Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card

Welcome back!  Can you believe it is almost May?  I had a busy business day yesterday and will be catching up on some end of month challenges. First up – the Cookie Challenge (#191) with a Birthday theme.  The inspiration photo Sprinkles kept niggling at me so, I decided to push through and create aContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Birthday Shaker Card”

A Little Wild – Animal Outing

Design Team Time.  This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#346) we are visiting the Jungle, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#437) Sketch was ideal. Additional inspiration came from Retro Rubber (#229) for the stamp set(s) selection…something older than one year and the items on the Tic Tac Toe Board. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “A Little Wild – Animal Outing”

Pocket Full of Posies – Hello

One more for today… Playing with the TGIF (#470) theme technique – Pocket Full of Posies and selecting the Freshly Made (#633) sketch with the Color Throwdown (#790) color palette and inspiration photo to create my card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  TheContinue reading “Pocket Full of Posies – Hello”

Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#687) challenge.  This week, Joanne has provided us with a Sketch to get our creative juices flowing.  I did a mirror flip as it seemed to suit my choices better. Let’s have some fun!  I selected to use new colors and products from both the new catalogContinue reading “Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible”

Inked & Tiled – Dainty Delight

Welcome back!  Just want to share this card I made for this afternoon’s class. Inspired by both the Creative Colours (#138) palette and the Tuesday Morning (#754) sketch, I decided to play with two of my favorite stamp sets which, alas are retiring…Inked & Tiled and Dainty Delight. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Inked & Tiled – Dainty Delight”

Unbounded Love – More Wishes

Welcome back!  And again, the week is drawing to a close.  Any special weekend plans?  Me? It is going to be a date night… Over at AAA Cards (#263) the clean and simple card theme is Weddings and/or Anniversaries.  When you are long-time married, a date night is a good reason to celebrate even ifContinue reading “Unbounded Love – More Wishes”

Pretty Pastel Pinks – XOXO

Welcome back!  How about a pastel pink Hugs & Kisses card today? I was inspired by Heart’s Quest (#52) Part A – Pink Ombre & XOXOXO and Part B – Stamped Hearts & Pink Heart Doily.  I selected the Atlantic Heart’s (#574) Sketch to bring my ideas together. I am also sharing this card withContinue reading “Pretty Pastel Pinks – XOXO”

Country Flowers – So Lucky

Let’s play!!  It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#457).  The original card can be found on page 10 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.   I am not fond of Shaker Cards, so I converted the layout to a Fun Fold Card. The other challenges: Just Add InkContinue reading “Country Flowers – So Lucky”

Textured Floral – You Make me Smile

Welcome back!  What a pretty Monday…lots of sunshine today…that always makes me happy. Let’s have some fun with new stuff.  The new In-Color Shy Shamrock and two products, the Textured Floral stamp set and coordinating dies along with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder moving forward into the new Catalog, that will be available inContinue reading “Textured Floral – You Make me Smile”

Spring Fling – Life is Better with You.

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#686) challenge.  This week, Jaydee has given us the challenge to create a CAS (clean and simple) card with a Spring Flower theme. CAS…my favorite style!  Let’s have some fun! I combined this week’s challenge with the Color Hues (#85) Palette and the Try a Sketch onContinue reading “Spring Fling – Life is Better with You.”