Leaf Collection – Good Things

Saturday and we have been out and about!  Sneaking in this card before dinner.  Happy weekend! Playing with the Color Throwdown (#792) palette and inspiration photo along with this week’s Freshly Made (#635) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  I liked the organicContinue reading “Leaf Collection – Good Things”

Baby Blanket Wash Day

A color deadline…Color Dare (#598) and a few new challenges that popped up today for inspiration: Time Out (#263) Alphabet Magnet Day and the Inspired By (#288) Clothesline theme and sketch which tied in nicely with the current Farm Quest (#51) Laundry theme. Here is the result: Steps: All of the elements were adhered toContinue reading “Baby Blanket Wash Day”

Simply Zinnia – Hooray for Surprises

It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#459).  We have moved to the new Annual Catalog and first up is a card found on page 44.  The Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog group is featuring the On-Line Exclusive stamp set – Simply Zinnia today and I chose to createContinue reading “Simply Zinnia – Hooray for Surprises”

Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes

Hi again!  This afternoon, I wanted to play with the Just Us Girls (#725) color combination. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#750) layout. and worked with Make My Monday (#225) Florals and chose to create a clean and simple card for Simply Clean & Simple (#11), who also has an optional twist for Flowers. HereContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes”

Graceful Deer – Peace

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#688) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has provided us with an Inspiration Board entitled Animal Antics to get our creative juices flowing.  My stash of animal images is rather limited so, I selected the Graceful Deer stamp set as Curiosity will disturb the Peace. I combined this week’sContinue reading “Graceful Deer – Peace”

Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day

Welcome back!  A few of our plans got rained out today…so I am happy to be in the Studio. Today, I started with the Atlantic Hearts (#575) Slim Line Sketch. Inspiration for my design came from: Beautiful Blossoms (#16) and specifically the color palette, the Four Seasons (May) Mood Board for the delicacy of theContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day”

Let’s Jazz It Up!

Welcome back!  It’s Friday and almost the weekend.  Hoping you have some time to be creative… Several challenges influenced the design of this card.  At Make My Monday (#224) the theme is International Jazz Day.  Did you know that Jazz is my favorite music genre?  Anyway, over at Global Design (#433) the theme is alsoContinue reading “Let’s Jazz It Up!”

Garden Meadow – You are the Best

One more…It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#458).  The original card can be found on page 71 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.   A pretty little card, not too complicated. Inspiration for my choices: Inspired By (#256) for the theme and Color Dare (#597) for the palette.Continue reading “Garden Meadow – You are the Best”

Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card

Welcome back!  Can you believe it is almost May?  I had a busy business day yesterday and will be catching up on some end of month challenges. First up – the Cookie Challenge (#191) with a Birthday theme.  The inspiration photo Sprinkles kept niggling at me so, I decided to push through and create aContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card”

A Little Wild – Animal Outing

Design Team Time.  This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#346) we are visiting the Jungle, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#437) Sketch was ideal. Additional inspiration came from Retro Rubber (#229) for the stamp set(s) selection…something older than one year and the items on the Tic Tac Toe Board. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “A Little Wild – Animal Outing”