Hey – Happiest Day

Hi again!  One more card for you today.  In my favorite clean and simple style. So, over at Inkspirational (#322), they have this really cool Mood Board.  My take-aways were the colors and the suggested Shapes along with an Ombre effect. To complete my idea, I chose to use Stencils for Just Us Girls (#741)Continue reading “Hey – Happiest Day”

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”

Lovely & Sweet – Floral Congratulations

Hi!  I have a fun floral summer congrats card for you today.  I must say I really struggled with coming up with a plan for each of these challenges. After a good long think and another cup of coffee…here is what I made. Over at Just add Ink (#714), a lovely set of bright colors…butContinue reading “Lovely & Sweet – Floral Congratulations”

Daring Adventure

Welcome back!  A brand-new week…hope it will be a good one. A few guy challenges are about.  Over at Inspire Create (#174), the theme is Men; The Male Room (#189), a site for guy cards, is asking us to employ mixed media styling; Park Hopping (August) have Harry Potter – Steam Punk themed inspiration photos;Continue reading “Daring Adventure”

Eastern Blooms – Hello There

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#444) has a light and breezy summer Mood Board to inspire your creations.  I picked up the colors, the stripes, the flowers and the texture. I opted to go retro with my stamp set choices to play along with the Retro Rubber (#236) Slim-Line Sketch and sharing myContinue reading “Eastern Blooms – Hello There”

Simply Zinnia

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#471) Design Team catch-up.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 100 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like.  Inspiration and Color for my design: Facebook SU! Colour (July). Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Simply Zinnia”

Floral Anniversary Card – Ephemera Packs

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#587) Sketch and chose the Colors suggested at Inspired By (#299) creating an Anniversary card for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#7). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and both the FlowersContinue reading “Floral Anniversary Card – Ephemera Packs”

Planted Paradise – Love You

Welcome back.  A few Friday deadlines are creeping up on me… I am playing with Inkspirational (#320) to use more than one company’s product(s) and using a Close To My Heart Die that I was gifted with the current Sketch Saturday (#755) layout and combining that with Heart’s Quest (#58) and Farm Quest (#56) whoContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Love You”

Christmas in July – Merry Cafe

The month is winding down and a popular challenge theme is Christmas in July.  So, let’s play! The challenges: Alphabet (Letter H) for Holidays, Jingle Belles (#2415) Dashing Through the Snow partnering with Double Trouble (#171) to create an Aperture Snow card. The current Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#651) was perfect for an apertureContinue reading “Christmas in July – Merry Cafe”

Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes

Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card.  The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers.  Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”