Happy Birthday – The Right Words

Welcome back!  It has been a busy Friday.  I’m glad I found some time to get into the Studio. Over at Stampin’ Up! Only (#390), we have been asked to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card created by Leilani.  I selected a Square Block design that she had made earlier this year. My designContinue reading “Happy Birthday – The Right Words”

Amber Autumn – Thanks

Welcome back!  Here’s to hoping you have some time to be creative this weekend. I am playing with: Make My Monday (#265) with a thankful theme and creating a Thank You card within 30 minutes for Shopping Our Stash (#561); choosing Fall Colors for Color Throwdown (#845) and Double D (#111925); using Dies for JustContinue reading “Amber Autumn – Thanks”

Noel

Welcome back!  Hoping that you will find time to be creative this weekend.  Happy Saturday. Today I have holiday card for you…pretty much sourced from my box of useable discards that did not make it on another project or die-cuts created to conserve precious papers. Principal Challenge: Jingle Belles (#2523) to use Holiday Leftovers. OtherContinue reading “Noel”

Hometown Greetings – Happy Christmas

Welcome back! Hoping you will be able to carve out some time to be creative this weekend… Today I am playing with the following challenges: Moving Along with the Times (#183) Winter Wonderland combined with Inkspirational (#353) Seeing Stars. Choosing some of the Just Add Ink (#772) Colors with the Freshly Made (#710) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Hometown Greetings – Happy Christmas”

Best Wishes – Birthday Card

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#535) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 42 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcomeContinue reading “Best Wishes – Birthday Card”

Awesome Dragonflies – Sympathy

So sad to say that my time as a guest designer with Just Add Ink is coming to an end.  It was a pleasure to play along, and I am glad I was invited to the party. This week at Just Add Ink (#770), we have a very soft and pretty Pink and Purple palette.Continue reading “Awesome Dragonflies – Sympathy”

Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#769), we are given a choice.  Pick Two: I selected Numbers & Neutrals. That is pretty wide open…so the following challenges influenced my design decisions: Style & Colors – CAS Colours & Sketches (#569) for a clean and simple card; TGIF (#542) for the Sketch; Addicted to Stamps &Continue reading “Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday”

Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Car Park Weave – Happy Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#767), we are provided with an Inspiration Photo.  The Car Park.  My takeaway included the colors and the general layout for a masculine birthday card. Influences: The Male Room (#202) to Create a Background and Krafty Chicks (#784) for the Birthday theme. I hope my card inspires you andContinue reading “Car Park Weave – Happy Birthday”

Prairie Grass – Sent with Love

This week at Just Add Ink (#766), the brief is to create a One-Layer card with only Stamps and/or Stencils.  Clean and Simple – a favorite style of mine. Design decisions were influenced by Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog stamp set choice for today, Prairie Grass and Facebook’s SU! Colour (August) palette. I hope myContinue reading “Prairie Grass – Sent with Love”