Friendly Foliage – Vintage Thinking of You

Welcome to the weekend!  Happy Saturday.  Hoping you are able to find a little time to be creative.  Over at Ellibelle’s Corner, Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#34) is asking us to feature something that we love and I chose paper!  I confess to being a collector of paper.  Almost everywhere I go,Continue reading “Friendly Foliage – Vintage Thinking of You”

Nature’s Symphony – Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday…the end of the week and catching up with all things green with a spot of gold. Today is mostly a color challenge day: Seize the Birthday (#322) using mostly Green; along with Color Hues (#128) Green & Gold; Inspiration Station (#83) with a Green & Gold suggestion photo. Additionally, I am playingContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Birthday”

Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Beautiful Blues – Hello

Design Team Time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#483) with a lovely Mood Board of pretty blue and white images.  I opted for the Floral Tile. Over at TGIF (#566), we are asked to give a spin on the curated crafting kits available from Stampin’ Up!   Given the blue and white mood board, I selectedContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Hello”

The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes

Welcome back!  I have the pleasure of being a Crazy Cousin for the month of March with the Double Trouble Family. Challenge (#211) features 3 Layers, 2 Primary Colors and 1 Image with a Twist to add a Pig.  I have 4 Layers, 3 Primary Colors (Orange, Yellow and Green) and 3 Images (Windmill, PigsContinue reading “The Right Words – Sending Good Vibes”

Cup of Tea – Christmas Cheer

Welcome back!  A treat today.  I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer with the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge team for March. My design choices were influenced by the Double Trouble (#210) 3-2-1 Recipe and selecting the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#689) Layout. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Cup of Tea – Christmas Cheer”

Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#287).  Eight possibilities and so much choice. From the Board, I selected the left column, the center row and the left diagonal. The elements: Circles, Layering, Neutral Colors, Encouragement, Embellishment Dots, and Embossing. My design was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#395) to case (copy and selectivelyContinue reading “Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything”

Celebrate Spring – Sending Love

Hi again!  I have a little more time today to play… The challenges: CAS on Friday (#328), a clean and simple card with a “CUTE” theme; Colorful Options (#2602) for the Pink & Purple palette; Jan’s Paper Players (#774) Sketch which suited both a clean and simple styling and using Leftover bits and pieces foundContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Sending Love”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#553).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 26 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  Taking a Memory page and turning it into a card. My design was influenced by: PickContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

Bloom with Hope

Welcome back!  Delving into my personal stash as a happy paper hoarder for this one… Playing with the Freshly Made (#723) Sketch. My design was influenced by: Retro Rubber (#265) Tic Tac Toe – Die Cut / Pearls / and Pretty Papers for my free choice; Paper Players (#772) for the Colors; and choosing aContinue reading “Bloom with Hope”