Little Boy Blue – Birthday

Hi again!  I have another clean and simple card for you this afternoon.  Playing with several similar challenges: CAS on Friday (#315) with a Baby theme and If you Give a Crafter a Cookie (#207) with a Child’s Birthday theme.  Paper Craft Crew (#634) has a Tic Tac Toe Board with a line that includesContinue reading “Little Boy Blue – Birthday”

Winged Whimsy – Happy Birthday

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#514) Sketch. Today?  The card can be found on page 36 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog. Influences: Time Out (#289) Winged Thing – a sweet little dragon; Addicted to Stamps & More (#493) Birthday; and Color Dare (#652) with a bright palette perfect for fantasy. HereContinue reading “Winged Whimsy – Happy Birthday”

Along These Lines – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  It’s the Thursday edition… I started with the Alphabet (Letter C) for Circles and the Crafter’s Café (#219) Twist – No Squares. There wasn’t a current Sketch challenge that suited my purposes, so I went over to Pinterest for a browse and found this one, which I flipped to the mirror image. Next,Continue reading “Along These Lines – Happy Birthday”

Inspiration Squad – Believe In You

Welcome back!  A cute card for you today for a grandniece’s birthday… Color Dare (#646) features a set of really pretty colors and AAA Birthday (#72) has a Mythical theme.  I thought the new Inspiration Squad stamp set with the cute little Dragon was just right.  I selected the Sketch Saturday (#773) layout to bringContinue reading “Inspiration Squad – Believe In You”

Adorable Owls – So Cute

I have the pleasure of being asked to be a Guest Designer with Farm Quest this month.  This time around the theme is Nocturnal Animals (#69).  My choice?  I chose an Owl. An Owl fits in nicely with As You See It (#342) for Birds and Alphabet (Letter W) for Wings. I picked the ColorContinue reading “Adorable Owls – So Cute”

Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#702) challenge.  This week, Jan has a sweet color combination for us to play with.  Inspiration for my design: Alphabet (Letter J) for Juvenile…make a kid suitable card; Facebook Stampin’ Through The Catalog – upcoming featured stamp set – Happiest Day; and bringing it all together, theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday”

Go Fly a Kite

How about CAS (Clean and Simple) today?  One of my favorite styles of card to make using stuff in my stash. Several current challenges that fall within a similar theme: Kids – Paper Players (#600) and Addicted to CAS (#224), Words (Themes) – CASology (#405) and Alphabet (Letter H), and bringing it all together RetroContinue reading “Go Fly a Kite”

Oh, Snap – Crocodile Kisses

Had a bit of fun with the Oh, Snap stamp set.  The Crocodile is so cute! I created this card for the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge – FMS478 and the CASology Cue Word Challenge Week 386 – LONG.  Here is what I created: I stamped the Crocodile on to a Basic White Panel (3⅞” xContinue reading “Oh, Snap – Crocodile Kisses”