Today I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love. This challenge celebrates Birthdays, Engagements, Weddings, Anniversaries and Sympathy…all matters of the heart. The June (#2605) challenge included a masculine theme, and I chose to create a birthday card for a fellow. Additional influences for my choices were: Ellibelle’sContinue reading “Cozy Flannel – Best Wishes Card”
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A Brew Birthday
Welcome back! A brand-new week and I have a fun birthday card for my guy…who is a fan of Beer! The mash-up for today includes: The Male Room (#210) with a Drink theme, Time Out (#314) with a Beverage theme, and AAA Birthday Cards (#86) with a Guy theme. Choosing to add texture and embellishmentsContinue reading “A Brew Birthday”
Sailing Home – All the Best
Hi again! Chasing a deadline or two… Addicted to CAS (#308) for a clean and simple card featuring Travel. Choosing CAS Colours & Sketches (#586) for the Palette and Sunday Stamps (#386) for the Sketch. Adding in Just Us Girls (#825) to use Stencils and going Masculine for Krafty Chicks (#822) and TGIF (#579). HereContinue reading “Sailing Home – All the Best”
Nature’s Symphony – Smile
Welcome back! Having fun with Embossing… Design Team Time for Cardz 4 Guyz (#386) to use Embossing Folders and Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#565), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on page 23 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. I selected Facebook’sContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Smile”
City Sights – Thinking of You
Welcome back! How about a great card for a guy? Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#563). Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired. Today’s inspiration can be found on page 68 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by: Little RedContinue reading “City Sights – Thinking of You”
The Open Sea – Ahoy!
Design Team Time for Hand Stamp Sentiments (#487), a color board and Atlantic Hearts (#679), a sketch which I turned into an A2 portrait format from a square layout. My design choices were influenced by: The Male Room (#209) for Transport; Cupcake Inspirations (#636) with a Travel theme and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#817) forContinue reading “The Open Sea – Ahoy!”
Moon Lake – The Best Day
Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#385) for a clean and simple styled card choosing the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#561) sketch. Design influences: Farm Quest (#82) for a Pond scene; Time Out (#311) Pick Two: Trees and Earth; with the colors suggested by Facebook SU! Colours (#2604). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Moon Lake – The Best Day”
Misty Winter Sighting – Peace & Happiness
Welcome back! Happy Saturday. Quick and simple, just stamps, ink and paper… The challenges: Little Red Wagon (#852) for a Masculine card; Addicted to Stamps & More (#514) Any Occasion; and Farm Quest Country Christmas (#30) creating a masculine Christmas card. Here is the result: Steps: Simply elegant and very masculine in tone and colorContinue reading “Misty Winter Sighting – Peace & Happiness”
Rock & Roll – Enjoy
Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#485) Challenge. This round, we have a great sketch for you. My reverse clean and simple design was influenced by several similar challenges: Alphabet (Letter X) for X-Ray featuring a black and white color scheme; Little Red Wagon (#851) with a Retro Rock & Roll theme; Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Rock & Roll – Enjoy”
Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy
Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#384) with a suggested color palette of light blue and brown. Playing along with several other current Masculine Challenges: Inspire Create (#211); Little Red Wagon (#849); The Male Room (#208) also asking for blue and brown. Sharing this card with Make My Monday (#272) for their All Tied Up theme.Continue reading “Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy”
The Inque Spot Studio 