The young man next door had a spectacular year. He had the highest overall SAT score as well as the highest composite ACT score at his high school. That is amazing and well deserved. With graduation around the corner and University to look forward to…this card is for him. Welcome to the newest Cardz 4Continue reading “Congrats!”
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Thoughtful Journey – Thanks
Tuesday! Design Team time… Combining Hand Stamped Sentiments (#438) Inspiration Board with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#460) Layout from page 130 of the Annual Catalog and sharing with Ellibelle’s May Crafty Wednesday Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Given the background scenery,Continue reading “Thoughtful Journey – Thanks”
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”