XOXO – Galentine Card

Welcome back!  More Valentine challenges… Inspiration Themes: TGIF (#457); Inspired By (#273); Stampin’ Up! Only (#343); and Heart’s Quest (#47) including elements; Color: Color Dare (#583); and Sketch: Paper Craft Crew (#554) to bring it all together. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. A Heart-ShapeContinue reading “XOXO – Galentine Card”

Puzzled Pieces – Love You Lots

Welcome back to a brand-new week!  January is fast giving way to February and that means Valentine’s Day is once again on the horizon. I created a somewhat masculine card for several concurrent challenges: Heart’s Quest (#46) to use a puzzle piece; Festive Friday (#151) to include a love sentiment; Tic Tac Toe (#239) whichContinue reading “Puzzled Pieces – Love You Lots”

Snow Much Fun – Snowball Fight

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#673) challenge.  Claire has selected a clean & simple card style with a Winter Fun theme.  Let’s have some fun! I selected the retired Snow Much Fun stamp set (Circa 2011) for the Retro Rubber (#222) theme, also Winter Fun and the Snowflake Stencil from the nowContinue reading “Snow Much Fun – Snowball Fight”

Frosty Friends – Warm Heart

Happy Saturday!  Bright and Sunny here, but oh so cold.  So unusual for South Carolina.  Reminds me of winter days back in Canada. A few challenges for today: Can You Handle the Pressure (#47) with a twist to include Snow People; The Card Concept (#203) with a New Year Love theme and winter colors; andContinue reading “Frosty Friends – Warm Heart”

Heart Happiness – Heartfelt Love

Welcome back!  As per Snoopy, “It is a dark and stormy…day” and I am therefore taking refuge in the Studio. Playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#559) Sketch with this week’s Color Throwdown (#775) suggestion and combining them with the Global Design Project (#427) Theme for a clean and simple, #simplestamping card. Here is the result:Continue reading “Heart Happiness – Heartfelt Love”

Merry Café – Spirited Snowmen Hugs

Welcome back!  A brand-new work week and I have a fun winter card for you today. Sketch: Sunday Stamps (#326); Theme: Caffeinated Christmas Cards (#25), If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#188) and Inspired By (#270) for both theme and colors. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Merry Café – Spirited Snowmen Hugs”

Autumn Adventure

Welcome back! I have the distinct pleasure to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Color Throwdown this week.  What fun and what a nice selection of colors. The illustration photo led me to the All About Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper and I chose the Walk in the Forest photograph design.  Such aContinue reading “Autumn Adventure”

Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card

Designing for Cardz 4 Guyz (#334) and Case-ing Tuesday (#430). I selected these four challenges: The elements from the Paper Players (#664) Tic Tac Toe board; The circle theme suggested by both Stampin’ Up! Only (#338) and Double Trouble (#151); and Use Your Stuff (#496) partnering with Double Trouble for the Anything Goes theme. HereContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Anniversary Card”

Zoo Crew – Love You

Welcome back!  It is the start of a brand-new week, and I created a cute love card for CAS Colours & Sketches (#522). Taking inspiration from the following challenges: Stampin’ Up! Only (#337) for a masculine card and Critter Crazy (#79) to add an animal incorporating stencils for Happy Little Stampers (October) and Inkspirational (#300)Continue reading “Zoo Crew – Love You”

Tropical Leaf – Animal Outing

One more for today! How about a trip to the Jungle?  The theme for “J” at the Alphabet (Letter J) is Jungle Animals.  I picked the colors suggested by the Facebook SU! Colour (August) group and brought the two together with the current sketch at Freshly Made (#599). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “Tropical Leaf – Animal Outing”