Best Wishes – Floral Arc

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday…Happy Memorial Weekend.  Have any exciting plans?  We are off to the local Scottish Festival…after all, Clan Johnstone.  Slàinte mhath (Cheers). Hopping in with a quick clean and simple card this morning for Addicted to CAS (#283) Birthday with the Freshly Made (#687) Sketch using a Stencil for Just Us Girls (#776)Continue reading “Best Wishes – Floral Arc”

Beautiful Motifs – Love & Happiness

Welcome back! Already the middle of the week.  Hope you have a great day!  Wedding & Engagement season is upon us…and I created a pretty monochromatic floral card. The challenges: TGIF (#525) Paper Flowers; Double Trouble (#191) Wedding / Anniversary; Color Dare (#651) Jade (Lost Lagoon) plus one (Pretty Peacock); and sharing with Ellibelle’s CraftyContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Love & Happiness”

Holiday Bells – Santa Post

Welcome back!  A few deadlines are looming, and the theme is Christmas… The challenges: Jingle Belles (#2510) Christmas Bells; Krafty Chicks (#767) Christmas Week; and Addicted to Stamps & More (#492) Christmas theme. Bringing it all together with the CAS Colours & Sketches (#560) Four-Square Layout. Here is the result: Steps: The Four-Square block wasContinue reading “Holiday Bells – Santa Post”

Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey

Design Time: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#460) Color Challenge and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#506) Challenge where we copy and selectively edit a card found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 18 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Today’s design incorporates the Just Us Girls (#768) Stencil Challenge andContinue reading “Framed Scenes – Embrace the Journey”

Soft Spring – Simply Said Hello

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#459), we have a wonderful inspiration board.  I was drawn to the Lavendar Patch photograph on the right. The Christmas (or not) Bingo (#12) Board – Letter “B” influenced how I created the card. Here is the result: Steps: I always enjoy the opportunity to doContinue reading “Soft Spring – Simply Said Hello”

It’s Your Day

I am delighted to be the featured as the Crazy Cousin Guest Designer for Double Trouble this month. First Up: Double Trouble (#186) 3-2-1 for three colors – Green, Gold and White; two stencils; and one sentiment.  The challenge includes a twist – to add a shamrock or two and partner with Try A sketchContinue reading “It’s Your Day”

Iced Gingerbread & Coffee – Made with Love

Welcome back! Happy Saturday.  Hoping you will find some time to be creative today. A few challenge themes: Paper Craft Crew (#608) Treats and Caffeinated Christmas (#38) Add a Heart. With the Color Throwdown (#826) Palette and the TGIF (#512) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base toContinue reading “Iced Gingerbread & Coffee – Made with Love”

Corner in Bloom – Hello

Welcome back!  Merrily we go along… A number of challenges today: TGIF (#510) is asking us to use items from the Sale-abration Brochure and I selected the stamp set – Corner in Bloom and the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper.  Today at Stampin’ Through the Catalog, the featured stamp set is Elements of Text, andContinue reading “Corner in Bloom – Hello”

Butterfly Smiles

Welcome back!  It is almost the end of a cold wintery month, and I am dreaming about spring… For the Facebook SU! Color (January) Palette, I chose to play with the 3-2-1 Recipe suggestion at Double Trouble (#183) who is partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#662). Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Butterfly Smiles”

Winter Fun – Valentine

Welcome back! The Season of Love is nye… Today, I am inspired by the card created by Emma Goddard for the Facebook Global Design Project (#480) CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit). My takeaways: Small White Embossed Background, Centre Image/Sentiment and Ribbon detail. My choices were influenced by Retro Rubber (#246) for a Winter Fun themeContinue reading “Winter Fun – Valentine”