Valentine Vase – With Love

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#665).  Lots of layers, lots of opportunity, kept simple with a unifying color. My design was influenced by: Facebook’s Global Design Project (#531) Heart theme, Addicted to CAS (#299) Glass theme, and choosing the Color Dare (#686) Pink Palette. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Valentine Vase – With Love”

Grand Adventure – Birthday Card

Designing for: Cardz 4 Guyz (#382) with a theme entitled Epic Adventure this round and I am taking the Scenic Route… Additional challenges that informed my choices: The Male Room (#206) to add a Tag; Make My Monday (#268) to use Patterned Paper; Addicted To Stamps & More (#208) for a Birthday Theme; and sharingContinue reading “Grand Adventure – Birthday Card”

Holiday Delight – Joyful Tidings

Welcome back!  Almost mid-month and the Holiday Blog Challenges continue, getting you ready for the 2026 Christmas season. So, today, I am playing with: Jingle Belles (#2601) to reuse or repurpose Gift Wrapping for creating a card and Krafty Chicks (#802) for their Christmas theme. I chose the colors suggested by Color Hues (#124) andContinue reading “Holiday Delight – Joyful Tidings”

Nature’s Beauty – It’s Your Day

Welcome back!  I have a masculine winter birthday card for you today… Playing with the Facebook’s Global Design Project (#529) Color challenge. Design choices were influenced by: Four Seasons (#2601) Winter Animal Inspiration Board; Farm Quest (#79) Snowy Mountains; Seize The Birthday (#318) Snowflake Background; and sharing with Colorful Options (#2601) Blue & White WinterContinue reading “Nature’s Beauty – It’s Your Day”

Always Here For You – Lovely Arrangements

Welcome back!  Catching up with time in the Studio…mixing new with old… Today, I am playing with the following challenges: Just Us Girls (#805) Word Week – Encouragement; Little Red Wagon (#840) Something New; and bringing my ideas together with the Sunday Stamps (#376) Sketch. Don’t you just love when new stuff arrives? New ProductsContinue reading “Always Here For You – Lovely Arrangements”

Sweet Thoughts – I Love You

Welcome back!  A New Year and a bit of Studio reorganization.  I came across a lot of retired but delightful favorite stuff.  Put it away or play? Play was the order of the day, so I created a card catching up with the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#543) Sketch that I didn’t have time to doContinue reading “Sweet Thoughts – I Love You”

Nature’s Symphony – To a Great Guy

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#545) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 17 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  This is the last one.  Next Week – January 2026 – April 2026 Mini Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) AlmostContinue reading “Nature’s Symphony – To a Great Guy”

A Touch of Ink – Best Wishes

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#660).  A great sketch with lots of possibilities. My design was influenced by Triple B (#1225) Blossoms, Butterflies and/or Birds with a Black & White Twist. I am sharing this card with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#10) and Stampin’ Up! Only (#391) Designer’s Choice because even thoughContinue reading “A Touch of Ink – Best Wishes”

Fun & Festive – Christmas Wishes

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#542) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 30 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You are welcomeContinue reading “Fun & Festive – Christmas Wishes”

Beautiful Gallery – Sympathy

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday.  Hoping you get a chance to be creative today… Over at Little Red Wagon (#836), this week, the theme is Sympathy and I created this card with Beautiful Blossoms (#35) and Time Out (#303) in mind and sharing with Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202512). Here is the result: Steps: TheContinue reading “Beautiful Gallery – Sympathy”