Sailing Home – All the Best

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline or two… Addicted to CAS (#308) for a clean and simple card featuring Travel. Choosing CAS Colours & Sketches (#586) for the Palette and Sunday Stamps (#386) for the Sketch. Adding in Just Us Girls (#825) to use Stencils and going Masculine for Krafty Chicks (#822) and TGIF (#579). HereContinue reading “Sailing Home – All the Best”

Peace and Joy

Hi again!  A little Holiday Cheer for you today. The challenges: Over at Jingle Belles (#2609), the theme is related to Earth Day and to upcycle materials on hand.  As such, I went through my bins of bits and pieces left over from various projects. My design was influenced by Just Us Girls (#821) toContinue reading “Peace and Joy”

All The Good Things – Sending Love

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… Today, I have chose the color palette from Color Dare (#696) and the Sunday Stamps (#382) sketch for today’s card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Focal Oval and the Sentiment were popped up with Dimensionals and a fewContinue reading “All The Good Things – Sending Love”

Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage

Hello there!  Design Time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts (#674) Sketch Challenge. My design was influenced by the Inspired By (#380) Colors and Foliage Designs on the Eggs and Can You Handle The Pressure (#260314) Anything Goes using a complimentary Embossing Folder. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage”

Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best

Welcome back!  Monday and a brand-new week full of creative opportunities. Today I am playing with: Addicted to Stamps and More (#511) to Make My Mark with coloring techniques and/or tools. I chose the TGIF (#565) Inspiration Image, recreating it with a few stamped images and coloring tools.  Choosing the Color Dare (#691) Palette andContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You the Best”

Bloom with Hope

Welcome back!  Delving into my personal stash as a happy paper hoarder for this one… Playing with the Freshly Made (#723) Sketch. My design was influenced by: Retro Rubber (#265) Tic Tac Toe – Die Cut / Pearls / and Pretty Papers for my free choice; Paper Players (#772) for the Colors; and choosing aContinue reading “Bloom with Hope”

Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. I can no longer ignore the Valentine push.  I only truly make but one valentine card for my husband yet, the challenge blog world is forcing my hand…that said, I went to my stash of retired goodies for this one. Starting with Festive Friday (#202)Continue reading “Sure Do Love You – Heart Happiness”

Sunrise Sailing – Paradise

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s hoping you can find some time to be creative… Today I am playing with Alphabet (Letter U) for an Uplifting sentiment and choosing the Creative Colour (#226) Palette. For the Freshly Made (#722) Sketch which I flipped to a mirror vertical slimline card adding Dies for Addicted to Stamps andContinue reading “Sunrise Sailing – Paradise”

Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…

Welcome back!  How I roll in the Studio… I am playing with Just Us Girls (#808) to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card from one of the Design Team members.  Today I selected Lisa Elton’s card which I flipped to the vertical position. Additional Influences: Inspired By (#373) with a Hot Drink theme, theContinue reading “Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…”

To A Great Guy at Christmas – Nature’s Symphony

I’m back.  Chasing another deadline.  This time for Jingle Belles (#2602) to create with Something Old and Something New. My design decisions were influenced by Double Trouble (#208) with 3 Colors (Blue, Green and Orange), 2 Images (Popped Up Creatures) and 1 Sentiment, add a Penguin and use the Try Sketch on Tuesday (#687) Layout.Continue reading “To A Great Guy at Christmas – Nature’s Symphony”