Cheerful Daisies – Thanks

Welcome back!  Starting the week off with a quick clean and simple card for you. I am playing with the delightful Freshly Made (#646) Sketch and the great Color combo suggested by Creative Colour (#252). Here is the result: Steps: Completing the card, the Daisies were popped up with Dimensionals. A fun summer bright thankContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Thanks”

Floral Anniversary Card – Ephemera Packs

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#587) Sketch and chose the Colors suggested at Inspired By (#299) creating an Anniversary card for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#7). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and both the FlowersContinue reading “Floral Anniversary Card – Ephemera Packs”

Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#700) challenge.  This week, LeAnne has a super sketch for us.  Three basic shapes and lots of possibilities. Inspiration:  If You Give A Crafter a Cookie (#194) Aloha Hibiscus; Beautiful Blossoms (#19) for their Tropical Floral Mood Board; and choosing four of the Color Dare (#610) SixContinue reading “Happiest Day – Tropical Thinking of You”

Planted Paradise – Love You

Welcome back.  A few Friday deadlines are creeping up on me… I am playing with Inkspirational (#320) to use more than one company’s product(s) and using a Close To My Heart Die that I was gifted with the current Sketch Saturday (#755) layout and combining that with Heart’s Quest (#58) and Farm Quest (#56) whoContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Love You”

Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars

Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#470) Design Team time.  Our weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found in the Stampin’ Up Catalogs. The card we are case-ing this week is on page 72 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-create it any way you like. Inspiration for my design: Time Out (#268); AsContinue reading “Seaside Wishes – Collecting Sand Dollars”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Christmas in July – Merry Cafe

The month is winding down and a popular challenge theme is Christmas in July.  So, let’s play! The challenges: Alphabet (Letter H) for Holidays, Jingle Belles (#2415) Dashing Through the Snow partnering with Double Trouble (#171) to create an Aperture Snow card. The current Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#651) was perfect for an apertureContinue reading “Christmas in July – Merry Cafe”

Wildflower Designs – On My Mind

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and a quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. I am playing with the Freshly Made (#645) Sketch and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown (#802) with the Addicted to CAS (#263) Nature theme. Here is the result: Steps: And we are done! Truly a #simplestamping card. Continue reading “Wildflower Designs – On My Mind”

He’s All That – A Classic

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, I am playing with a stripped-down version of the Atlantic Hearts (#586) Sketch and the colors suggested by Retro Rubber (#235) for a fun little guy card. My color translation: Soft Sea Foam; Lemon Lolly; Daffodil Delight; Azure Afternoon; Lost Lagoon; and Balmy Blue. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “He’s All That – A Classic”

Friends for Life – Happy Birthday

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#699) challenge.  This week, Joanne has asked us to create a clean and simple Birthday card.  A favorite style of mine! I took inspiration from several other current CAS challenges to design my card slipping in one extra for the color choices.  To be considered for aContinue reading “Friends for Life – Happy Birthday”