Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts

Hi again!  Popping in with a quick card for a challenge deadline. Inspired By (#375) has a Berries theme… and I chose the Paper Craft Crew (#661) Sketch, which I flipped. I just needed to dig out a collection of Vintage papers from my stash. Here is the result: Steps: Letting the patterned paper takeContinue reading “Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts”

Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Several challenges are sporting the color Red. Inspiration Station (#82) Mood Photo reminded me that I had some pretty blossom dies in the retired Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies set, so I dug it out and paired it with the Paper Craft Crew (#660) Sketch. ThisContinue reading “Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage”

Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips

Welcome back!  Middle of the week loveliness… Several clean and simple challenges…my favorite… The Line Up: Double Trouble (#209) with a 3-2-1 Ingredient List; Addicted To CAS (#301) featuring Pink; and CAS On Friday (#327) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping it simple, all elements were adhered to the card base with theContinue reading “Beautiful Blooms – Spring Tulips”

Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. I can no longer ignore the Valentine push.  I only truly make but one valentine card for my husband yet, the challenge blog world is forcing my hand…that said, I went to my stash of retired goodies for this one. Starting with Festive Friday (#202)Continue reading “Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness”

Amber Autumn – Grateful

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#528) Sketch and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#471) Fall Mood Board. Additional Influences: Color Hues (#117) Orange and Green along with Stampin’ Through The Catalog Stamp Set Choice for today: Amber Autumn. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch,Continue reading “Amber Autumn – Grateful”

Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#527) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate”

Just My Type – Hello

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#526) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 79 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Just My Type – Hello”

Textured Notes – Note of Appreciation

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#504), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 38 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Influences: Just Add Ink (#742) Foliage filled Sunroom for inspiration; Just Us Girls (#742) for Color; and MakeContinue reading “Textured Notes – Note of Appreciation”

Double Fun Fold – Quilt Card

Welcome back!  Lots of inspiration for this card… Over at Stampin’ Through The Catalog today, Teri West was invited to be a Guest Designer and we are invited to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) her card.  My Take-aways were the overall card layout design, quilt element, and floral die-cut. I selected three colors from theContinue reading “Double Fun Fold – Quilt Card”

Fable Friends – Happy Spring

Hi again!  Construction work commences in the House of J tomorrow and I do not know if I will be able to access the Studio and/or the computer…so I am playing with a few challenges this afternoon. Several clean and simple ones: CAS Colours & Sketches (#533) for the Layout; CAS on Friday (#279) forContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”