Lift Me Up – Just a Note

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A fun card for you today… Playing with the current color suggestion from Color Hues (#116) for Blue & Red along with the Paper Players (#752) sketch. Additional design influences: Make My Monday (#259) for Hot Air Balloons and adding die-cut letters for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#511) suggestion. Here isContinue reading “Lift Me Up – Just a Note”

Thankful Garden

Welcome back! Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#644).  I selected the Color Dare (#665) palette for this card and am sharing with Addicted to Stamps & More (#500) selecting to use both stencils and dies. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Thankful Garden”

Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#527) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate”

A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween

Welcome back!  And again, it is the end of the week.  For today’s card, I selected a Halloween theme for Stampin’ Up! Only (#383) and their travelling theme as going door to door for Treats and possibly Tricks fits the bill. I chose the Global Design (#510) Sketch, but I flipped to the Horizontal position.Continue reading “A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween”

Back To School – For The Serious Scholar

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline.  Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”

Love & Courage

I am delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Just Add ink for the next couple of months.  I am a regular contributor / player with this group of talented designers, so it is fun to be on the other side. I hope my card inspires you and I look forward toContinue reading “Love & Courage”

Rustic Centerpiece – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#643) with a cool layout that lends itself to lots of possibilities.  My choices were influenced by Tic Tac Toe (#277) – Right Line and Beautiful Blossoms (#32) for the Sunflowers. I am also sharing this card with Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little EyeContinue reading “Rustic Centerpiece – Hello”

Just My Type – Hello

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#526) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 79 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Just My Type – Hello”

Loon Lake – On My Mind

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#470), we have a versatile sketch and at Cardz 4 Guyz (#377), the theme is Boats.   TGIF (#538) influenced my choice of papers and therefore my colors. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch whichContinue reading “Loon Lake – On My Mind”

Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a sensational Saturday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#197) and the 3-2-1 game (Colors, Layers, Technique) with a twist and a share with Triple B (August) and Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#676). Additionally, I was influenced by Inkspirational (#348) for the CAS Style and the Floral TwistContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You”