Best Wishes for an Amazing Year

A little inspiration goes a long way…today I am actually creating for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#398) challenge on Tuesday.  At Case-ing Tuesday, we select a Card Sample from one of the current catalogs and remake it.  Keep it the same, change it completely or create something in-between. I was inspired by the following challenges:Continue reading “Best Wishes for an Amazing Year”

Grace’s Garden – Healing Thoughts

Time again for the Facebook Tuesday Case-ing the Catalog challenge (#381).  Have you realized what a fabulous resource our Stampin’ Up! Catalogs are?  So many great ideas…    Several Challenges influenced my design:  Just Us Girls (#657) lead to the choice of the retired Grace’s Garden stamp set; Just Add Ink (#628) for the Colors;Continue reading “Grace’s Garden – Healing Thoughts”

Bottled Happiness – Birthday Card

Today, I have accepted the challenge to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Susan Wong as suggested by the Global Design Project (#352) team. My take-aways: Diagonal Layout Orientation, Ribbon/Twine, Block Sentiment and Gems. I picked the colors suggested by the Cupcake Inspiration (#548) team. Here is the result:  Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “Bottled Happiness – Birthday Card”

Soft Seedlings – Hello

Welcome back!    Playing with a few more challenges this afternoon… Sketch: Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s (#563) and Color: Creative Color (#45). Here is the result:  Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Gray Granite cardstock. The sentiment, hello, from the Soft Seedlings stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink and heat-set withContinue reading “Soft Seedlings – Hello”

Symbols of Fortune – You Are So Loved

Chasing a few other deadlines… Sketch – Try Stampin’ On Tuesdays (#533) Option: Things That Fly; Theme – Paper Players (#589) Birds and/or Bees and; Materials – Tic Tac Tac (#160) Tic (Gold), Tac (Layers) and Toe (Pearls). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. TheContinue reading “Symbols of Fortune – You Are So Loved”