Friendly Foliage – Vintage Thinking of You

Welcome to the weekend!  Happy Saturday.  Hoping you are able to find a little time to be creative.  Over at Ellibelle’s Corner, Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#34) is asking us to feature something that we love and I chose paper!  I confess to being a collector of paper.  Almost everywhere I go,Continue reading “Friendly Foliage – Vintage Thinking of You”

Celebrate Spring – Sweet Greetings

Design Team Time for both The Card Concept (#225) Inspiration Board and the Atlantic Hearts (#672) Sketch, combining the two. and sharing with Paper Players (#776) as this card fits their Colors of the Rainbow theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The mattedContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Sweet Greetings”

Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#555).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 19 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design choices were influenced by the Sunday Stamps (#381) Color Palette which match up withContinue reading “Lovely Blossoms – You are so Beautiful”

Forever Florals – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Monday and off to a “quick” start. I have taken up the As You See it (#367) Speed Challenge.  Create a card in less than 10 minutes featuring the color, Purple. Usually, I go for high speed with a clean and simple card.  Today, I wanted to try something different.  I chose toContinue reading “Forever Florals – Thinking of You”

Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors.  Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”

Beautiful Blues – Hello

Design Team Time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#483) with a lovely Mood Board of pretty blue and white images.  I opted for the Floral Tile. Over at TGIF (#566), we are asked to give a spin on the curated crafting kits available from Stampin’ Up!   Given the blue and white mood board, I selectedContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Hello”

Cup of Tea – Christmas Cheer

Welcome back!  A treat today.  I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer with the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge team for March. My design choices were influenced by the Double Trouble (#210) 3-2-1 Recipe and selecting the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#689) Layout. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Cup of Tea – Christmas Cheer”

Floral Beauty

Welcome back!  Already Friday…where did the week go? A clean and simple card for the AAA Cards (#308) suggested sketch and choosing colors and elements from the Inkspirational (#361) Visual Prompts Collage. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, and the Flowers were popped upContinue reading “Floral Beauty”

Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#287).  Eight possibilities and so much choice. From the Board, I selected the left column, the center row and the left diagonal. The elements: Circles, Layering, Neutral Colors, Encouragement, Embellishment Dots, and Embossing. My design was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#395) to case (copy and selectivelyContinue reading “Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything”