RIDICLOUSLY AWESOME – Birthday

December 27, 2020 I quick post today. CASE-ING TUESDAY #283.  Stepped Up version with colors from Colour INKspiration CI90 for my niece’s who is celebrating her birthday today. Birthday Celebrations certainly fits the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – WWC302 too! I decided to use the Stepped-Up version of the card.  If you have the current catalog,Continue reading “RIDICLOUSLY AWESOME – Birthday”

Blossoms in Bloom – Happy Birthday

Today I created a card for the Global Design Challenge – GDP272.  Case the Designer: Kerstin Kreis. My take away from Kerstin’s card is the use of subtle colors, blending, a side die-cut border and a circular element. I chose to use the Ornate Borders Dies for the side die-cut and Blushing Bride and SoftContinue reading “Blossoms in Bloom – Happy Birthday”

SIP, SIP, HOORAY – Cheers Card

Keep Stamping Saturday // Sunday Sketch – SS033 Let’s start with a very Merry, Merry to all that are celebrating at this time of year.  It is Christmas Day and I now have a chance to relax and give myself a little gift. Did Holiday prep get in the way of your crafting?  It certainlyContinue reading “SIP, SIP, HOORAY – Cheers Card”

Great Layout #3

Friday Simple Stamping – Sketch Challenge December 18, 2020 The last #simplestamping challenge of the year.  If you have time to create over the Holidays, review all of the sketches for this and the last two weeks, make some cards and have fun! Today’s sketch is another easy layout.  Your choice of paper, stamp(s) andContinue reading “Great Layout #3”

FREE AS A BIRD – Friendship Card

STAMPIN’ UP! 31 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 17 CHALLENGE Woke up this morning and discovered that Clare Langsford from Stampin’ Up! issued a Make A Card / Send A Card Color Challenge for the 17th Day of Christmas!  I needed a color inspiration because so many of the challenges I have been working onContinue reading “FREE AS A BIRD – Friendship Card”

FLORAL HAPPINESS – 2021 Sneak Peeks

December 16, 2020 CASE-ING TUESDAY #281 and #282.  Sneak Peeks from the new January – June 2021 Mini Catalog. Using the Sketches from the August – December 2020 Mini Catalog and mixing in new products, you can see how great the card samples and sketch layouts are.  So much fun to see how you canContinue reading “FLORAL HAPPINESS – 2021 Sneak Peeks”

ENJOY THE MOMENT – Friendship Card

Sunday Sketch – SS032 Never too late to get a project completed.  The important thing is that I got it done and I am pretty happy with how it turned out! Here is what I came up with…using a new stamp set: Enjoy the Moment that will be available in January.  An organic nature setContinue reading “ENJOY THE MOMENT – Friendship Card”

Jolly Gingerbread

Keep Stamping Saturday Challenge Did you know that Saturday, December 12th is Gingerbread House Day? It is also Poinsettia Day, but I chose to do Gingerbread. I really like the little house in the current Paper Pumpkin kit. Here is what I created: Similar to the other Gingerbread House I created last week, I usedContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread”

Great Layout #2

Friday Simple Stamping – Sketch Challenge December 11, 2020 Continuing to encourage you to be creative and to craft, I have selected another easy layout that helps you to make lovely cards.  Your choice of paper, stamp and ink will yield very different looks.  Using this layout, I created three cards.  Using different techniques and/orContinue reading “Great Layout #2”

HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS – Blow Your Candles

Keep Stamping Saturday // Sunday Sketch – SS031 I just can’t seem to keep up.  Perhaps it is because the holidays are rolling in… My Saturday Keep Stamping theme was Candles. According to the international calendar of days, Saturday was Candle Day.  Saturday came and went. Maybe I could combine Saturday’s theme with Sunday’s Sketch. Continue reading “HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS – Blow Your Candles”