Latte Love French Press – Cup Stack

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#690) challenge.  This week, Anne-Marie needs to tickle her punny-bone and is looking for a humorous CAS (clean and simple) card.  I hope a little coffee humor makes you smile… I selected the color palette suggested by Color Throwdown (#793) along with the Freshly Made (#636) SketchContinue reading “Latte Love French Press – Cup Stack”

Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  What a busy Monday I have had.  Just getting around to making a quick and easy, #simplestamping, clean and simple card for a number of challenges, many sporting a similar theme. First off, a birthday card to celebrate AAA Cards (#265) 10th Anniversary…anything goes. I selected Just Us Girls (#726) Word – Garden;Continue reading “Sweet Garden Floral – Happy Birthday”

Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday

Hi!  Round three as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#284) this time is “Beach”. I took additional inspiration from: Retro Rubber (#230) for a Nautical element and Shopping Our Stash (#521) for the Water element and selected the colors suggested by CAS Colours & Sketches (#536) toContinue reading “Ocean Beach View – Grand Birthday”

Sunshine & Smiles

How about one more… Over at As You See It (#322), we are asked what our least used color is.  For me, except a little in the Autumn, I rarely use Pumpkin Pie. I chose to create a clean and simple card with this color for CAS on Friday (#282) Sunshine and Addicted to CASContinue reading “Sunshine & Smiles”

Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes

Hi again!  This afternoon, I wanted to play with the Just Us Girls (#725) color combination. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#750) layout. and worked with Make My Monday (#225) Florals and chose to create a clean and simple card for Simply Clean & Simple (#11), who also has an optional twist for Flowers. HereContinue reading “Layers of Beauty – Best Wishes”

Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day

Welcome back!  A few of our plans got rained out today…so I am happy to be in the Studio. Today, I started with the Atlantic Hearts (#575) Slim Line Sketch. Inspiration for my design came from: Beautiful Blossoms (#16) and specifically the color palette, the Four Seasons (May) Mood Board for the delicacy of theContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Happy Mother’s Day”

Bold Butterfly – Dream

Hi again!  Playing around in the Studio… Inspiration: Just Us Girls (#724) Anything Goes with Stencils…but what?  How about Ellibelle’s I Spy (#14) Something with Wings.  Then I opted for a clean and simple card using the AAA Cards (#264) Sketch and to share it with Simply Clean & Simple (#10). Here is the result:Continue reading “Bold Butterfly – Dream”

Unbounded Love – More Wishes

Welcome back!  And again, the week is drawing to a close.  Any special weekend plans?  Me? It is going to be a date night… Over at AAA Cards (#263) the clean and simple card theme is Weddings and/or Anniversaries.  When you are long-time married, a date night is a good reason to celebrate even ifContinue reading “Unbounded Love – More Wishes”

Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card

Hi!  Round two as a Surprise Party Guest with the Seize the Birthday Team. The Party Topping (#283) this time is “Off the Edge” and I created a mock step fold card, so I would have edges to decorate using the delicious green/blue colors from the Sunday Stamps (#333) suggested palette and sharing with CreativeContinue reading “Hooray for Surprises – Hello Birthday Card”

Cheerful Daisies – Friendship

Hi again!  The other day when perusing Instagram, where I seem to get a lot of Zentangle clips, I saw one that intrigued me.  I wondered if I could do that. There are a number of CAS (Clean & Simple) Challenges about, so I thought I would give it a go. The challenges: Double TroubleContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Friendship”