContinue reading “Happiness Abounds – You Are Wonderful”