Garden Zinnias – Cheerful Daisies Reimagined

Tuesday – Design time:  Hand Stamped Sentiments (#418) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#416).  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… Be sure to check out the impressive selection of cards created by the DesignContinue reading “Garden Zinnias – Cheerful Daisies Reimagined”

Earthen Textures – Appreciated and Celebrated

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Cardz 4 Guyz (#323) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesdays (#410) showcasing the wonderful Earthen Textures Stamp Set and Dies Bundle.  I chose a vertical or portrait style card to better suit my choices. Inspiration for the card design came from: Double Trouble (#139) partnering with Festive Friday (#135) and choosing theContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Appreciated and Celebrated”

Helping Me Grow – Friend

Still catching up…always takes some time to get back into the groove when you take a break. Several Challenges: Just Add Ink (#651) for the color and floral inspiration; Retro Rubber (#206) for the choices; Happy Little Stampers – Stencils and Watercolor; The Flower Challenge (#80) as I opted for Flowers instead of Teacups; andContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Friend”

Best Day – Have Cake

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#405). Several challenges influenced my choices today: Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog – Best Day stamp set; Just Add Ink (#649) for the colors; Happy Little Stampers (April) for the Stencil; and The Male Room (#173) for Gender and Tools: Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Best Day – Have Cake”

Chic Thanks

Welcome back!  Had a chance to create another card for CAS Colours & Sketches (#507) with the colors from Creative Colour (#81) using a Stencil as suggested by Happy Little Stampers (March).  Let’s play! Here is the result: Steps: That’s it!  Very clean and simple with the Focal Panel popped up with Dimensionals. Thank youContinue reading “Chic Thanks”

Eden’s Garden – Thank You

Afternoon play time…welcome back to the Studio. Given the time of year, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, several challenges have a similar theme: Thank You / Thankful / Grateful.  I have incorporated the ones from Stampin’ Up! Only (#314), Make My Monday (#187) and the option for the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Sketch (#581).Continue reading “Eden’s Garden – Thank You”

Simply Thanks

Welcome back! It was a busy day.  Had my Saturday class and just found a bit of time to create this CAS – clean and simple Thank you card. Knocking off a few challenges: AAA Cards (#226) for the sketch and theme; Less Is More (#476) for the use of stencils; Addicted to CAS (#231)Continue reading “Simply Thanks”

Garden Birdhouses – Your Special Day

Happy Tuesday.  Time again for the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge! This week, we are encouraged to use a Stencil.  Will you use one that comes in a package or will you create your own?  Cannot wait to see what you will create. I chose the current sketch over at Inspire Create (#123) and the colorsContinue reading “Garden Birdhouses – Your Special Day”

You Are Always Loved – Christmas Scottie

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Facebook Case-ing the Catalog challenge (#369). The card sample is essentially a color block.  For my colors, I went to a Random Color Generator Site and set the selector to four colors.  The colors that popped up were similar to Sahara Sand, Soft Suede/Early Espresso, Garden Green and MerryContinue reading “You Are Always Loved – Christmas Scottie”

Celebrate!

Welcome back! I have been given the opportunity to be the featured Designer for the Color Throwdown Team this week.  Such fun to play along. The colors that we get to work with (CTD705) this week are Purple, Red and Green and looking at the inspiration photograph, I selected Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sorbet and ParakeetContinue reading “Celebrate!”