Peaceful Garden – Thanks

Welcome back!  Friday already…where did the week go? With the new Fall Mini Catalog that just launched this week, I am exploring some of the products.  I love Autumn and its warm slate of colors but today, the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper was calling out to me.  The predominant colors are Secret Sea andContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Thanks”

Car Park Weave – Happy Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#767), we are provided with an Inspiration Photo.  The Car Park.  My takeaway included the colors and the general layout for a masculine birthday card. Influences: The Male Room (#202) to Create a Background and Krafty Chicks (#784) for the Birthday theme. I hope my card inspires you andContinue reading “Car Park Weave – Happy Birthday”

Amber Autumn – Grateful

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#528) Sketch and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#471) Fall Mood Board. Additional Influences: Color Hues (#117) Orange and Green along with Stampin’ Through The Catalog Stamp Set Choice for today: Amber Autumn. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch,Continue reading “Amber Autumn – Grateful”

Inspiring Imperfections – Hello

Wow!  It’s already September…welcome back. Today I am playing with CAS on Friday (#316) to use Vellum and the CAS Colours & Sketches (#567) Palette influenced by the Paper Players (#753) Tic Tac Toe Board to include Flowers and Word Dies choosing both clean and simple and vellum as my FREE option(s). Here is theContinue reading “Inspiring Imperfections – Hello”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Saturday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#198) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Patterned Papers, Sentiment) with a twist to create a Fan Fold and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#677) Layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Seize The Birthday (#312) to use Black andContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

You Are Remarkable – Friends

Welcome back!  Friday already…hope you have something wonderful lined up for the weekend. Today’s challenge combination: Time Out (#296) Friendship; Double D (#082025) Butterflies; Creative Colours (#208); brought together with the Freshly Made (#701) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Butterflies wereContinue reading “You Are Remarkable – Friends”

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”

Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#527) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate”

A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween

Welcome back!  And again, it is the end of the week.  For today’s card, I selected a Halloween theme for Stampin’ Up! Only (#383) and their travelling theme as going door to door for Treats and possibly Tricks fits the bill. I chose the Global Design (#510) Sketch, but I flipped to the Horizontal position.Continue reading “A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween”

Back To School – For The Serious Scholar

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline.  Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”