DSP – Weekend Challenge – Simple Sketch

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is another Simple Sketch intended for you to use some of those well loved but hoarded pieces of patterned paper. A Few Challenges: Sketch:  Weekend Challenge – Simple Stamping Stampin’ Up! – March 2021 Suggestion A Color Challenge – Global Design Project – GDP281 I created twoContinue reading “DSP – Weekend Challenge – Simple Sketch”

You Earned a Visit to the Ice Cream Shoppe…

I don’t often tell a lot of stories here on my blog posts but I have one for you today!  Read on and I will tell you all about the reason I made this particular card. Three Challenges: Sketch:  Paper Players – PP530 Inspiration Theme:  TGIF – TGIFC305 Materials:  Tic Tac Toe – TTC102 HereContinue reading “You Earned a Visit to the Ice Cream Shoppe…”

A Posy of Purple – Thanks

One of my favorite challenges to participate in is Just Add Ink.  The deadline to enter is today, so please bear with me for another blog post.  Just Add Ink – JAI543 is a sketch challenge today and I found a new challenge site:  As You See It.  The ASYI # 244 Challenge is askingContinue reading “A Posy of Purple – Thanks”

Bouquet of Hope – Hello

Hard to believe that I actually got this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS043 completed for this Sunday! I chose the color scheme from this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge – CTD631 and altered the sketch slightly to fit the trendy Slimline card size as suggested by the design team over at The Spot Challenge – #151Continue reading “Bouquet of Hope – Hello”

Just a Little Floral Note

Another dark and rainy day…perfect time to catch up a few outstanding personal projects. I so loved the Weekend Color Challenge when I chose it, back in January, for last week but got a little overwhelmed with how to use all the colors together.  Last week’s Sketch was on my to do list but gotContinue reading “Just a Little Floral Note”

Purr-fectly Happy – Come Sit With Me

Are you a Cat person or a Dog person?  Me – more of a cat lover and my significant other – of course, he is a dog lover! You know the cat won’t come to you, but is purr-fectly happy if you come to it! So, with that in mind, I pulled out an oldContinue reading “Purr-fectly Happy – Come Sit With Me”

Under My Umbrella – Showers of Flowers

Last week’s Sunday Sketch – SS041 got away from me as it is already Friday.  It is a great layout for a scene.  A week ago, a fellow Demonstrator made a card that caught my imagination and reminded me that I really like the stamp set she used and I was inspired to case herContinue reading “Under My Umbrella – Showers of Flowers”

Chinese New Year – Celebrating Happiness

The Weekend Challenge Theme: Year of the OX – Chinese New Year.  Isn’t the image so rich looking!  I love the color combo of gold, navy and cherry. In addition to my challenge, I chose the layout from The Global Design Project team – GDP278. Sketch elements: Stripes, Circle and Banner STRIPES:  I added 1/8”Continue reading “Chinese New Year – Celebrating Happiness”

Birthday Fun – Girls and Boys

This week’s Sunday Sketch – SS040 is a great simple layout.  Pick your colors, pick your theme and you are off to the races. I wanted to make Birthday cards and the colors chosen for these two cards were inspired by two different color challenges. Color Throw Down – CTD628 and CAS Color and SketchContinue reading “Birthday Fun – Girls and Boys”

Scrap Strips…We all have them.  Let’s Make Cards!

This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is another Simple Sketch intended for you to use up some of those half-inch scraps you keep for another day project.  Well today is the day! All of the cards I made use some manner of scrap strips from my bins.  Where the scraps originally came fromContinue reading “Scrap Strips…We all have them.  Let’s Make Cards!”