The Open Sea – Cheers!

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#368), we have an open inspiration challenge with the Letter “S”.  My “S” word is Ship. Design choices were influenced by The Male Room (#196) featuring Mixed Media and I am sharing this card with Inspire Create (#188) and their current Masculine theme. Here is theContinue reading “The Open Sea – Cheers!”

Painted Posies – Celebrate

Design Time for The Card Concept (#215) and we have a lovely floral cake for our inspiration this month. I loved all the texture and the white space, so I chose to create a clean and simple, yet textured card. I am sharing this card with the CAS on Friday (#304) for water coloring andContinue reading “Painted Posies – Celebrate”

Holiday Celebration – Have a Cup on Us

Hi again!  How about a bit more green?  This time for a Holiday card. The challenges: Caffeinated Christmas Card (#39); Jingle Belles (#2505); Addicted to Stamps and More (#487) and bringing my ideas together, the Sunday Stamps (#355) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble theContinue reading “Holiday Celebration – Have a Cup on Us”

You Are Remarkable – Thinking of You

Welcome back to the weekend!  Hope you will have some time to play with your stamps, ink and paper. A clean and simple card for you this morning inspired by the Freshly Made (#676) sketch and choosing the Facebook Colour INKSpiration (#182) palette along with the Tic Tac Toe (#265) right column, Thinking of You,Continue reading “You Are Remarkable – Thinking of You”

Cupcake Cat – Birthday Card

Welcome back!  Friday already… Several related challenges today: Just Us Girls (#675) a birthday card featuring dies; Krafty Chicks (#758) birthday week and Inspired By (#326) featuring cupcakes. I selected the Creative Colour (#183) palette and the Sketch Saturday (#770) layout to bring my ideas together. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Cupcake Cat – Birthday Card”

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”

This Little Piggy – Hogs & Kisses

Welcome back!  How can it already be Wednesday?  Hope your week is going well. A few animal challenges out there…Cupcake Inspirations (#612) for the love of Pigs (a favorite and my Chinese Horoscope Animal); Addicted to CAS (#277) for Pet; and as always the monthly Critter Crazy (#96) with a focus on animals. Bringing myContinue reading “This Little Piggy – Hogs & Kisses”

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”

Adorable Owls – So Cute

I have the pleasure of being asked to be a Guest Designer with Farm Quest this month.  This time around the theme is Nocturnal Animals (#69).  My choice?  I chose an Owl. An Owl fits in nicely with As You See It (#342) for Birds and Alphabet (Letter W) for Wings. I picked the ColorContinue reading “Adorable Owls – So Cute”