Autumn Adventure

Welcome back! I have the distinct pleasure to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Color Throwdown this week.  What fun and what a nice selection of colors. The illustration photo led me to the All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper and I chose the Walk in the Forest photograph design.  Such aContinue reading “Autumn Adventure”

Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute

Coming up very quickly is Remembrance Day and this is my very clean and simple acknowledgment. My choices were influenced by the inspiration listing provided by Festive Friday (#146). I opted to use today’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#433) sketch and share with Colorful Options (November) and Simply Clean & Simple (#5). Here is the result:Continue reading “Poppy Gratitude – A Tribute”

Gorgeously Made – Holiday Card

Welcome back!  I thought I would share a card I have designed for my Christmas card class series. I was inspired by a several challenges: TGIF (#444) for a Layered Leaf design; Inspired By (#261) for the Neutral color palette and texture; Tic Tac Toe (#232) for the Copper color choice and embossing; and amContinue reading “Gorgeously Made – Holiday Card”

Peaceful Boughs – Season’s Greetings

Tuesday Design Time.  Combining the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#426) Inspiration challenge with the Case-ing Tuesday (#432) sketch. I was inspired by the Pinecones in the Wooden Crates.  I do not have the new Precious Pinecones stamp set, so I opted to use a favorite retired bundle, the Peaceful Boughs stamp set and the coordinating BeautifulContinue reading “Peaceful Boughs – Season’s Greetings”

Autumn Thank You

Hello, again!  I am back with the second card for today. The challenges:  Sunday Stamps (#320) for the sketch which I flipped to the vertical position; Just Add Ink (#676) for the autumn inspiration and coloring; Color Throw Down (#766) for the specific colors; Time Out (#250) for the sentiment and Happy Little Stampers (October)Continue reading “Autumn Thank You”

Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe that in two months Christmas will have passed?  Time to get cracking on those cards. Playing with several challenges:  This month Stampin’ Up! ‘s Creative Challenge is to use unconventional colors for a Holiday card. I selected the one’s suggested by Color Dare (#570) to create a Fun Fold cardContinue reading “Classic Christmas – Tidings of Joy”

Fragrant Forest – Thinking of You

Catching up on a few more deadlines.  It’s going to be a busy week and deadlines are approaching. Playing with several challenges today.  Inspired By (#259) for Sketch and Colors; Alphabet (Letter O) for Owl; TGIF (#443) for the Harry Potter inspired image; The Male Room (#148) for the Sentiment; and picking up Color DareContinue reading “Fragrant Forest – Thinking of You”

Seasonal Thanks

One more card for today.  Welcome back! Isn’t it glorious that we can now open the windows…I always look forward to the Fall Season as it arrives in the south. There are a number of CAS (clean and simple) challenges and several Autumn theme challenges.  Some combine both.  I have created this card to addressContinue reading “Seasonal Thanks”

Raven – Here For You

Tuesday Design Time.  Combining the Cardz 4 Guyz (#333) theme challenge with the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#425) sketch challenge this week. Additionally, there are several Halloween theme challenges about, and I am sharing this card with them.  Festive Friday (#145); Inspire Create (#153) and Shopping Our Stash (#507). Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Raven – Here For You”

Toxic Treats – Halloween

Welcome back! Take a break and all the challenge deadlines pile up. So let’s play! Playing with a number of Halloween themed challenges: Double Trouble (#149) partnering with Park Hopping (October); Inspiration Station (#54); Heart’s Quest (#40); Cookie Color (#185) and Global Design Project (#415) for patterns: Patterned Paper, Repetitive Sentiment and Triple Elements. HereContinue reading “Toxic Treats – Halloween”