Helping Me Grow – Friend

Still catching up…always takes some time to get back into the groove when you take a break. Several Challenges: Just Add Ink (#651) for the color and floral inspiration; Retro Rubber (#206) for the choices; Happy Little Stampers – Stencils and Watercolor; The Flower Challenge (#80) as I opted for Flowers instead of Teacups; andContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Friend”

Lots Of Love – Birthday Wishes

Happy Monday!  Having fun playing… Today’s Challenges: The Card Concept (#194) for the colors; Inspired By (#236) for the subject, sketch and colors; Seize the Birthday (#260) for the theme and Critter Crazy (#74) for the animals. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were arranged and adhered to the card base to resemble theContinue reading “Lots Of Love – Birthday Wishes”

May Flowers – Honeybee Home

You have all been so patient with me.  It is amazing what one can accomplish when you have the house to yourself… Last one…I Spy (#002) for the theme, Color Throwdown (#739) for the colors and Tuesday Morning (#703) for the sketch.  It just so happens that Color Dare (#545) is suggesting similar colors, soContinue reading “May Flowers – Honeybee Home”

Garden Flowers – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  For today’s card I am combining:  Just Add Ink (#648) Choose Two (Wall and Garden) with the colors suggested over at Color Throwdown (#738) and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s (#601) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Looking through a whiteContinue reading “Garden Flowers – Happy Birthday”

Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes

Afternoon delight…more time in the Studio… A few CAS (clean and simple) challenges are on the board today.  Addicted to CAS (#235) Code Word: Garden and CAS on Friday (#254) Dots. I decided to make a birthday card for Happy Little Stampers (April) and chose three colors from the Lucky Seven board over at ColorContinue reading “Beautiful Hollyhocks – Birthday Wishes”

Tropical Leaf – Hello

Welcome back!  Every month, Stampin’ Up! presents a #SimpleStamping challenge.  Simple Stamping = Just Stamps, Ink and Paper.  The challenges sometimes include a few other parameters.  For this month, use a punch and the sentiment, Hello.  I chose to use the new Tropical Leaf Bundle available as an On-Line Exclusive. To meet this objective, IContinue reading “Tropical Leaf – Hello”

Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode

Happy Day to you all! Having a bit of a play before meeting friends for Easter dinner. Challenges: Freshly Made Sketches (#580), Color Dare (#543), Happy Little Stampers (April) and Stampin’ Up! Creative (April). Here is the result: Steps: All panels were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Flower adds aContinue reading “Perfectly Penciled – HB A’ La Mode”

Tropical Leaf – Love You

To CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) is to take inspiration from and make it your own.  The team at the Global Design Project (#388) asked us to recreate a card made by Ann Alexander.  I opted to use the colors suggested by Creative Colour (#83) which are similar in overall impression to Ann’s color choices.Continue reading “Tropical Leaf – Love You”

Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!

Welcome back! There is a lot of inspiration out there in the blog world.  Stuck for an idea?  Peruse the challenges I play with and have fun creating… Let’s play with: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#599) for the sketch and the suggested option; Color Throwdown (#736) for the colors; and Seize the Birthday (#258) forContinue reading “Garden Daisy – Birthday Wishes!”

It Looks Like Spring!

Happy Sunday!  Hoping you have a chance to be creative…I have a lot of challenge deadlines today so I will be a busy rabbit! Playing with: Global Design Project (#387) for the theme; Creative Colours (#82) for the colors; and Tuesday Morning (#701) for the sketch layout. Additionally, I chose to watercolor for Happy LittleContinue reading “It Looks Like Spring!”