Imperfections Admirables – Merci

Welcome back!  A quick and easy card for you today pulling out a favorite paper pack from my stash of retired goodies. The challenges: Paper Players (#761) Sketch – mirrored; Color Dare (#674) for the Palette, and sharing with Love Those Pretty Papers (#16) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Imperfections Admirables – Merci”

Irresistible Blooms – Wonderful You

One more time!  Another deadline looms… For: The Flower Challenge (#106) Sketch; Color Dare (#669) Palette of Light Green and Purple; and sharing with Crafter’s Café (#323) Twist – Flowers. Back to my favorite clean and simple style. Here is the result: Steps: That is pretty much it!  A few Purple Fine Shimmer Gems wereContinue reading “Irresistible Blooms – Wonderful You”

Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#531) Sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Festive Friday (#193) opting to use Patterned Paper, Rhinestones, Sentiment, Punch and a Coloring Technique and the Just Us Girls (#793) Mood Board for the Fall Motif and Orange Color. I am sharing this card with Can You Handle TheContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind”

Extraordinary Flora – With Love

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Friday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#199) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Images, Aperture) with a twist to add an image to the Aperture Opening and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#678) layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#384) for theContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – With Love”

Life’s Adventure – Candle with Care

Hi again!  A pretty pink birthday card for you this afternoon… The challenges: Paper Players (#754) Food, Glorious Food; Park Hopping (#0925) Delicious Sweets to be had in all Play Parks; AAA Birthday (#77) with a little Attitude; and bringing it all together with the current Freshly Made (#703) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Life’s Adventure – Candle with Care”

Waterfront – Birthday

Hi again!  Getting a little more “inque-y” time in today. Over at Facebook’s Global Design Project (#512), we are tasked to CASE a card created by Stesha Bloodhart. Mountains, distress, twine… I added a water element for Shopping Our Stash (#555). Here is my version: Steps: All elements were then adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Waterfront – Birthday”

Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness

Hi again!  This is a Saturday when I have some time to play… I have created a wedding / engagement card for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202509) adding a few hearts for Heart’s Quest (#77). I selected the Sunday Stamps (#368) Sketch and Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#194) Palette to complete the card. Here isContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness”

Little Boy Blue – Birthday

Hi again!  I have another clean and simple card for you this afternoon.  Playing with several similar challenges: CAS on Friday (#315) with a Baby theme and If you Give a Crafter a Cookie (#207) with a Child’s Birthday theme.  Paper Craft Crew (#634) has a Tic Tac Toe Board with a line that includesContinue reading “Little Boy Blue – Birthday”

Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More

Welcome back!  Happy 4th.  It’s been a busy day, and I am just now getting around to telling you about the card I created this morning. Every month, Stampin’ Up! has a Creative Challenge and this month it is a Product Mash-Up.  So, I combined Gallery Blooms, Beautiful Motifs, Scenic Frames and Mixed Media FloralsContinue reading “Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More”

Along These Lines – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  It’s the Thursday edition… I started with the Alphabet (Letter C) for Circles and the Crafter’s Café (#219) Twist – No Squares. There wasn’t a current Sketch challenge that suited my purposes, so I went over to Pinterest for a browse and found this one, which I flipped to the mirror image. Next,Continue reading “Along These Lines – Happy Birthday”