Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#410) – Color and Cardz 4 Guyz (#318) – Use some type of Coloring Medium.  I chose to create a card for a Teenager and picked the retired stamp set – Epic Celebrations (circa 2018) for Retro Rubber (#202) using the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#400) Sketch.  Let’sContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome”

Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive

Welcome back!  Round Two with Sketch Saturday (#721) including the option of using an embossing folder flipped to the horizontal position for Jingle Belles – Cardstock Christmas and Happy Little Stampers Christmas including Candy Canes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Merry Christmas. ThankContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive”

All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute

Are you a Corn Beef and Cabbage kind of person?  Do you hoist a Green Beer in good cheer?  Me?  Corn Beef, yes…Green Beer, no…but I have been known to enjoy a Beer or two!  Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Several Challenges are hosting this theme and I am knocking them all off with this card: Continue reading “All Things Green – A St. Patrick’s Day Tribute”

Graceful Tile Cascade – Thank You

Good Morning!  Welcome back to the work week.  Having a play with the Freshly Made (#576) Sketch and choosing the colors from Color Dare (#538).  Here is the result: Steps: Letting the focus rest upon the pretty Tile patterns, the circles were arranged in a cascade to resemble the sketch and the Sentiment was poppedContinue reading “Graceful Tile Cascade – Thank You”

Oh, Happy Day – Playing in the Rain

Welcome back!  Has the time change knocked you off your game?  I cannot believe it is already the afternoon… Anyway, today I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#515) Sketch with the new color set suggested by Paper Players (#631) using the Playing in the Rain stamp set.  It is a cool and dreary rainyContinue reading “Oh, Happy Day – Playing in the Rain”

Best Wishes for an Amazing Year

A little inspiration goes a long way…today I am actually creating for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#398) challenge on Tuesday.  At Case-ing Tuesday, we select a Card Sample from one of the current catalogs and remake it.  Keep it the same, change it completely or create something in-between. I was inspired by the following challenges:Continue reading “Best Wishes for an Amazing Year”

Yellow Spring Floral – Hello

When you are in a pinch and need a card quick…Memories & More Card Packs to the rescue. Today, I am featuring Today is the Day for another clean and simple card for Freshly Made (#575) and CAS on Friday (#252) and picking the If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (#178) color suggestion andContinue reading “Yellow Spring Floral – Hello”

Let’s Get Together – Celebrating You!

Welcome back!  I created this simple Birthday invitation card for a friend and incorporated a number of challenges. The Card Concept (#189b) Inspiration Photo for the Colors, Tea Cup and Circle shape from the Weigh Scale; AAA Cards (#234) for the Style and Circle theme; Seize The Birthday (#256) for the Colors Red, White andContinue reading “Let’s Get Together – Celebrating You!”

Wildflower Path – Get Well Card

Welcome back!  Design team time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#408) for a great color challenge. Sketch: Over at Stampin’ Up! Only (#320), the suggestion was to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) one of the card samples from page 5 of the Sale-a-bration Brochure and I chose the bottom card. CAS (Clean and Simple) Style CardsContinue reading “Wildflower Path – Get Well Card”

Happiness Abounds – Floral Birthday

Welcome back!  Getting a chance to play today.  Hope you are having a great weekend! Challenges: Atlantic Hearts (#512) for the flipped Sketch: Just Us Girls (#667) for the Roses within the Mood Board; and Color Throwdown (#730) for both the colors and the photo inspiration. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Happiness Abounds – Floral Birthday”