Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Glad to be back.  We had a 24-hour power failure due to those strong pop-up summer storms yesterday and I think I had withdrawal symptoms. Anyway, catching up with Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured stamp set, Gallery Blooms, and pairing it with the Color Hues (#112) Palette and selecting to create aContinue reading “Gallery Blooms – Happy Birthday”

Beach Poppies – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  A little afternoon Studio time…for another clean and simple card. The challenges: Just Us Girls (#780) with a Mood Board featuring pretty Beach Poppies and sharing with Creative Colour (#199) as this week’s palette is reflected in the Inspiration Photo. I selected the current sketch over at As You See It (#350) toContinue reading “Beach Poppies – Thinking of You”

Water Drops – Charming Day

Welcome back!  Monday – a fresh start to the week. It’s still incredibly hot and I was drawn to several challenges featuring a water theme.  Addicted to CAS (#285); Inspire Create (#195) and TGIF (#530). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base with the Focal Image popped up withContinue reading “Water Drops – Charming Day”

Let’s Set Sail – Summer Boating

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Time for a little creative expression by escaping to the Studio on this very hot day. Order of the day – clean and simple for CAS on Friday (#311) with a Summer theme; Retro Rubber (#257) featuring older stamps with their Tic Tac Toe Board choices – right side: Stencil /Continue reading “Let’s Set Sail – Summer Boating”

Breathtaking Bouquet – Celebrate

Welcome back! It’s Saturday and I have a nice card for you today… The challenges: Beautiful Blossoms (#30) featuring a Patriotic Bouquet; Paper Craft Crew (#626) Patriotic Colors; and Atlantic Hearts (#634) for the Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch which I flippedContinue reading “Breathtaking Bouquet – Celebrate”

Beautiful Butterflies – On My Mind

Hi again!  I have a lovely card for you this afternoon inspired by Kim McGillis… Over at Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog yesterday, Kim, a Stampin’ Up! Artisan, was featured, and we are invited to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) her card. There was so much to like…White on White, Texture, Framing, Blending… My creativeContinue reading “Beautiful Butterflies – On My Mind”

Perfectly Pears – A Perfect Pair

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful Friday. Today I have a clean and simple card for a number of different challenges. Tic Tac Toe (#273) left line: Love, CAS, and Scoring; Paper Players (#742) CAS with a Fruit theme; Krafty Chicks (#773) for their CAS week; and choosing the Freshly Made (#691) Sketch which isContinue reading “Perfectly Pears – A Perfect Pair”

Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday

Hi again!  Isn’t it fun when you have some time to play and create?  Trying to get ahead so I have time to enjoy the weekend Seize the Birthday (#307) gave us the option to create a Fancy Fold card, and I tried my hand at a Gate Fold Book Bind using the lovely Facebook’sContinue reading “Charming Day – Floral Impressions Birthday”

Fun on Wheels – Summer Cycling

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday… Today I am creating a card for Double Trouble (#193) and their 3-2-1 Recipe with a Masculine Twist and partnering with Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#672) by delving into my stash of retired goodies.  Sometimes, favorites just  have to come out and play! Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Fun on Wheels – Summer Cycling”

Perfectly Pears – Good Friend

Welcome back!  Welcome to Wednesday… Back to clean and simple for a few challenges this morning.  Claire’s Paper Players (#742) featuring a Fruit theme; CAS Colours & Sketches (#562) Nine-Block layout; and choosing the Creative Colours (#198) Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketchContinue reading “Perfectly Pears – Good Friend”