Butterfly Brilliance – Special Reason

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts (#693) Sketch.  I chose portrait and fun fold styling. My design influences: Retro Rubber (#277), a Tic Tac Toe Board, choosing the center line across: Ink Blending, Butterfly and a Fun Fold for my Free space and Tic Toe Toe (#298) choosing the right line down: Butterfly, FunContinue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – Special Reason”

You’re the Greatest – Tropical Chic

Friday, already! Welcome back. I have a clean and simple masculine card for you today. My mash up for today: Retro Rubber (#276) with a Sketch; Just Us Girls (#833) Stencils; Krafty Chicks (#830) Masculine; and Sunday Stamps (#390) for the Colors. Here is the result: Steps: Keeping it simple, my preferred option for guyContinue reading “You’re the Greatest – Tropical Chic”

In The Meadow – Special Day

Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#568), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 46 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog and the colors suggested by Hand Stamped Sentiments (#490). My design choices were influenced by Paper Players (#789)Continue reading “In The Meadow – Special Day”

Textured Grunge – Delightful Day

Welcome back!  I have a fun card with lots of elements from a variety of stamp sets. My mash up for today: Retro Rubber (#272) with a Sketch; Just Add ink (#786) looking for Polka Dots; Alphabet (Letter C) looking for Circles; Double D (#260520) looking for Splatter; and Little Red Wagon (#860) looking forContinue reading “Textured Grunge – Delightful Day”

Sweet Wedding – Celebrate

Welcome back!  A clean and simple sweet wedding card for you today. My mash up for today: Retro Rubber (#271) with a Floral Inspiration and a set of Colors; Tic Tac Toe (#292) selecting Wedding, Floral, and Pink; Little Red Wagon (#858) for May Flowers and Just Us Girls (#823) Word: Flowers. Here is theContinue reading “Sweet Wedding – Celebrate”

Happy Dance – Enjoying the Rain

Welcome back!  Already Wednesday… For today, I am playing with several challenges that have a similar theme – those April Showers.  Better get it done as there is only one more day left in the month. Starting with: Retro Rubber (#270) – Singing in the Rain; Inkspirational (#366) Word – Rain; If You Give aContinue reading “Happy Dance – Enjoying the Rain”

Retro Christmas Coffee Card

Welcome back!  It’s the weekend and here’s to hoping you will find some time to be creative! I have an interesting holiday card for you today.  Over at Jingle Belle’s (#2608), the theme is Vintage; Over at Inspired By (#383), the Café with the Retro Colors led me to Caffeinated Christmas (#52) and sharing withContinue reading “Retro Christmas Coffee Card”

Wild About You – Zoo Babies

The Studio is back in business!  Welcome back.  Hoping you will find some time to be creative this weekend. My mash up for today: AAA Cards (#310) with a Zoo Animal theme in the clean and simple style and Color Hues (#129) with a Purple and Orange toned Marigold color scheme. Bringing my ideas together,Continue reading “Wild About You – Zoo Babies”

Spring Showers – Spring Flowers

Welcome back!  Today, I have the pleasure of being a guest designer with Ellibelle’s Corner and the current I Spy With My Little Eye options of either or both Spring Showers (#36) and Spring Flowers (#35). I am playing along with the Retro Rubber (#267) Colors and theme and showering some love on favorite retiredContinue reading “Spring Showers – Spring Flowers”

Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… It is March and the time for green and gold with a little magic thrown in.  That said, this card was created with a few challenges in mind. Paper Players (#775) Mythical Creatures and mine is a Woodland Sprite, Seize the Birthday (#321) Anything with Wings, and Retro Rubber (#266) withContinue reading “Faerie Dust – Happy Birthday”