Lovely Arrangements – Love You Birthday

Welcome back!  What fun to create with some new products… Playing with the Global Design Project (#528) challenge to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card created by Ann Alexander. Takeaways: Layers, Die Cuts, Embossing, Florals, and Layout. Additional influences: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#17) Letter ‘O” for Rectangle, Stitching, Patterned Paper and Dies forContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Love You Birthday”

Sweet Thoughts – I Love You

Welcome back!  A New Year and a bit of Studio reorganization.  I came across a lot of retired but delightful favorite stuff.  Put it away or play? Play was the order of the day, so I created a card catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#543) Sketch that I didn’t have time to doContinue reading “Sweet Thoughts – I Love You”

True Blue Floral – Friendly Foliage – In My Heart

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#662).  A pretty sketch with lots of possibilities to showcase your florals and more. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Night of Navy cardstock. Background Panel: (5” x 3¾”) Balmy Blue Wallpaper patterned piece of paper from the TrueContinue reading “True Blue Floral – Friendly Foliage – In My Heart”

Gift of Joy – Just Because

Welcome back!  Hope you have some time to be creative today… I have a quick little love card for you this morning for the Alphabet Challenge – Letter L. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. The Box and Flower Outline images from the Gift ofContinue reading “Gift of Joy – Just Because”

Extraordinary Flora – With Love

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Friday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#199) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Images, Aperture) with a twist to add an image to the Aperture Opening and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#678) layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#384) for theContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – With Love”

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”

Love You

Hi again!  Chasing a couple of deadlines… A fun little card inspired by Rose Coleman for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#508) Case-ing a Designer and choosing the color palette suggested by Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#92). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Bubble Bath cardstock. Using the Heart StripContinue reading “Love You”

Beloved – Honey Bee

Welcome back!  Hope your Saturday has been fine.  I am back to creating for a few challenges… Both Festive Friday (#190) and Double D (#080625) are celebrating National Honey Bee Day. I used a loose interpretation of the Just Add Ink (#736) Sketch that I flipped to the vertical position. This required a bit ofContinue reading “Beloved – Honey Bee”

Scruffy Pooch – A Little Hello

Welcome back!  Monday and a fresh new work week… Several Masculine themed challenges are about.  So, let’s play! The Male Room (#200) and CAS on Friday (#314) have selected Animals. And the others: Moving Along With The Times (#180); Krafty Chicks (#778); and Make My Monday (#257). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½”Continue reading “Scruffy Pooch – A Little Hello”

Fancy Borders – A Lot of Love

Welcome back! I am happy to be back.  My vacation is over, and I am popping in with a quick card for a few challenges due today. The challenges: Facebook’s Color INKspiration (#191) with an exciting color combination and the current Atlantic Hearts (#638) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½”Continue reading “Fancy Borders – A Lot of Love”