On A Wing – The Sky is the Limit

Dipping in to the stash with a little nostalgia.  We have to admit that there are just some stamp sets we choose to hang on to and more than a few leftover bits and pieces of cardstock and patterned paper. For the Tic Tac Toe Challenge (#114), the retired stamp set the Sky is theContinue reading “On A Wing – The Sky is the Limit”

Sailing Home – You Make a Difference

For today’s challenges mash up… Sketch – Paper Craft Crew (#425); Subject – Cardz 4 Guyz (#270) and Color – Paper Players (#540). And this is the result: Steps: For the Guy theme, I chose to work with the Sailing Home stamp set and coordinating Smooth Sailing Dies.  Any color would work for a MonochromaticContinue reading “Sailing Home – You Make a Difference”

Rooted in Nature – Father’s Day

I wanted to create a card for the current Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #313 and the deadline is today.  The theme:  Masculine.  Always a challenge to create cards for men.  For most, pinks and purples just doesn’t cut it! I chose the layout from the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge – PCC422 and since I usedContinue reading “Rooted in Nature – Father’s Day”

Tasteful Touches – Just Because

A few challenges: Layout: Freshly Made Sketches – FMS480 Theme: Just Add Ink – JAI549 Color: April SU! Colour Challenge And this is the result: From the Just Pick Two, I chose Feathers and Leaves. I stamped a collage of Feathers (Real Red and Pretty Peacock) over the small Square Box image (Basic Gray andContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – Just Because”

Nature’s Beauty – Birthday Fox

There are a few Theme Challenges this week: Global Design Project – GDP279   ANIMAL CASology – Week 384   FOX and Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – WWC309   MASCULINE I wanted to keep this card very clean with minimal layers yet be striking. From the Nature’s Beauty stamp set, I stamped the Fox on to a small pieceContinue reading “Nature’s Beauty – Birthday Fox”

Approaching Perfection – Oh So Ombre Birthday

A fun little sketch over at TGIF this week.  Sketch Challenge – TGIFC303 The end of Sale-a-bration is approaching quickly and I wanted to play with a few of the products you can earn for FREE with a qualifying purchase. The Approaching Perfection stamp set is a super set of great sentiments coupled with aContinue reading “Approaching Perfection – Oh So Ombre Birthday”

Rooted in Nature – Thanks

This week over at The Paper Craft Crew – PCC412 I was presented with a TIC TAC TOE Challenge.  These are fun to do… Here is what I created: A quick simple card layout.  I chose the top row:  Masculine, Twine and Thank You. I stamped the leaves from Rooted in Nature in Mossy MeadowContinue reading “Rooted in Nature – Thanks”

The Right Triangle – You’re So Cool

Hi Everyone!  I am working with the Case-ing Tuesday #287 Challenge. I tossed in a few other challenges:  TGIF – tgifc299 Product Spotlight: Using a Background stamp in a different way and the Color Throwdown – ctd626: a purple, a cream, and black.  I picked Highland Heather and Very Vanilla. This is what I created…Continue reading “The Right Triangle – You’re So Cool”

Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday

Another fun evening…Christine Bertram’s Mystery Stamp Night for December. Following instructions set out in Clue #1, I prep all the pieces and wait for the event to start to see what will be the end result… If you have figured out that I do not exactly follow the “rules”, I will tell you about allContinue reading Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday

PINING FOR PLAID – Paper Pumpkin Mash Up

November 26, 2020 The OCTOBER 2017 – PINING FOR PLAID kit had enough supplies to make ten great shaker cards.  Needless, to say I did not create all ten and still have some supplies remaining.   The coordinating colors were Pool Party, Old Olive and Basic Black with hints of gold. Today, I created a mashContinue reading “PINING FOR PLAID – Paper Pumpkin Mash Up”