By My Side – Hello

Happy Sunday!  A few more challenge deadlines today.  Let’s create. Playing with Creative Colour (#136) and the Tuesday Morning (#752) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch and the Focal Circle image was popped up with Dimensionals. Have Butterflies been visiting with you yet? Continue reading “By My Side – Hello”

Country Flowers – Flower Market

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#685) challenge.  This week, Claire has given us a bright and beautiful set of colors to work with.  Let’s have some fun! I combined this week’s challenge with the Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#644) Layout which I flipped.  I also substituted the new In-Color Summer SplashContinue reading “Country Flowers – Flower Market”

Wild Ferns – Thanks

Welcome back!  I finally had some time to play… The Global Design Project (#440) Team is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a very pretty card created by Nicole Peschke. My take aways include Soft Color Blending, Sploosh Type Stamping, Light Image Stamping, White Die Cuts and General Layout. I selected to keepContinue reading “Wild Ferns – Thanks”

Playing in the Rain – Beautiful You

Welcome back!  Friday…how did that happen?  Have any fun plans for the weekend?  We will be out and about and hoping for lovely weather, but I do think there is rain in the forecast. So, the Inspired By (#284) Inspiration photograph is a stroll in rain gear…and I opted for the retired Beautiful You stampContinue reading “Playing in the Rain – Beautiful You”

Best Birthday Wishes

Hi!  I have the pleasure of being invited to be a Surprise Party Guest (Designer) with the Seize the Birthday Team for the next several weeks. A fun challenge with a Party Topping, if you choose to play along or if not, an Anything Goes Birthday option. The Party Topping (#282) this round is AnyContinue reading “Best Birthday Wishes”

Merry Patterns – Happy Holidays

Welcome back!  A few more deadlines… Playing with Jingle Belles (#2407) and choosing a Cookie for inspiration and using the color palette from Cupcake Inspirations (#591) and bringing them together, the Paper craft Crew (#564) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble a version of theContinue reading “Merry Patterns – Happy Holidays”

Planted Paradise – Thank You

Let’s play!!  It is Tuesday and time to create for this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#455).  The original card can be found on page 69 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog.  I opted to create a thank you card using the Planted Paradise stamp set for today’s Facebook Stampin’ Through The Catalog choice.  IContinue reading “Planted Paradise – Thank You”

Happy Birthday

As I mentioned in the previous post (A Happy Hooray), I was playing with the Color Throwdown (#787) colors, and I created a second card.  This one is a fun Birthday card that can be ideal for a fellow.   Here is the result: Steps: Lots of tactile texture for this cool birthday card.  KeepingContinue reading “Happy Birthday”

A Happy Hooray

A brand-new week.  Happy Monday! Yesterday, I was playing with the Color Throwdown (#787) colors.  These three make up a trifecta of my favorites, yet I struggled with them.  I love the imagery in the inspiration photo.  The color blocking is so Retro and that is where I got my inspiration. Here is the result:Continue reading “A Happy Hooray”

Gorgeously Made – Love that we are Friends

Welcome back!  I am having fun in the Studio today… A few more challenges: Time Out (#260) to include a Striped element; Just Us Girls (#720) for the Colors; and the Freshly Made (#630) Sketch to bring it all together. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Gorgeously Made – Love that we are Friends”