Amber Autumn – Grateful

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#528) Sketch and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#471) Fall Mood Board. Additional Influences: Color Hues (#117) Orange and Green along with Stampin’ Through The Catalog Stamp Set Choice for today: Amber Autumn. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch,Continue reading “Amber Autumn – Grateful”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a wonderful Saturday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#198) and the 3-2-1 game (Layers, Patterned Papers, Sentiment) with a twist to create a Fan Fold and use the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#677) Layout. Additionally, I was influenced by Seize The Birthday (#312) to use Black andContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

You Are Remarkable – Friends

Welcome back!  Friday already…hope you have something wonderful lined up for the weekend. Today’s challenge combination: Time Out (#296) Friendship; Double D (#082025) Butterflies; Creative Colours (#208); brought together with the Freshly Made (#701) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Butterflies wereContinue reading “You Are Remarkable – Friends”

Lift Me Up – Just a Note

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A fun card for you today… Playing with the current color suggestion from Color Hues (#116) for Blue & Red along with the Paper Players (#752) sketch. Additional design influences: Make My Monday (#259) for Hot Air Balloons and adding die-cut letters for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#511) suggestion. Here isContinue reading “Lift Me Up – Just a Note”

Thankful Garden

Welcome back! Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#644).  I selected the Color Dare (#665) palette for this card and am sharing with Addicted to Stamps & More (#500) selecting to use both stencils and dies. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Thankful Garden”

Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate

Design Time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#527) Sketch. Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the May 2025 – Apr 2026 Annual Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it exactly the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcome toContinue reading “Mediterranean Blues – Celebrate”

A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween

Welcome back!  And again, it is the end of the week.  For today’s card, I selected a Halloween theme for Stampin’ Up! Only (#383) and their travelling theme as going door to door for Treats and possibly Tricks fits the bill. I chose the Global Design (#510) Sketch, but I flipped to the Horizontal position.Continue reading “A Travelling We Will Go – Spooky Halloween”

Back To School – For The Serious Scholar

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline.  Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”

Love & Courage

I am delighted to be invited to be a Guest Designer with Just Add ink for the next couple of months.  I am a regular contributor / player with this group of talented designers, so it is fun to be on the other side. I hope my card inspires you and I look forward toContinue reading “Love & Courage”

Rustic Centerpiece – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#643) with a cool layout that lends itself to lots of possibilities.  My choices were influenced by Tic Tac Toe (#277) – Right Line and Beautiful Blossoms (#32) for the Sunflowers. I am also sharing this card with Ellibelle’s I Spy With My Little EyeContinue reading “Rustic Centerpiece – Hello”