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”

Planted Paradise – Love You

Welcome back.  A few Friday deadlines are creeping up on me… I am playing with Inkspirational (#320) to use more than one company’s product(s) and using a Close To My Heart Die that I was gifted with the current Sketch Saturday (#755) layout and combining that with Heart’s Quest (#58) and Farm Quest (#56) whoContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Love 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”

Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

Mediterranean Moments – It’s Your Day

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#697) challenge.  This week, Claire is all about Summer and summer fun.  Lots of great imagery to get you started.  I am headed to the beach on my trusty little moped about to zip on down those Mediterranean Coastal cobbled streets. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#585)Continue reading “Mediterranean Moments – It’s Your Day”

Happiest Day – Better Days

Round Three and my stint as a Guest Designer with the Alphabet Challenge comes to an end.  It has been a pleasure to play along with this group of talented Designers. This time around, Veronika has chosen the word “Gentleman” for the Letter “G” and is looking for suitably masculine cards. Inspiration: I chose theContinue reading “Happiest Day – Better Days”

Sailing Home – There is Good in the World

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#441) has a great Summer Mood Board to jump start your creativity and Cardz 4 Guyz (#350) has an Anything Goes category.  Gravitating towards the Sunset image, I created a card suitable for a fellow. Additional inspiration: Sketch – Just Add Ink (#707); Technique – TGIF (#478); andContinue reading “Sailing Home – There is Good in the World”

Playing in the Rain – Sending Sunshine & Smiles

Happy Sunday!  It is very hot here today and I am taking refuge in the Studio and having a play. The Atlantic Hearts (#582) Sketch had me a little perplexed.  Wasn’t sure what to do with it.  However, upon reflection I opted for the Cookie Challenge (#193) Theme and chose the Summer Popsicle Colors fromContinue reading “Playing in the Rain – Sending Sunshine & Smiles”

Fully Flowering – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  In yesterday’s class I featured the Mix & Match products.  Preprinted Card Bases and Envelopes along with a great selection of Ephemera.  Chopped everything up and everyone went to town creating unique cards. So, this is one I created for the TGIF (#477) and Color HuesContinue reading “Fully Flowering – Birthday Wishes”

Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday

Wednesday Hellos!  I certainly have a mash up for you today… Double Trouble (#169) is celebrating the longest day of the year – tomorrow – June 20th by asking for a Slim Line card and to partner up with I Spy With My Little Eye (#16) by adding Flowers.  I selected the CAS Colours &Continue reading “Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday”