Dragonfly Garden Spring Floral Greeting Card

Color Challenge deadline…such pretty colors from the team at the Color Throwdown (#681).  I just had to use them with my Inque Spot Studio Weekly Sketch Challenge. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Background Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Basic White cardstock dry-embossed with the TimewornContinue reading “Dragonfly Garden Spring Floral Greeting Card”

Tropical Winter Birthday

Enjoying a morning in the Studio with a few challenges.  I pulled a lot of older stamp sets to create this card… Sketch / Style: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#543) and Color / Inspiration: Sunday Stamps (#277) and why not, Just Add Ink (#592). I flipped the sketch to the horizontal position.  Here is theContinue reading “Tropical Winter Birthday”

Playful Dots – Biggest Wish for a Happy Birthday

Welcome back! Some interesting challenges available at the moment.  The Global Design Project (#331) team want you to play with Circles and Dots and the Just Add Ink (#592) team wants you to pick two of three elements.  I chose Patterned Paper and Layers.  I brought these suggestions together using the current sketch from theContinue reading “Playful Dots – Biggest Wish for a Happy Birthday”

Daisy Lane – Wildflower Happy Birthday

Again, I am a little late to the game…my Inque Spot Studio Weekly Challenges to inspire you and keep you stamping from last weekend was incorporated with another challenge, Time Out (#208). I love that colorful daisy in the photograph and used it as inspiration for my card: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Daisy Lane – Wildflower Happy Birthday”

A Sunny Thank You

A quick card to meet a Sketch deadline… Playing with Sketch Saturday Challenge (#694).  The Alphabet Challenge Letter was released today: “X” is for Xanthic (relating to the color Yellow) and the Paper Craft Crew Challenge (#460) is a Tic Tac Toe board.  How about we combine all three? Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “A Sunny Thank You”

High Tide – You Are Strong

Squeezing in another couple of challenges… Playing with the Retro Rubber Sketch (#176) and the Card Concept (#169) Color and Inspiration Photograph. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Real Red cardstock. Cross Strip: (5½” x 1½”) Cross Hatch Writing piece of vellum paper from the Vellum Layering DesignsContinue reading “High Tide – You Are Strong”

Welcoming Woods – Seasonal Meadow

Welcome to Monday…a brand new week! To complement the Colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge (#457), I chose the current Freshly Made Sketch Challenge (#523). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. Frame: (3” x 4⅜”) Early Espresso cardstock die-cut with two of theContinue reading “Welcoming Woods – Seasonal Meadow”

Shaded Summer – You’re In My Thoughts Today

Ready for number three? I played with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#460) for a quick little card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Succulent cardstock. Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Soft Succulent Cross Hatch patterned piece of paper from the 2021/2023 In-Color Designer Series Paper pack.Continue reading “Shaded Summer – You’re In My Thoughts Today”

Happy Birthday Hugs

Ready for number two? Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches (#644), Theme: Seize the Birthday (#233) and Color: Color Hues (#35). I wanted to keep the sketch as clean as possible as there were only two elements and the dichromatic option means only two colors, so I went with the suggested pink and blue colors. I alsoContinue reading “Happy Birthday Hugs”

Calming Camellia – Love You, Friend

Lots of sketch challenges are due today.  So here we go… Sketch / Theme: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#542) and Color / Theme: Tic Tac Toe (#149). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Evening Evergreen cardstock. Background Panel: (4⅛” x 5⅜”) Soft Succulent trimmed Ombre Gift Bag. CircleContinue reading “Calming Camellia – Love You, Friend”