Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Blissful Blooms

October 1, 2020 Out of the cupboard, out of the box came the AUGUST 2018 – BLISSFUL BLOOMS kit.  This kit featured lovely colored preprinted card bases, labels, a stamp set full of sentiments and lovely accent floral builder stamps. Today, I want to welcome Fall.  You Make Me So Happy The purple blossom onContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Blissful Blooms”

Sunshine

October 1, 2020 Global Design Project –  GPD260 – CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) This week, the challenge is to case the following card created by Su Mohr. I decided to flip it because I wanted to use the larger sentiment from the stamp set Ridiculously Awesome and add more color with the Ornate GardenContinue reading “Sunshine”

Sunday Sketch – SS022

 September 27th, 2020 “Gifts of Christmas” A lot of possibilities with this sketch.  I have been a little busy and must say I struggled with this sketch because I did not have a moment to think about what type of card, what colors, etc. to make. This is the Sketch: Patterned paper does all theContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS022”

Primary

September 27th, 2020 Global Design Project – GDP259 – Playful Alphabet Check out the Global Design Project blog for more projects and details on how to play along. No Stamp, No Ink! Just your primary Shapes, 1, 2, 3’s and A, B, C’s. Do you remember your Primary School Day’s? Cheers, Jolanda

Saturday Keep Stamping – Embossed Shadow Stamping

September 26th, 2020 This week my challenge was to make a card using the technique called EMBOSSED SHADOW STAMPING.  I ran into a little time crunch and needed a Birthday card for a guy…so only one card to show you. IT’S YOUR DAY! To compliment the sentiment from Happiest of Birthdays, I chose the lighthouseContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Embossed Shadow Stamping”

Sunday Sketch – SS021

 September 20th, 2020 “Just” A nice sketch with a little dimension.  I love doing Sketches.  Half of the guess work is already completed…deciding what to make.  Now all you have to do is choose the colors and the stamp set and get to work! Instead of a 2½” x ”2¾” square, I chose one ofContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS021”

Saturday Keep Stamping – Quadrangle Cut Pattern

 September 19th, 2020 This week my challenge is to cut a Six by Six (6″ x 6”) sheet of Patterned Paper in what has been coined the “Quadrangle Cut”.  Cut in four and create four cards. I chose to use one of the sheets from the Boho Indigo Product Medley and from there chose theContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Quadrangle Cut Pattern”

Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Grown with Kindness

September 17, 2020 Out of the cupboard and out of the box came the FEBRUARY 2019 – GROWN WITH KINDNESS kit.  This kit featured Succulents in photo realistic images and a great stamp set with lovely sentiments and a wonderful planted teacup image. Two of the original kit colors, Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime TwistContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Grown with Kindness”

Joy

September 16, 2020 Global Design Project – GDP258 – Wrapped in Christmas Trying my hand at another challenge.  This one is new for me.  I have followed the creativity of the Designers and participants of GDP for some time now and it was time to play along. Check out the Global Design Project blog forContinue reading “Joy”

Aged Oak Wisdom

Choose a card sample from the Catalog and Case!September 15th – Tuesday Case-ing #269 (Mini Catalog page 51) This card features “Rooted in Nature” and “By the Dock”. The original sample in the catalog is a tone-on-tone color combo using one of my favorite stamp sets “Life is Beautiful”.  I wanted to retain the tone-on-toneContinue reading “Aged Oak Wisdom”