Thinking of You – Delightful Floral

Welcome back!  Just couldn’t resist using the retired Delightful Floral Designer Series Paper again, as it was out on my desk. This time for Time Out (#283) and CAS Colours & Sketches (#555). Case-ing the lovely card from Donna Mikasa, I changed the orientation vertically but kept it clean and simple. Here is the result:Continue reading “Thinking of You – Delightful Floral”

Floral Delight – Gift of Friendship

Happy Thursday!  A lovely sunny day here this morning and the earliest flowers in my garden are Forsythia and I see little pops of yellow on the bush.  A promise of warmer days to come. That said, today’s combined challenges include: Paper Players (#727) for Claire’s Spring Flowers theme and TGIF (#514) taking inspiration fromContinue reading “Floral Delight – Gift of Friendship”

Spring Birthday – Greetings For All

Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#502), where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 2 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Other challenges that informed my choices today include: Seize The Birthday (#300) with a no stamping twist andContinue reading “Spring Birthday – Greetings For All”

Time For a Card-Again – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#367), the theme is Men’s Clothing and for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#458), we have a great sketch.  This week, I chose to combine them. Additionally, AAA Birthday Cards (#71), Can You Handle The Pressure (#74) and Krafty Chicks (#757) are all looking for masculine cards.  So,Continue reading “Time For a Card-Again – Happy Birthday”

Everyday Greetings – Love You

Sneaking in another CAS (clean and simple) card for you. Playing with Just Us Girls (#760) where we are challenged to CASE a Design Team Member’s card.  I selected Carol Mayne’s masculine card with sneakers flipping her layout and swapping blue for red. Additional influences: Inspired By (#321) for the colors, red, white and grayContinue reading “Everyday Greetings – Love You”

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”

Soda Pop – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… Today, we get a new Paper Players (#722) challenge and this week Joanne has given us a sketch. The sketch has clean lines, and I thought it was perfect for a quick masculine birthday card. My choices were influenced by the Navy and Lime Green color scheme suggested by Color HuesContinue reading “Soda Pop – Celebrate”

Secret Garden – You Make Me Smile

Welcome back!  Florals for a Saturday pick-me-up. Playing with Color Throwdown (#835), selecting a coordinating Floral patterned piece of paper for Beautiful Blossoms (#25) Anything Goes and As You See It (#340) Crafting Resolutions to cut into Pretty Papers and bringing it all together with the Freshly Made (#670) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Secret Garden – You Make Me Smile”

Memorable Blooms – You Make Me Smile

Welcome back!  Time again for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday, where we CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  Today?  The card can be found on page 13 of the 2025 Sale-a-bration Brochure.   I flipped the card to a horizontal position swapping out the Banner Flag. Additional Influences: Just Add Ink (#734)Continue reading “Memorable Blooms – You Make Me Smile”

Heart Shaped – Valentine

Welcome back!  Sale-a-bration has started.  Sale-a-bration is Stampin’ Up!’s annual Bonus Promotion.  With a qualifying purchase, you can select any number of fun products from Embellishments, Embossing Folders, Designer Series Papers, Stamp Sets, Stamp/Die Bundles, and Card Kits for free.  Many of which coordinate with New Mini Catalog offerings. Today, I am using the HeartContinue reading “Heart Shaped – Valentine”