Friendly Foliage – Here For You

Design Team Time: The Atlantic Hearts (#670) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: the Give a Crafter a Cookie (#213) suggested colors and Double D (#260218) for a loving Friendship card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Summer Splash cardstock. Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Basic WhiteContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Here For You”

Layers of Beauty – Birthday

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#553).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 26 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  Taking a Memory page and turning it into a card. My design was influenced by: PickContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Birthday”

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”

Spring Tea – Good Friends

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday. Blending a number of similar challenges for a lovely friendship card. Starting with the Just Us Girls (#811) Mood Board with a sweet “drink” image in soft pinks and tying in the Inspired By (#366) Tea Garden Inspiration Photo. Adding in some Chocolate for As You See It (#366) with aContinue reading “Spring Tea – Good Friends”

Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s to hoping you have a chance to be creative. Playing with the Freshly Made (#724) Sketch which I flipped to the horizontal position. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#203) Palette which felt like “guy” colors and Litte Red Wagon (#846) Celebrating You theme for a graphically designedContinue reading “Let’s Celebrate – Stripes & Dots”

Much Luck & Good Fortune

Welcome back!  Celebrating Chinese New Year I am playing with: Festive Friday (#203) incorporating several of the required elements for a clean and simple shaped card for Krafty Chicks (#808) and Shopping Our Stash (#567). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock die-cut off the edgeContinue reading “Much Luck & Good Fortune”

Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts

Hi again!  Popping in with a quick card for a challenge deadline. Inspired By (#375) has a Berries theme… and I chose the Paper Craft Crew (#661) Sketch, which I flipped. I just needed to dig out a collection of Vintage papers from my stash. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½”Continue reading “Berry Blossoms – Sharing Sweet Thoughts”

Christmas Special Delivery

Hi again!  Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#552).  Where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s card can be found on page 23 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Adding to my 2026 Holiday card collection, I chose to create a Christmas card and flippedContinue reading “Christmas Special Delivery”

Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Several challenges are sporting the color Red. Inspiration Station (#82) Mood Photo reminded me that I had some pretty blossom dies in the retired Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies set, so I dug it out and paired it with the Paper Craft Crew (#660) Sketch. ThisContinue reading “Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage”

Nature’s Symphony – Smile

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  A dreary day that requires a little sunshine and smiles… Playing with the “Scrappy” Strip card sketch from Sunday Stamps (#379) and choosing the Creative Colour (#227) bright and happy palette. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Accent Mat: (5⅛” xContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – Smile”