Lily Pond Lane – My Kind of People

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday…a perfect day for crafting. Today, I have taken on the Stampin’ Up Only! (#370) challenge to case a card found on page 42 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. My design choices were influenced by Festive Friday (#178) and Double Trouble (#185) who is partnering with Beautiful Blossoms (#26). HereContinue reading “Lily Pond Lane – My Kind of People”

Friendly Seagulls – Hey

Hi again.  I have a quick clean and simple card for you this afternoon… Inspired By (#323) features a Spiral with the colors Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Bubble Bath and Smoky Slate and my Spiral is created with Seashells. I chose the CAS Colours & Sketches (#554) Layout, so I could include the Seagull onContinue reading “Friendly Seagulls – Hey”

Sentimental Wishes – Christmas Thoughts

Welcome back!  Monday – the start of a brand-new week. I really like the Just Add Ink (#738) Sketch, and I just had to have another play with it! I created a Christmas card for Jingle Belles (#2504) and Krafty Chicks (#755) influenced by Love Those Pretty Papers (#8) and Crafter’s Café (#316). Here isContinue reading “Sentimental Wishes – Christmas Thoughts”

Happiest Day – So Excited For You

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday to you. A quick little card for you today.  A clean and simple, simple stamping card.  Just Stamps, Ink and Paper. The Challenge: CAS Colours & Sketches (#553) with a layout sketch found on Paper Craft Crew. Here is the result: Steps: A cute little card that can be used forContinue reading “Happiest Day – So Excited For You”

Country Flowers – You’re On My Mind

Welcome back!  Saturday and I hope it is yours to do what you wish and that includes some time to be creative. Today I am playing with the Creative Colour (#179) Palette for the Atlantic Hearts (#615) Sketch. When we get new catalogs and new on-line products, we tend to forget our favorites from theContinue reading “Country Flowers – You’re On My Mind”

Corner in Bloom – Hello

Welcome back!  Merrily we go along… A number of challenges today: TGIF (#510) is asking us to use items from the Sale-abration Brochure and I selected the stamp set – Corner in Bloom and the Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper.  Today at Stampin’ Through the Catalog, the featured stamp set is Elements of Text, andContinue reading “Corner in Bloom – Hello”

Blossoms & Wings – Hello

Welcome back!  Already Wednesday…time just goes on by. I have combined several challenges today.  Inspiration Station (#70) with such a lovely photo including blossoms & wings; Double Trouble (#184) 3-2-1 Recipe including patterned papers, shapes, an image/sentiment and an option to include a heart; Shopping Our Stash (#540) to use bits and pieces found onContinue reading “Blossoms & Wings – Hello”

Quilted Comfort – You’re the Best

Welcome back!  That’s a wrap for January. The Challenges: Stampin’ Up! Only (#368) Inspiration with such a cozy room and Sunday Stamps (#352) for the Sketch and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#753) for their Anything Goes theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch andContinue reading “Quilted Comfort – You’re the Best”

Café Love – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Lots of red, pink, hearts and love stuff out there… So, Color Dare (#635) is sporting Pink and Red, Seize the Birthday (#298) suggests adding Red and the neutral Kraft while TGIF (#509) introduces a coffee theme.  Bringing all these elements together, I chose the Saturday Sketch (#768) layout which has a themeContinue reading “Café Love – Happy Birthday”

Friendly Seagulls – Fun Fold Card

Indulge me with another card – so many deadlines today… Playing with Inspire Create (#184) looking for a Fancy Fold…not a style of card that I make very often and sharing with Creative Creases (#99). I chose to participate in the Stampin’ Through The Catalog stamp choice for today – Friendly Seagulls and use theContinue reading “Friendly Seagulls – Fun Fold Card”