Splendid Autumn – You Brighten My Days

Welcome back!  Every second Tuesday is busy in the Studio.  My three Design Team projects fall on the same day. Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#474).  The weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  The card today?  Found on page 103 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-createContinue reading “Splendid Autumn – You Brighten My Days”

Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#354) is celebrating the Dawn and the Dusk.  As an early morning riser, I went with Sunrise… The other challenges that informed my design decisions:  Tic Tac Toe (#254) for Sunshine, Birds and Beach and Addicted To CAS (#265) for the Technique. Bringing them together, I chose theContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – High Tide Shine”

Special Moments – Thinking of You

Design Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#445) we have an interesting set of colors to play with. Several other challenges informed my design decisions.  The AAA Cards (#272) Sketch for a clean and simple, single layer card; Just Add Ink (#715) to play with Shadows; and the Facebook Global Design Project (#459) forContinue reading “Special Moments – Thinking of You”

Attention Shoppers – Just Because Love Card

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and I am chasing two deadlines… Playing with the Freshly Made (#649) Sketch and keeping it clean and simple for CAS Colours & Sketches (#542). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Matted Bouquet was popped up with Dimensionals. Continue reading “Attention Shoppers – Just Because Love Card”

Count on Me for Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A little birthday card for you today… Over at Seize The Birthday (#289), they are looking for cute critters. So many “critters” in my stash but by far, the little bear from Count On Me is a clear favorite. I selected the Tuesday Morning (#769) Sketch, keeping it clean and simple along withContinue reading “Count on Me for Birthday Wishes”

Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#703) challenge.  This week, Claire selected a CAS (clean and simple) card style with a Fruit theme for us to play with.  Fruit is a popular motif at the moment: Both Inspiration Station (#64) and Time Out (#270) are showcasing Fruit and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2)Continue reading “Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!”

Happiest Day – Floral You’re the Best

Welcome back!  After running about doing some chores…I had some time to play. What a lovely sketch from team Atlantic Hearts (#590).  I had to do a real dig through my stash to find my Doily Die.  I selected the pretty line up of colors suggested by Creative Colour (#154) to bring my idea together.Continue reading “Happiest Day – Floral You’re the Best”

Planted Paradise – With Love

Welcome back!  It’s Friday!!  Hoping you have a fantastic weekend and some time to be creative. We are having a lovely day with lower humidity which makes it a great time to be outdoors tending to the garden and the house plants. That said, I am playing with Farm Quest (#58) creating a Potting BenchContinue reading “Planted Paradise – With Love”

Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends

Hi again!  Summer and summer vacations…trips to the beach… Playing with a number of CAS (clean and simple) challenges: AAA Cards (#271), Addicted To CAS (#264) and Simply Clean & Simple (#14) and selecting three colors , Wild Wheat, Pretty in Pink and Moody Mauve, from the Sunday Stamps (#341) line-up. Here is the result:Continue reading “Let’s Go To The Beach – Friends”

Love & Affection – Sending a Smile

Welcome back!  So happy you came for a visit. A few deadlines: Double Trouble (#172) partnering with If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#195) for a “Be Happy” theme and Color Dare (#612) Tic Tac Toe Board choices and I picked my favorites from the center vertical line.  All three, bright and happy. InContinue reading “Love & Affection – Sending a Smile”