Welcome to both the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge (#398) and the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge (#305) launching today! This week, I am combing both of my team challenges. We have a great Sketch over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and a great Technique, Distressing, just perfect for Guy cards at Cardz 4 Guyz. Let the funContinue reading “Ringed with Nature – Friends”
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Garden Birdhouses – Your Special Day
Happy Tuesday. Time again for the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge! This week, we are encouraged to use a Stencil. Will you use one that comes in a package or will you create your own? Cannot wait to see what you will create. I chose the current sketch over at Inspire Create (#123) and the colorsContinue reading “Garden Birdhouses – Your Special Day”
Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate
The challenge theme for the FUSION sketch is Wine & Cheese. How appropriate as we visited a winery yesterday. I selected the retired stamp set, Tuscan Vineyard, to play with. I chose to create another one-layer clean and simple card for the INKspirational (#271) challenge and did a bit of Blender Pen water coloring soContinue reading “Splendid Thoughts – Let’s Celebrate”
Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference
Happy Tuesday. Time again for the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge! Be sure to check out all the great projects made by the Design Team. This week, the theme is “Get a Little Dirty”, and we mean for you to add some Grunge and/or Distressing to your project. Cannot wait to see what you will create.Continue reading “Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference”
Forever Friendship – Time For A Card
An interesting challenge issued by the TGIF Team this week. A Few of Your Favorite Things… How do you pick? Giving the matter some thought, here are a few: Earthy Colors. Texture. Heat-Set Embossing (a definite go-to for me). A Stamp Set that is versatile. A pun that is not too cute, but elicits aContinue reading “Forever Friendship – Time For A Card”
Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday
We have a really fun challenge for you today at Cardz 4 Guyz! How many of you collect/keep odds and sods because you just know that you can repurpose them into something great. Do you, do it? Pull them out and play along with us: RECYCLE SOMETHING! I selected a few challenges to help meContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday”
Better Places – Happy Father’s Day
Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#294) is to create a Tag or add a Tag to your card. Bringing it all together, I was inspired by: Time Out Challenge (#211) Outdoor Theme; Just Add Ink Challenge (#599) – Favorite Animal; and Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Challenge (#352) for the Slim-Line Sketch. Here is theContinue reading “Better Places – Happy Father’s Day”
Blessings of Home – Have a Perfect Birthday
It’s Tuesday!! Let’s have some fun. Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Sketch Challenge (#349) and Stampin’ Through the Catalog Facebook Challenge – Blessings of Home stamp set. I chose the colors from my Inque Spot Studio Weekend Keep Stamping suggestion and played with the Tic Tac Toe (#154) and the Make My Monday (#171) challenges to createContinue reading “Blessings of Home – Have a Perfect Birthday”
Enjoy the Moment
Welcome back! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Today I am playing with the current sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches (#460). The stamp set, Enjoy the Moment, hasn’t seen a lot of love lately and I was looking for an opportunity to use it. This sketch seemed ideal. I picked the current colorsContinue reading “Enjoy the Moment”
Welcoming Woods – Seasonal Meadow
Welcome to Monday…a brand new week! To complement the Colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge (#457), I chose the current Freshly Made Sketch Challenge (#523). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Very Vanilla cardstock. Frame: (3” x 4⅜”) Early Espresso cardstock die-cut with two of theContinue reading “Welcoming Woods – Seasonal Meadow”
The Inque Spot Studio 