Planted Paradise – With Love

Welcome back!  It’s Friday!!  Hoping you have a fantastic weekend and some time to be creative. We are having a lovely day with lower humidity which makes it a great time to be outdoors tending to the garden and the house plants. That said, I am playing with Farm Quest (#58) creating a Potting BenchContinue reading “Planted Paradise – With Love”

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”

Simply Said – Hello

Happy Sunday!  One more card for today…deadlines keep creeping up on me. Inspired by the colors, patterns and textures in The Card Concept (#208) photograph and marrying my ideas with the Atlantic Hearts (#581) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: A length (5”) of retired Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon was added and all elements wereContinue reading “Simply Said – Hello”

Tea Party – Thank You

Hi!  I have a bit more time today, so I am playing with a few more challenges. Over at Retro Rubber (#232), the site that celebrates all older and most loved stamp sets has a nice Sketch to use. I married this up with the Color Hues (#88) pairing and the As You See ItContinue reading “Tea Party – Thank You”

Sailing Home – Celebrating You

Welcome back!  Happy Tuesday… Had a chance to sneak a card in to capture a deadline over at Just Us Girls (#727) for a summery Mood Board incorporating the spotlight Technique for Inkspirational (#316) and creating a clean and simple styled card for AAA Cards (#265) with a Birthday theme. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Sailing Home – Celebrating You”

Cup of Tea – Let’s Get Together

Hi again!  Playing with Color… Today, I started with the Time Out (#262) Inspiration Photo.  Takeaway?  Overall sketch plan, gingham and a busy pattern. Playing with the Facebook Colour INKspiration (#164) palette to celebrate the retiring 2022/2024 In-Colors and tying into the Colorful Options (May) Royal Blue Teacup and as always, a Rainbow of colorsContinue reading “Cup of Tea – Let’s Get Together”

Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card

Hi!  Round two as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#283) this time is “Off the Edge” and I created a mock step fold card, so I would have edges to decorate using the delicious green/blue colors from the Sunday Stamps (#333) suggested palette and sharing with CreativeContinue reading “Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card”

Perched in a Tree – Clearly for You

Welcome back!  It’s Friday and almost the end of the work week.  Have you got creative plans for your weekend?  How about a little inspiration? Today I am playing with: Ellibelle’s I Spy (#14) Something with Wings and matching it up with the Alphabet (Letter B) for Birds.  I picked the Global Design Project (#441)Continue reading “Perched in a Tree – Clearly for You”

Hats Off To You! – Guy Greetings

Welcome back!  Off to a good start this morning… Today’s combination includes: The Male Room (#185) to use employ Embossing techniques; Addicted To CAS (#256) for a clean and simple Monochromatic Color scheme; and bringing it all together, the TGIF (#468) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: A nice monochromatic clean and simple guy cardContinue reading “Hats Off To You! – Guy Greetings”

Just My Type – Hello

Let’s play!!  It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#451) featuring a treat package found on page 20 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  The sketch has been altered to fit an A2 card and I flipped to the horizontal to better accommodate my design. I selected toContinue reading “Just My Type – Hello”