Holiday Doodle Joy

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you will have a chance to be creative today. Today, I created a simple little holiday card. I am playing with: Double Trouble (#228) and the 3-2-1 Recipe: Three Doodles, Two Layers, and One Sentiment; Partnering with Try A Sketch on Tuesday (#708) for the Layout; and choosing Facebook’s ColourContinue reading “Holiday Doodle Joy”

Cutest Crew – Noel

Help us celebrate!  Hand Stamped Sentiments has reached a milestone.  This is the 500th challenge.  WOW!! This round, we have a sketch. My design choices were influenced by Facebook’s SU! Colour (#2610), a true set of holiday tones, #JingleBelles (#2622) with an Animal theme, and sharing with the Creative Crafters (#105) Anything Goes. Here isContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Noel”

Painted Pumpkins – Halloween Boo!

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#391) with a color combo. My design was influenced by: Festive Friday (#220) with a list of Halloween inspired options and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2610) with a Halloween Twist. Sharing with If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#221) and their Halloween theme along with Double Trouble (#227) forContinue reading “Painted Pumpkins – Halloween Boo!”

Wild Bunch – Birthday

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts (#703) Sketch. My design was influenced by Alphabet (Letter L) for a Kid’s card and Just Us Girls (#844) for a Moving element. I chose the Palette from Color Dare (#723) because it was bright and fun and added Texture for Can You Handle The Pressure (#261010) withContinue reading “Wild Bunch – Birthday”

With Love – Playful Pets

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week.  Keeping it clean and simple. The challenges: Shopping Our Stash (#584) a Black Cat theme; Inkspirational (#378) add some Plaid; CAS on Friday (#344) with Shades of Grey; and Simply Clean & Simple (#2610) with a Small Image. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “With Love – Playful Pets”

Just a Little Hello – Notes of Spring

Welcome back!  A brand-new week just perfect for a clean and simple card… Today’s line-up: Time Out (#312) with a Silhouette inspiration photo; CAS Colours & Sketches (#584) with a Color Palette and bringing my ideas together, the TGIF (#576) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) BasicContinue reading “Just a Little Hello – Notes of Spring”

Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s to hoping you have a chance to be creative. Playing with the Freshly Made (#724) Sketch which I flipped to the horizontal position. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#203) Palette which felt like “guy” colors and Litte Red Wagon (#846) Celebrating You theme for a graphically designedContinue reading “Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots”

Lovely Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Sneaking in a card on this rather busy Wednesday.  Just an FYI – we had a great class this afternoon. Playing with the current Freshly Made (#699) sketch, choosing the Facebook Global Design Project (#509) colors and doing a little ink blending with a paint brush for Alphabet (Letter I). Here is theContinue reading “Lovely Florals – Celebrate”