In The Meadow – Sending Love

Design Time: This round Cardz 4 Guyz (#353) is into the Great Outdoors with an associated activity.  Me?  We are on a camping trip, and this is what we saw in the evening twilight. Other challenges that informed my design decisions.  Inkspirational (#321) Word: Woodland; Farm Quest (#57) Things Found in a Forest; Heart’s QuestContinue reading “In The Meadow – Sending Love”

Eastern Blooms – Hello There

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#444) has a light and breezy summer Mood Board to inspire your creations.  I picked up the colors, the stripes, the flowers and the texture. I opted to go retro with my stamp set choices to play along with the Retro Rubber (#236) Slim-Line Sketch and sharing myContinue reading “Eastern Blooms – Hello There”

A Little Wild – Welcome Baby

Welcome back!  Wow, it is already Sunday…the week went by fast. A number of fun challenges combined this morning.  The Tuesday Morning (#767) Square Sketch which tied in nicely with Christmas (or not) Bingo (#8) line “G” and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#727) for an Anything Goes using Stamps and since I chose an AnimalContinue reading “A Little Wild – Welcome Baby”

Sending Sunshine – Enjoy

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#701) challenge.  This week, Stef has a delightful Summer Beach Mood Board for us.  My take-away?  The top center Beach Ball photograph suggested a clean and simple sketch layout and an opportunity to draw and color my own image. Color Choice: Just Us Girls (#738) and sharingContinue reading “Sending Sunshine – Enjoy”

Christmas in July – Merry Cafe

The month is winding down and a popular challenge theme is Christmas in July.  So, let’s play! The challenges: Alphabet (Letter H) for Holidays, Jingle Belles (#2415) Dashing Through the Snow partnering with Double Trouble (#171) to create an Aperture Snow card. The current Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#651) was perfect for an apertureContinue reading “Christmas in July – Merry Cafe”

Wildflower Designs – On My Mind

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and a quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. I am playing with the Freshly Made (#645) Sketch and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown (#802) with the Addicted to CAS (#263) Nature theme. Here is the result: Steps: And we are done! Truly a #simplestamping card. Continue reading “Wildflower Designs – On My Mind”

Love You Lots

Welcome back!  Off to a slower start today… Playing with the Facebook Global Design Project (#454) Sketch and the current Creative Colours (#150).  I chose to incorporate the animal challenges from: Critter Crazy (#88) and Cupcake Inspirations (#598).  Now you might say that Hedgehogs are not jungle animals but these types of animals are foundContinue reading “Love You Lots”

Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes

Hello again! Today is the day that Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog invites us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a Designer’s Card.  The original card was created by Narelle Farrugia, who is one of Stampin’ Up!’s Artisan Designers.  Her card is lovely. My take-aways from Narelle’s card are: Focal image, Distressed Layers, a LabelContinue reading “Poised Peony – Best Birthday Wishes”

Country Florals – Birthday Card

Design Team time.  Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#467).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 44 of the Annual Catalog.   Each week, a card sample from the catalog is selected and we invite you to re-create it any way you like. The Inspired By (#295) photograph set the path for the choices takenContinue reading “Country Florals – Birthday Card”

Poised Peony – Hello

Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Poised Peony (page 28) today, Thursday June 27th and I decided to play along. So, I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#583) Sketch and to use a Stencil for Just Us Girls (#733) to design my card. Here is the result: Steps: A pretty Hello card. Thanks for spending someContinue reading “Poised Peony – Hello”