Tasteful Touches – Thank You

It’s Tuesday!!  Let’s have some fun. Case-ing Tuesday Facebook Sketch Challenge (#348) and Just Add Ink (#595) Inspiration Challenge for a quick card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock. Accent Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Evening Evergreen cardstock. Background Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) Soft Succulent andContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – Thank You”

Through it Together – You are Capable

Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#291) is to create a Slim Line card. Wow!  That is a wide-open category…Anything Goes. I prefer to make Mini Slim-Line cards (6” x 3½”) so, I chose the layout from the Sketch Saturday Challenge (#695) and the Colors from the Facebook SU! Color Challenge for March. HereContinue reading “Through it Together – You are Capable”

Tasteful Touches – You Are The Best

Our current challenge at CARDZ 4 GUYZ (#288) is to create a card using Something that begins with “P”.  I chose Patterned Paper. With the new 2022 Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-a-bration Brochure launching this month, there are a lot of new options…I selected to use the new Tropical Layers Dies and mix it upContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – You Are The Best”

Expressions in Ink – You Are So Special

I couldn’t resist The Spot Challenge (#162) this week.  Case the Designer: Maheswari Rajaguru. I took a browse through her Pinterest page and selected this card to CASE.  Copy and Selectively Edit. And this is the result: Steps: For the Ombre Panel (3¾” x 3”), I chose to cut up one of the Evening Evergreen OmbreContinue reading “Expressions in Ink – You Are So Special”

Tasteful Touches – Just Because

A few challenges: Layout: Freshly Made Sketches – FMS480 Theme: Just Add Ink – JAI549 Color: April SU! Colour Challenge And this is the result: From the Just Pick Two, I chose Feathers and Leaves. I stamped a collage of Feathers (Real Red and Pretty Peacock) over the small Square Box image (Basic Gray andContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – Just Because”

Tasteful Touches – Faux Tile

Weekend Technique Challenge – Faux Tile Sunday Sketch – SS039 SU! Color Challenge – January Here is what I created: A quick, bright card to illustrate the Faux Tile Technique using the Tasteful Touches stamp set and the colors, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Pacific Point. In these series of photos, youContinue reading “Tasteful Touches – Faux Tile”

Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday

Another fun evening…Christine Bertram’s Mystery Stamp Night for December. Following instructions set out in Clue #1, I prep all the pieces and wait for the event to start to see what will be the end result… If you have figured out that I do not exactly follow the “rules”, I will tell you about allContinue reading Nature’s Thoughts – Birthday

TASTEFUL TOUCHES – New Year’s Card

Sunday Sketch – SS034 I am so looking forward to getting back to a normal routine!  I have been enjoying the holiday week but when your family is on vacation, your personal plans can sometimes get a little behind. Regardless, let’s start with wishing all of you a very Happy New Year.    Are you lookingContinue reading “TASTEFUL TOUCHES – New Year’s Card”

Saturday Keep Stamping – Color Combo

 October 17th, 2020 This week?  Create a card using any combination of the colors suggested by the selected image.  Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Gorgeous Grape and / or Whisper White. Happy Birthday I chose to substitute Cherry Cobbler for the Real Red because it toned soContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Color Combo”

Saturday Keep Stamping – Center (Collage) Stamping

 September 12th, 2020 This week my challenge is to create a collage by stamping in the center of a half sheet or full sheet of card stock.  Then cut the sheet in two or four card fronts and create a series of cards. To keep it simple, I center stamped one full sheet with leafContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Center (Collage) Stamping”