Nature’s Symphony – Thinking of You

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#589), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 37 of the Sep – Dec 2026 Catalog with a few tweaks. My design choices were influenced by Can You Handle The Pressure (#261024) to addContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Thinking of You”

Cutest Crew – Noel

Help us celebrate!  Hand Stamped Sentiments has reached a milestone.  This is the 500th challenge.  WOW!! This round, we have a sketch. My design choices were influenced by Facebook’s SU! Colour (#2610), a true set of holiday tones, #JingleBelles (#2622) with an Animal theme, and sharing with the Creative Crafters (#105) Anything Goes. Here isContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Noel”

Soft Seedlings – Autumn Birthday

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#585), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 48 of the Sep – Dec 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Retro Rubber (#282) with a Fall theme including Leaves; Ellibelle’s I SpyContinue reading “Soft Seedlings – Autumn Birthday”

Sunflower – Thanks

Design Team Time for The Card Concept (#229) Inspiration Board for the theme, colors and texture for a clean and simple layered Thank You card. Sharing with Ellibelle’s I Spy (#40) Sunflowers; Just Us Girls (#839) Dies with a Thanks sentiment; and Can You Handle The Pressure (#260822) Embossing Folders with a Bee twist.  Continue reading “Sunflower – Thanks”

Sketched Garden – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  A brand-new month…May.  Here’s to a glorious beginning! Today, I have chosen the color palette from Sunday Stamps (#384) and the Freshly Made (#734) sketch presented in A2 format for my card. My design choices were influenced by Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#14) and sharing with Creative Crafters (#99) for Anything Goes. Here isContinue reading “Sketched Garden – Happy Birthday”

Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card

Welcome back!  A brand-new week.  The start of more creativity… The challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure (#260411) for a Blue-on-Blue embossing twist which I tied into Little Red Wagon (#854) That Song for “Song Sung Blue”. Design choices were influenced by: Just Us Girls (#819) – Spring Flowers and Tic Tac Toe (#290) diagonalContinue reading “Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card”

Purr-haps – Cutest Crew

Welcome back!  Friday already.  How does the week go by so fast? A few challenges…Double D (#260401) is looking for something humorous, something I have very little of in my collection, but I will give it a go. Choosing the Stampin’ Up! Only (#698) Colors and the Freshly Made (#731) Sketch to bring my ideasContinue reading “Purr-haps – Cutest Crew”

Gallery Blooms – Notes of Spring

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  A little creative Studio time on this lovely Easter morning… I am playing with Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#206) Palette.  I chose to substitute Pumpkin Pie with Calypso Coral and darken Shaded Spruce to a more Garden Green look. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Gallery Blooms – Notes of Spring”

Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage

Hello there!  Design Time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts (#674) Sketch Challenge. My design was influenced by the Inspired By (#380) Colors and Foliage Designs on the Eggs and Can You Handle The Pressure (#260314) Anything Goes using a complimentary Embossing Folder. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage”

Lovely Florals – Thank You

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#673) Sketch.  I am a little late with this one.  My weekend got so busy and I am still catching up. My design was influenced by the Colour INKspiration (#205) Color Palette. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) BasicContinue reading “Lovely Florals – Thank You”