Beauty of Friendship – Inspired Colors

Chasing a few more deadlines… At Just Us Girls (#668), the team is looking for a CAS (clean and simple) card that showcases coloring.  What can be better than the lovely Pretty Medallion stamp?  I chose the colors selected by Color Throwdown (#731) for this one. Here is the result: Steps: The Colored Medallion PanelContinue reading “Beauty of Friendship – Inspired Colors”

Bamboo Sunset

I don’t know about you, but for me a really clean and simple styled card is often just right for a man.  Straight forward and to the point.  Here is my take on Nature for The Male Room (#171) challenge for February.  I decided to pair it with the February Orange color challenge from GiveContinue reading “Bamboo Sunset”

Best Day – Happy Birthday

Good Morning!  A quick little Birthday card for you. Inspiration: Time Out (#232) celebrating their 9th Anniversary.  I chose the sketch from TGIF (#407) and the colors suggested by the Global Design Project (#381) team.   Congrats to Time Out and to many more challenges to come… Here is the result: Steps: The Fussy-cut elements wereContinue reading “Best Day – Happy Birthday”

Perfectly Detailed – Love You

Had a chance to catch up with Try Stampin’ On Tuesdays (#590) challenge and marry it with the colors suggested for January by the Facebook SU! Colour challenge…showcasing the lovely Perfectly Detailed stamp. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The larger Flower was poppedContinue reading “Perfectly Detailed – Love You”

Biggest Wish – Let’s Set Sail

Need a quick birthday card for a guy?  I have one for you… Working with Creative Colours (#73) and the suggested sketch presented by Global Design Project (#378). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Sails and Greeting were popped up with Dimensionals. ThanksContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Let’s Set Sail”

Peace to You at Christmas

One last card for today… Playing with the CAS Colours & Sketches (#498) combined sketch and color challenge. My card is a loose interpretation.  A square shape with overlapping images.  My image, from the Peace to You stamp set (which had not yet seen ink) is essentially a square.  The image has four almost overlappingContinue reading “Peace to You at Christmas”

Eden’s Garden Wreath – Hello

I am delighted to be invited to be a Guest with the Tic Tac Toe Team this week.  I was given Challenge (#179) and I selected the Center Vertical Column: Wreath, Wood and Patterned Paper. Let the fun begin…I selected a number of concurrent challenges to inform my selections. Starting with the Alphabet (Letter L)Continue reading “Eden’s Garden Wreath – Hello”

Pretty Medallion – Just Because

Happy Tuesday and a few more challenges: Hand Stamped Sentiments (#393) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday challenge (#364).  Over at Use Your Stuff (#452), the Mood Board had lots of elements.  I gravitated to the Watercolor and the Flower images and those influenced my choice to use a few watercolor techniques and select the Pretty MedallionContinue reading “Pretty Medallion – Just Because”

Oceanfront – Summer Birthday

Welcome back to Tuesday.  Working on a summer masculine birthday card to showcase both the Cardz4Guyz (#299) Theme and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#392) Sketch. and I mixed these up with a few more summer themed challenges:  Seize the Birthday (#241) and Stampin’ Up! Only (#304). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Oceanfront – Summer Birthday”

There is Hope on the Horizon – World of Dreams

So much happening in the world…hard not to be affected by it. Today, I took inspiration from several current challenges: AAA Cards Challenge (#210) for Style; Alphabet Challenge – Letter “Y” for Colors; Retro Rubber Blog Challenge (#178) for Stamp Set choices and a stepped of version of Simple Stamping re: The Inque Spot StudioContinue reading “There is Hope on the Horizon – World of Dreams”