Fable Friends – Happy Spring

Welcome back!  Happy Monday! Several fun challenges influenced this particular card. Festive Friday (#130) for a number of the items listed and I chose the retired stamp set Fable Friends, as it loosely reminds me of the Peter Rabbit series of books; the new I Spy With My Little Eye (#1) for a Critter; theContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”

Sweet Spring Floral – Hello

Welcome to the weekend.  A quick little clean and simple card for you. Playing with Color Throwdown (#733) Colors. Additional inspiration: Time Out (#233) for Style; Just Add Ink (#643) for Materials and Tools; Happy Little Stampers (March) Watercolor for Medium; and sharing with Jan’s Digi Stamps (March) as this is a Spring card. HereContinue reading “Sweet Spring Floral – Hello”

Fat Cat – Best Day Wishing Wishes

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenge for Cardz 4 Guyz (#317) – Make Us Smile and I chose Fat Cat!  Additional Inspiration: Facebook Stampin’ Up! Concept Art Creative Challenge for the “THAT” Colors; The Stampin’ Up! #SimpleStamping Challenge for March; Just Add Ink (#642) for the Sketch; Sharing with Critter Crazy (#72) and Happy Little Stampers BirthdayContinue reading “Fat Cat – Best Day Wishing Wishes”

Beautifully Happy – Heirloom Oval

Can you believe it is the start of a new week?  Where does the weekend go?  Well, let’s get started… Today I am playing with the Just Add Ink (#639) color suggestion and I selected the sketch from Paper Craft Crew (#504) using the wonderful Shimmery White cardstock.  It has such a pretty sparkly luster.Continue reading “Beautifully Happy – Heirloom Oval”

Celebrate with Candles

Welcome back!  Happy Friday. Creating for a few challenges with impending deadlines.  A quick gender-neutral birthday card for Paper Players (#625), Sunday Stamps (#301), Just Add Ink (#638) and Seize The Birthday (#254). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  I like clean and simpleContinue reading “Celebrate with Candles”

Hand-Penned Petals – Feel Better

Welcome back!  Had a busy day yesterday, so I was able so create the card I conceived in my head…this morning.  Hope you like it. Several challenges:  Just Add Ink (#637) for the Sketch, Alphabet (Letter V) for the Materials, Facebook Colour INKspiration (#136) for the Colors, Can You Handle The Pressure (#24) for theContinue reading “Hand-Penned Petals – Feel Better”

On The Pond – Being Green

It isn’t easy being green, but it is a whole lot easier with friends like you! Having a bit of fun with a bunch of challenges today.  Principally, the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#391).  Showcase-ing new products from both the January – April Catalog and the Sale-a-bration Brochure. Additionally, I selected the theme from the JustContinue reading “On The Pond – Being Green”

Welcome to 2023 – Cheers

Happy New Year. Starting with a little bit of Cheer to celebrate the New Year.  Welcome back! A few challenges to get into the spirit…Inspiration Station (#44) for the grown-up version, Just Add Ink (#635) and Atlantic Hearts (#505). Here is the result: Steps: Completing the card, the Champagne Glasses were adhered in place onContinue reading “Welcome to 2023 – Cheers”

Trees & Ornaments – Sparkling Joy

Welcome back!  It may be Friday, but it is not yet next Tuesday, so I am catching up with this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#384) Challenge. I chose two elements, Trees and Sparkle from the Just Add Ink (#632) suggestions and the colors suggested by the Facebook Colour INKspirations (#134) team and took inspiration fromContinue reading “Trees & Ornaments – Sparkling Joy”

Special Delivery – Merry Christmas

Welcome back!  There are a ton of things I should be doing but…the Studio beckons and a few more ideas are rumbling around in my head. Each month, Stampin’ Up! presents us with a few opportunities to play with our products: #SimpleStamping (Just Stamps, Inks, Paper and perhaps a twist) and #CreativeChallenge (Could be Anything). Continue reading “Special Delivery – Merry Christmas”