Forever Florals – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Monday and off to a “quick” start. I have taken up the As You See it (#367) Speed Challenge.  Create a card in less than 10 minutes featuring the color, Purple. Usually, I go for high speed with a clean and simple card.  Today, I wanted to try something different.  I chose toContinue reading “Forever Florals – Thinking of You”

Beautifully Adorned in Gold

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you are well and taking the opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day. Today, I am playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#568) for the color Gold and Festive Friday (#204) incorporating several of the suggested elements for a clean and simple styled card created for CAS on Friday (#329). Here isContinue reading “Beautifully Adorned in Gold”

Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft

Hi again!  No rest for the crafter…Saturday, a day perfectly made for creativity. Ever a fan of clean and simple, I have created a card for Alphabet – Letter W – for Wildflowers.  A perusal through my retired stash of goodies yielded the pretty Simply Soft stamp set which I matched up to Facebook’s GlobalContinue reading “Lovely Arrangements – Simply Soft”

Fully Flowering – Hello

Welcome back!  It’s Saturday and I am hoping you will find some time to be creative today… Using the lovely color palette for the Facebook Color INKspiration (#204) with the Stampin’ Up! Only (#396) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  I preferred theContinue reading “Fully Flowering – Hello”

Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday has arrived…already the end of the week… Today, I am playing with Make My Monday (#271) for a Masculine card for a little fellow; Little Red Wagon (#848) to include an Animal; Creative Colour (#230) for the neutral Palette; and bringing it all together with the current Freshly Made (#726) Sketch. HereContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday”

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”

Simply Said – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday.  Chasing a few deadlines with challenges that have a similar theme. Starting with: Just Us Girls (#812) to use Stencils; Inkspirational (#362) to use Stencils and add a Plaid; Just Add Ink (#780) to use Stencils and/or Dies; and AAA Birthday Cards (#83) to use Dies. That has the Tools covered,Continue reading “Simply Said – Birthday Wishes”

Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors.  Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”

Winter Scenes – The First Noel

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#554).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on the front cover of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design was influenced by: Farm Quest Country Christmas (#29) for a rural winter sceneContinue reading “Winter Scenes – The First Noel”

Beautiful Blues – Hello

Design Team Time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#483) with a lovely Mood Board of pretty blue and white images.  I opted for the Floral Tile. Over at TGIF (#566), we are asked to give a spin on the curated crafting kits available from Stampin’ Up!   Given the blue and white mood board, I selectedContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Hello”