A few more clean and simple challenges… Sketch: Freshly Made (#528); Greeting and Color: Seize the Birthday (#234) and Theme: CASology (#401). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Soft Sea Foam cardstock. Accent Mat: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Evening Evergreen cardstock. Background Panel: (3¾” x 5”) Basic White cardstock.Continue reading “Guy Greetings – Hats Off To You!”
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Butterfly Brilliance – It’s Your Day!
Chasing a deadline… Playing with the Sketch Saturday (#696) layout and the Make My Monday (#170) colors. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Card Front: (5” x 3¾”) Basic White cardstock. Using Stampin’ Write Markers, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy, the “arrow”Continue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – It’s Your Day!”
Rainbows and Sunshine – Happiest of Birthdays
Several Rainbow themed challenges this week. Let’s be a little unconventional and play! For the theme: Inspiration Station (#26) and Global Design Project (#335) and the color ideology from the Paper Craft Crew (#463) to use non-traditional rainbow colors. So, let’s use the colors suggested by the Stampin’ Up! Concept Artists and the Tuesday MorningContinue reading “Rainbows and Sunshine – Happiest of Birthdays”
In The Moment – Relax
The Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog Challenge for today, Thursday is to use the In the Moment stamp set. I selected the square card sketch from the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge (#465) and the colors suggested by Color Throwdown Challenge (#685). I rarely make square cards, nor use a lot of Orange. So, here isContinue reading “In The Moment – Relax”
Artfully Layered – Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! Let’s explore Clean & Simple… Several challenges are related to this style of cardmaking this week. Sketch: CAS Colours & Sketches (#462); for Subject Theme: Paper Players (#583) and Colors or lack thereof, Double Trouble (#106) partnering with Use Your Stuff (#444). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (7” x 6” scoredContinue reading “Artfully Layered – Birthday Wishes”
Tasteful Touches – Thank You
It’s Tuesday!! Let’s have some fun. Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Sketch Challenge (#348) and Just Add Ink (#595) Inspiration Challenge for a quick card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock. Accent Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Evening Evergreen cardstock. Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Soft Succulent andContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – Thank You”
Inspiring Canopies – What a Beautiful Day
Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#292) is to create a card celebrating the Equinox. Seasonal Changes are officially here…we have just past March 21st. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere like I do, Spring has arrived. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, Autumn is just beginning. Both of these seasons areContinue reading “Inspiring Canopies – What a Beautiful Day”
Spring Tulips – So Glad We’re Family
Our current challenge at HANDSTAMPED SENTIMENTS (#385) is an Inspiration Board. I opted to use the Mason Jar, the Tulips and a variation of the Happy Mother’s Day sentiment. Additional Inspiration: Colors: Just Us Girls (#624), Theme: Crafter’s Café (#283) and CAS on Fridays (#227), CAS (clean and simple) Style: CAS on Friday (#227), TGIFContinue reading “Spring Tulips – So Glad We’re Family”
Honeybee Home – You’re the Nicest
A quick little card for the Freshly Made Sketches (#527) challenge and the Color Throwdown (#684) challenge… Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Gray Granite cardstock. Background Panel: (5⅜” x 4⅛”) Basic White cardstock. The sentiment, You’re the nicest, was stamped with Gray Granite ink in the upperContinue reading “Honeybee Home – You’re the Nicest”
Anything is Possible – Hand-Penned Petals
Before the weekend begins again, I am just getting around to the Inque Spot Studio Client Sketch Challenge from last weekend (SS023). Somehow, time gets the better of me…or perhaps…I try to do too much…but playing in the Studio makes me very happy! I chose to work with the current colors suggested by the FacebookContinue reading “Anything is Possible – Hand-Penned Petals”