Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best

Welcome back!  Monday and a brand-new week full of creative opportunities. Today I am playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More (#511) to Make My Mark with coloring techniques and/or tools. I chose the TGIF (#565) Inspiration Image, recreating it with a few stamped images and coloring tools.  Choosing the Color Dare (#691) Palette andContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best”

Spring Tea – Good Friends

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday. Blending a number of similar challenges for a lovely friendship card. Starting with the Just Us Girls (#811) Mood Board with a sweet “drink” image in soft pinks and tying in the Inspired By (#366) Tea Garden Inspiration Photo. Adding in some Chocolate for As You See It (#366) with aContinue reading “Spring Tea – Good Friends”

Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s to hoping you have a chance to be creative. Playing with the Freshly Made (#724) Sketch which I flipped to the horizontal position. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#203) Palette which felt like “guy” colors and Litte Red Wagon (#846) Celebrating You theme for a graphically designedContinue reading “Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots”

Much Luck & Good Fortune

Welcome back!  Celebrating Chinese New Year I am playing with: Festive Friday (#203) incorporating several of the required elements for a clean and simple shaped card for Krafty Chicks (#808) and Shopping Our Stash (#567). Here is the result: Steps: The elegant gold stamped Arch was popped up with Dimensionals onto the Shaped Card Base,Continue reading “Much Luck & Good Fortune”

Party Panda – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Already Thursday…where did the week go… Today I am playing with: Stef’s Paper Players (#773) for the style and theme – a clean and simple birthday card with balloons; Creative Colors (#228) for the palette; and choosing to adapt the TGIF (#564) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Party Panda – Birthday Wishes”

Nature’s Symphony – Smile

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  A dreary day that requires a little sunshine and smiles… Playing with the “Scrappy” Strip card sketch from Sunday Stamps (#379) and choosing the Creative Colour (#227) bright and happy palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the FlowerContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Smile”

Fragrant Layers – Fabulous Sayings Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday – Happy Valentine’s Day – Happy to be in the Studio! Today’s challenge combination: Facebook’s Global Design Project (#534) Sketch with Seize the Birthday (#320) for a CAS, clean and simple card, using Dies and choosing the CAS Colours & Sketches (#578) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Fragrant Layers – Fabulous Sayings Birthday”

Fabulous Sayings – Hello

Welcome back!  Happy Friday.  Where did the week go… Today I am playing with the AAA Cards (#307) Colors for a clean and simple card, choosing the Just Add Ink (#779) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch, keeping the card clean and simple.Continue reading “Fabulous Sayings – Hello”

Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings

Hi! Welcome back to Tic Tac Toe.  I am pleased to let you know that I have joined the Design Team.  Tic Tac Toe is one of my favorite challenges.  Eight possibilities and so much choice. For the Board (#286), I selected the center column: Die Cutting, Ink Blending and Friendship to create a cleanContinue reading “Fabulous Friend – Fabulous Sayings”

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”