Summer Sunflowers – Gather Together

Welcome back!  Friday and the end of the week… Today’s inspiration: Farm Quest (#73) Around the Farm – how about a summer porch picnic as suggested by Colorful Options (July). Picking up the Wood Element for Shopping Our Stash (#552) and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#5). Bringing my ideas together, I selected the SundayContinue reading “Summer Sunflowers – Gather Together”

Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More

Welcome back!  Happy 4th.  It’s been a busy day, and I am just now getting around to telling you about the card I created this morning. Every month, Stampin’ Up! has a Creative Challenge and this month it is a Product Mash-Up.  So, I combined Gallery Blooms, Beautiful Motifs, Scenic Frames and Mixed Media FloralsContinue reading “Summer Garden Wedding – Gallery Blooms & More”

Festive Framing – Timeless Tidings

Welcome back!  Wednesday and I found some time after class to create this sweet little holiday card. The challenges: Jingle Belles (#2513) Festive Frames; Paper Players (#744) Tic Tac Toe Board – Flowers, Die Cut and Embossing selecting the Color Dare (#657) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were arranged and adhered toContinue reading “Festive Framing – Timeless Tidings”

Vintage Wedding – Charming Day

Welcome back!  Sunday has rolled around, and I have spent some time in the Studio.  Will you get a chance to be creative today? Several similar challenges and I combined them with the Sketch Saturday (#779) layout. So, Love Those Pretty Papers (#12) has a Wedding twist; Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little Eye (#27)Continue reading “Vintage Wedding – Charming Day”

Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Glad to be back.  We had a 24-hour power failure due to those strong pop-up summer storms yesterday and I think I had withdrawal symptoms. Anyway, catching up with Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured stamp set, Gallery Blooms, and pairing it with the Color Hues (#112) Palette and selecting to create aContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”

Let’s Go Fishing – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#375), we must use Checks and/or Plaids when creating our cards. Challenge accepted and my card was influenced by the Fish theme over at Cupcake Inspirations (#620).  For my card style, I opted for a Fun Fold for both The Male Room (#199) and Creative CreasesContinue reading “Let’s Go Fishing – Happy Birthday”

Fun on Wheels – Summer Cycling

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… Today I am creating a card for Double Trouble (#193) and their 3-2-1 Recipe with a Masculine Twist and partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#672) by delving into my stash of retired goodies.  Sometimes, favorites just  have to come out and play! Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Fun on Wheels – Summer Cycling”

Sunshine Vibes – Geometric Hello

Hi again!  Guess what?  The “Man in Brown” came by and I have received a few new things, including the Summer Vibes stamp set. Yesterday, Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog was featuring this stamp set and I paired it up with Facebook’s SU! Colour (June) Palette for a fun simple stamping geometric card.  Just Stamps,Continue reading “Sunshine Vibes – Geometric Hello”

Love You – Layered Thoughts

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Sneaking in a card between today’s Class Prep. Inspired By (#338) is featuring Lady Bugs and a cute Sketch and Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog is featuring the Layered Thoughts stamp set this week.  What fun! I am sharing this card with Heart’s Quest (#74) as my Love theme includes aContinue reading “Love You – Layered Thoughts”

Upcycle Recycle – Floral Thinking of You

Hi Again!  A quick little card for you… Jan from Paper Players (#740) has challenged us to repurpose something in our stash. I have held on to the cover of the November 2019 On-Stage Atlanta Convention Notebook that we were given for what…5 plus years now, always intending to do something with it.  It wasContinue reading “Upcycle Recycle – Floral Thinking of You”