Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Sketched Butterflies – Friendship Card

Welcome back!  Even though the Holidays are upon us, life continues, and I have a pretty friendship card for a girlfriend’s birthday… Playing with the Facebook Global Design Project (#473) Color Palette, adding the Just Us Girls (#755) Technique with the Tuesday Morning (#784) Sketch and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#744) for their Any OccasionContinue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Friendship Card”

Full of Life – Friends for Life

Welcome back!  I am totally in love with the Full of Life Suite.  The Colors are just so bright and wonderful! That being said, the team at TGIF (#487) is asking us to use the gorgeous Designer Series Paper. I selected to use one of the Stampin’ Up! Sketch Templates and this one can beContinue reading “Full of Life – Friends for Life”

Delicate Forest – Best Birthday Wishes

Design Team time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#473).  The weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) of cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  The card today?  Found on page 127 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Keeping the layout pretty much the same, I chose to playContinue reading “Delicate Forest – Best Birthday Wishes”

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”

Bird’s Eye View – You’re Amazing

Happy Sunday!  All set for the Eclipse tomorrow?  Do you have your glasses?  Working with two challenges that have deadlines today…Creative Colour (#135) and the Tuesday Morning (#751) Sketch and sharing with Critter Crazy (#85). Here is the result: Steps: Spring Graduations are around the corner…but celebrating a child or a friend is always aContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – You’re Amazing”

Les Shoppes Craft Store

Welcome back!  It’s Tuesday…Design Team Day… Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#435) can be found on page 14 of the Sep-Dec Mini Catalog for this week’s sketch, and I took a few liberties with my design. Additional inspiration provided by Cupcake Inspirations (#582) for the Home Sweet Home theme and for me that is the Craft ShopContinue reading “Les Shoppes Craft Store”

Beautiful Butterfly

Another opportunity to play in the Studio. The Challenges: Can You Handle The Pressure (#34) with an optional Butterfly theme; Color Dare (#554) Tic Tac Toe color option – Peach, Pine and Seabrook (or Stampin’ Up! equivalents); with the Tuesday Morning (#713) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “Beautiful Butterfly”

Garden Rainbow – Hello

Welcome back!  I was inspired by my garden, which includes a kaleidoscope of color, for today’s card. Playing with the Addicted to CAS (#240) for the color suggestion; Inkspirational (#292) for the texture; and selecting the current sketch presented by Paper Player (#646). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “Garden Rainbow – Hello”

Cheerful Daisies – Bright Birthday

Welcome back!  Snagging a little time in the Studio in between a few chores… A little while back, Stampin’ Up! created a series of webinars for new Demonstrators called Creating Connections.  You have your Kit, but now what?  As part of getting started, challenges are given to participating new Demos and it is always recommendedContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Bright Birthday”