Welcome back! A bunch of ideas have been percolating in my brain as I pondered what to do with sets of colors, some open themes, a tool usage and various sketches. These were the ones I settled on. Firstly, the colors: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#158); then the theme: TGIF (#456); thirdly using stencils for Just UsContinue reading “Circle Sayings – Happy Birthday”
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Snow Much Fun – Snowball Fight
Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#673) challenge. Claire has selected a clean & simple card style with a Winter Fun theme. Let’s have some fun! I selected the retired Snow Much Fun stamp set (Circa 2011) for the Retro Rubber (#222) theme, also Winter Fun and the Snowflake Stencil from the nowContinue reading “Snow Much Fun – Snowball Fight”
Happy Birthday – Doodled Gifts
Welcome back! So much to do in the House of J to get ready for Christmas, but I couldn’t resist creating a card for couple of afternoon deadlines. Paper Players (#670) colors with the Sketch Saturday (#740) layout for a #simplestamping card. Just stamps, ink, paper and a little doodling. I am also sharing thisContinue reading “Happy Birthday – Doodled Gifts”
Marvelous Nature – You Matter
A second card for today…it is going to be a busy week and I have a deadline for a favorite challenge coming due. Festive Friday (#148) International Animal Rights Day and sharing with Critter Crazy (#81). Here is the result: Steps: And that is it! Thanks for spending some more of your time with meContinue reading “Marvelous Nature – You Matter”
Pink Christmas Coffee Gnome
How about a Christmas card to switch things up? Playing with Jingle Belles (2321) for the October Breast Cancer Awareness Color Pink and chose Caffeinated Christmas (#22) for the subject image. Sharing with Krafty Chicks (#685) and Happy Little Stampers (October) selecting the Slim Line card layout from CAS Colours & Sketches (#523). Here isContinue reading “Pink Christmas Coffee Gnome”
Abundant Beauty Sunflower – Thinking of You
Welcome back! A few new things arrived from Stampin’ Up! and I wanted to experiment. Playing with the new Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks (available September 6th) and the current colors suggested by Paper Players (#653). I decided to create a Fun Fold card and share with Creative Creases (#63). Here is the result: Steps: FunContinue reading “Abundant Beauty Sunflower – Thinking of You”
Gorgeous Leaves – Just Wanted To Say
Hi! A new set of challenges and I have the house all to myself today! Play Time! A clean and simple card for Addicted to CAS (#244) including the elements suggested by The Male Room (#177) and the colors I picked from Color Dare (#560) with the Sketch Saturday (#732) layout. Here is the result:Continue reading “Gorgeous Leaves – Just Wanted To Say”
In The Moment – You Are The Best
Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#421). Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start… Today, I was inspired by Heart’s Quest (#36) Best Friends Day; Tic Tac Toe (#221) for Color, Tools andContinue reading “In The Moment – You Are The Best”
Eclectic Stencils – Just Wanted To Say…
Welcome back! A quick clean and simple card for today. Mixing up a the Just Add Ink (#664) colors with the cool sketch from Freshly Made (#597) using Stencils for Happy Little Stampers (August). Here is the result: Steps: Add a bit of bling – a few Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the Floral elementsContinue reading “Eclectic Stencils – Just Wanted To Say…”
Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes
Welcome back! A late post, a busy day. Had a great class and now I have time to play… A couple of food related challenges are floating about in blog land, so I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Infinite Goodness. Paper Players (#649) for a CAS (clean and simple) Bon AppetitContinue reading “Pear Pair Perfection – Birthday Wishes”