Daring Adventure

Welcome back!  A brand-new week…hope it will be a good one. A few guy challenges are about.  Over at Inspire Create (#174), the theme is Men; The Male Room (#189), a site for guy cards, is asking us to employ mixed media styling; Park Hopping (August) have Harry Potter – Steam Punk themed inspiration photos;Continue reading “Daring Adventure”

Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#702) challenge.  This week, Jan has a sweet color combination for us to play with.  Inspiration for my design: Alphabet (Letter J) for Juvenile…make a kid suitable card; Facebook Stampin’ Through The Catalog – upcoming featured stamp set – Happiest Day; and bringing it all together, theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Dragon Fly Birthday”

Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#472) Design Team.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 120 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration: Jingle Belles (#2416) to use “Leftovers” – Holiday Bits and Bobs lying about and Colors selected from theContinue reading “Greetings Of The Season – Holiday Card”

Inspiring Iris – Sunset Hello

So many deadlines fall on a Sunday.  If I have a busy week, it means I get to spend time in the Studio catching up.  Which is a very good thing! So, for the Atlantic Heart’s (#588) Sketch, I chose the Color Throwdown (#804) Palette for a summer sunset hello.  I am sharing this cardContinue reading “Inspiring Iris – Sunset Hello”

Simply Zinnia

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#471) Design Team catch-up.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of one the cards found on page 100 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like.  Inspiration and Color for my design: Facebook SU! Colour (July). Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Simply Zinnia”

Friends For Life – Hi

Chasing another deadline…this time for Color Throwdown (#803) and choosing the Just Add Ink (#712) Sketch. The theme:  Bobbing along on the Ocean blue comes to mind based on the color inspiration photo. Here is the result: Steps: Another fun summer bright card but this time for a friendly Hello. Thanks for spending some moreContinue reading “Friends For Life – Hi”

Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#700) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has a super sketch for us.  Three basic shapes and lots of possibilities. Inspiration:  If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#194) Aloha Hibiscus; Beautiful Blossoms (#19) for their Tropical Floral Mood Board; and choosing four of the Color Dare (#610) SixContinue reading “Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes

Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card.  The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers.  Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”

Reverse Words – Hooray

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today. Playing with Color Throwdown (#799) and the Tuesday Morning (#762) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All done!  Just need to adhere all the layers.  What a fun and colorful celebration card. Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda! Need aContinue reading “Reverse Words – Hooray”