Two challenges today. Via a new friend, I became aware of an Alphabet Challenge and I immediately thought about one of the favorite stamp sets in my stash. Kindness Matters. The images in this set include Butterflies and that fit the theme over at CAS on Fridays perfectly. Here is the result: Steps: I choseContinue reading “Kindness Matters – Simple Butterfly”
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Extraordinary Bedazzled Butterflies
Playing with a few other challenges this afternoon. Sketch: Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#434), Theme: CAS on Friday Challenges (#212) and Tools: Happy Little Stamper Challenges for August. Here is the result: Steps: I die-cut two Butterflies from the free Sale-a-bration Be Dazzling Specialty Designer Series Paper with one of the Butterfly dies from theContinue reading “Extraordinary Bedazzled Butterflies”
Soft Spring – Thank You
Had a great group of Girls over for class today. We had a lot of fun! But it is time to get back to business…challenge deadlines are looming… A sweet little sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches (#619) led me to a favorite retired stamp set, Soft Spring. I picked the colors from the FacebookContinue reading “Soft Spring – Thank You”
Free As A Bird
Keeping up with my “work”. “Work” is subjective and mine includes the pleasure of crafting, hanging out in the Studio and generally making a mess…that is until I put everything back in it’s place. So two more combined challenges: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#518) for the sketch and Colour INKspiration (#105) for the color scheme.Continue reading “Free As A Bird”
Beautifully Penned – Thank You
Playing in the Studio. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon…I am totally in love with the Designer Series Paper – Beautifully Penned. So many possibilities… Creating for a few challenges. Sketch: Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#432); Color: TGIF (#328); Style and Materials: Stampin’ Up! August #SimpleStamping Challenge. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Beautifully Penned – Thank You”
Kind People – Slim Line Card
I wanted to create a card for the current Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge (#617) and I thought the layout was a good candidate for a Slim Line card and that is the current Make My Monday Challenge (#154) requirement. Additionally, there were a few other challenges that influenced what I ultimately made. Color Choice: ColorContinue reading “Kind People – Slim Line Card”
Collage Curios Banner Love – Thanks So Much
Time is ticking…a few more combined challenges. Theme (1): CAS on Fridays Challenge (#210); Theme (2): TGIF Challenges (#327) and because I used Vintage stamp sets: Retro Rubber Challenges (#164) Here is the result: I dug out a few older stamp sets to source “Tiny Images” for this challenge: Collage Curios (V-2013) and Tiny TagsContinue reading “Collage Curios Banner Love – Thanks So Much”
Beautifully Hand-Penned – Thanks
To showcase the new Sale-a-bration Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper and how nicely it goes with the Hand-Penned Petals Suite, I chose to combine a few challenges. Sketch: Paper Craft Crew (#437); Subject/Theme: Global Design Project (#303) and Colors: Just Add Ink (#565). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (11” x 4¼” scored atContinue reading “Beautifully Hand-Penned – Thanks”
Citrus Bubble Over – Your Kindness is Refreshing!
The Happy Little Stamper’s group puts out five different challenges each month. The July CAS (Clean and Simple) Challenge was “Citrus and Zing”. I have to tell you I struggled with this theme. Every Lemon type stamp set that I recalled I might still have, I could not find. Then yesterday I had an idea. Continue reading “Citrus Bubble Over – Your Kindness is Refreshing!”
Daisy Lane – Thank You
The inspiration photo presented by the Cookie Challenge (#158) for July is so pretty. Lovely little flowers in soft colors bearing the message, Thank You. I created a very quick and simple card based on the theme and colors. Here is the result: Steps: Focal Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Basic White cardstock. The Daisies fromContinue reading “Daisy Lane – Thank You”