Bird’s Eye View – Thank You So Much

Welcome to the weekend!  Any wonderful plans?  Me?  Play time…among some laundry chores.  Today’s card is for Colour INKspiration (#163) and Atlantic Hearts (#753). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Three blue / green Tinsel Gems were added for a bit of bling. HavingContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – Thank You So Much”

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”

Feather Flight – New Adventure

Welcome to the newest round of the Cardz 4 Guyz (#345) and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#436) challenges. I have combined them… clean and simple with the suggested colors. My stamp set choice was influenced by Make My Monday (#223) for Birds and Alphabet (Letter A) for Adventure.  I am also sharing this card with SimpleContinue reading “Feather Flight – New Adventure”

Playing in the Rain – Beautiful You

Welcome back!  Friday…how did that happen?  Have any fun plans for the weekend?  We will be out and about and hoping for lovely weather, but I do think there is rain in the forecast. So, the Inspired By (#284) Inspiration photograph is a stroll in rain gear…and I opted for the retired Beautiful You stampContinue reading “Playing in the Rain – Beautiful You”

A Happy Hooray

A brand-new week.  Happy Monday! Yesterday, I was playing with the Color Throwdown (#787) colors.  These three make up a trifecta of my favorites, yet I struggled with them.  I love the imagery in the inspiration photo.  The color blocking is so Retro and that is where I got my inspiration. Here is the result:Continue reading “A Happy Hooray”

Sunshine and Rainbows

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#684) challenge.  This week, Anne Marie has given us a lovely colorful Inspiration Board entitled Sunshine & Rainbows.  Let’s have some fun! I combined this week’s challenge with a few others that have a similar theme: Inspired By (#283) for the Sketch, Colors and Umbrellas; Four SeasonsContinue reading “Sunshine and Rainbows”

Let’s Get Together for A Cup of Tea

Welcome back!  Happy Weekend to you.  Did you get a chance to be creative today?  This is what I made… For: Creative Colour (#134); Park Hopping (March); and another version of Freshly Made Sketches (#629). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the flipped sketch.  Basic WhiteContinue reading “Let’s Get Together for A Cup of Tea”

Memorable Meadows – Beautiful Birthday

Welcome back!  The watercolor brushes were still on the table… Another clean and simple challenge: Addicted to CAS (#254) with the key word: Bloom.  I chose to see if I could beat the clock for the As You See It (#319) speed challenge with a Floral theme. I picked the bottom row of colors suggestedContinue reading “Memorable Meadows – Beautiful Birthday”

By the Bay – Country Bouquet

Let’s play!!  It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#453).  The original card can be found on page 21 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  I opted to create a clean and simple, #simplestamping watercolor card with just Stamps, Ink and Paper. I chose the Just Add InkContinue reading “By the Bay – Country Bouquet”

Cheerful Daisies – Notes of Nature Birthday

Playtime!!  It is so good to be back in the Studio. Several related challenges:  Seize the Birthday (#279) creating a matching tag; Tic Tac Toe (#243) Style, Color, Materials; Festive Friday (#155) also for Color, Materials and Sentiment; Inspired By (#281) for Daisies and Color; and bringing it all together, Try a Sketch on TuesdayContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Notes of Nature Birthday”