Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.

Welcome back!  It is Tuesday…let’s play… A few challenges are running with a similar theme: Can You Handle the Pressure (#27), Just Us Girls (#670) and Shopping Our Stash (#492).  I chose a more muted or softer Rainbow Palette, so I am adding the card to Make My Monday (#196) and bringing it all together,Continue reading “Spring Rainbow Stripes & Pennants – Celebrating You.”

Perfectly Penned – Celebrate Today

What a glorious day today – perfect for celebrating!  I hope you are having a lovely day, too. A whole lot of inspiration contributed to the making of this card… Double Trouble (#132) celebrating Creative Creases (#52) on their two year anniversary and looking for a Fancy Fold and some Spring Flowers; Retro Rubber (#201)Continue reading “Perfectly Penned – Celebrate Today”

Potted Succulents – Hello

Just one more for today.  Please indulge me. Working with Freshly Made Sketches (#574) and the Colors suggested by both Color Hues (#58) and Sunday Stamps (#303) and a layered element as directed by TGIF (#409). Here is the result: Steps: All Strips were adhered to resemble the sketch.  The Plant Pot and Succulents wereContinue reading “Potted Succulents – Hello”

Scenic Garden – Beautifully Happy

How about a real clean and simple, simple stamping card?  Just Stamp, Ink and Paper!  This month, Stampin’ Up! has challenged us with #Simplestamping using Sale-a-bration products.  This time around I am using the Scenic Garden and Beautifully Happy stamp sets that can be earned for free until the end of February. Inspired by: CASContinue reading “Scenic Garden – Beautifully Happy”

Adorable Owls – Hooray, It’s Your Day!

Welcome back!  Can you believe I have not yet had a chance to use the delightful Adorable Owls stamp set: a free Sale-a-bration selection?  Well, today is the day as we celebrate your day!  Happy Birthday. Challenges: TGIF (#408) Play with your Sale-a-bration goodies; Creative Colour (#76) for the Colors chosen; Tic Tac Toe (#197)Continue reading “Adorable Owls – Hooray, It’s Your Day!”

Best Day – Happy Birthday

Good Morning!  A quick little Birthday card for you. Inspiration: Time Out (#232) celebrating their 9th Anniversary.  I chose the sketch from TGIF (#407) and the colors suggested by the Global Design Project (#381) team.   Congrats to Time Out and to many more challenges to come… Here is the result: Steps: The Fussy-cut elements wereContinue reading “Best Day – Happy Birthday”

Butterfly Brilliance – Follow Your Dreams

Shall we have a play date?  Several challenges are coming due, so I am trying to catch up.  Enjoy! Tic Tac Toe (#195) for the Butterfly, TGIF (#406) for the Color, Paper Players (#626) for the Music and Sunday Stamps (#302) for the Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – Follow Your Dreams”

Enjoy The Adventure – Happy Birthday

Design Team Time…must be a Tuesday.  Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge (#314) where the theme this round is Pets and I am featuring the new Memories & More Card Pack – Enjoy The Adventure. The color scheme of the card pack includes colors that match with the current Color Dare (#531) Tic TacContinue reading “Enjoy The Adventure – Happy Birthday”

Star of Light – Guiding the Magi

Welcome back!  Christmas traditions continue up and through to January 6th. Today’s challenges: CAS on Friday (#247), TGIF (#401), Double Trouble (#128) and Color Dare (#528). Here is the result: Steps: A Mask/Stencil was created using the retired Starlight Thinlits Dies set. The Focal Panel was added to the card base creating a very cleanContinue reading “Star of Light – Guiding the Magi”

Santa’s Workshop

Creating quick and simple cards with the Memories and More Card Pack – retired Santa’s Workshop.  A super product line for when you don’t have a lot of time…pick a card and just play!  This is a no stamp and no ink card. I wanted to play with a few more challenges: Paper Players (#620)Continue reading “Santa’s Workshop”