Big Hugs – Balloon Celebration

Welcome back!  Hoping you have an opportunity to be creative this weekend. CAS time!  There are few clean and simple challenges about: Addicted to CAS (#259) asking for Balloons and CAS on Friday (#284) asking for Hugs.  I selected the Just Add Ink (#704) Color Palette to complete my idea. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Big Hugs – Balloon Celebration”

Love Blooms – Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday…a little red, white and blue for the Memorial Day weekend.  Playing with the AAA Cards (#266) Sketch that included three shapes for clean and simple card. My choices were influenced by Just Us Girls (#728) to use Stencils; Just Add Ink (#703) to choose two – Bright Colors and a BirthdayContinue reading “Love Blooms – Birthday Wishes”

Loyal Leaves

Alas, my time as a Surprise Party Guest with Seize the Birthday has come to an end.  It has been a pleasure to create with the team. My last Party Topping (#285) this round is to “Use Metallics”.  I selected the new Textured Metallic Specialty Paper and Gold Embossing Powder for my metallic elements. IContinue reading “Loyal Leaves”

Sailing Home – Celebrating You

Welcome back!  Happy Tuesday… Had a chance to sneak a card in to capture a deadline over at Just Us Girls (#727) for a summery Mood Board incorporating the spotlight Technique for Inkspirational (#316) and creating a clean and simple styled card for AAA Cards (#265) with a Birthday theme. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Sailing Home – Celebrating You”

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”