Bumbling Along Wishing You A Lovely Day

Hi again!  Chasing a few deadlines… The challenges: Moving Along with the Times (#187) featuring Bees; Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#13) Anything Garden related; Time Out (#309) to add a Clear Element; and choosing the Stampin’ Up! Only (#397) to case a card from page 23 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Here is theContinue reading “Bumbling Along Wishing You A Lovely Day”

Wild About You – Zoo Babies

The Studio is back in business!  Welcome back.  Hoping you will find some time to be creative this weekend. My mash up for today: AAA Cards (#310) with a Zoo Animal theme in the clean and simple style and Color Hues (#129) with a Purple and Orange toned Marigold color scheme. Bringing my ideas together,Continue reading “Wild About You – Zoo Babies”

Flashback Friday – Sketched Butterflies

Hi! We are having some work done about the house and I am unable to get into the Studio. So I thought I would share this card with you that I made a few years back. A beautiful card is always timely and once made, can be easily made again…I think Butterflies are wonderful…so delicateContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Sketched Butterflies”

Forever Florals – Best Day

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#289).  Eight possibilities and so much choice. For the Board (#289), I selected the top left diagonal line, the elements: Spring, Dies and Coordinating Envelope. My color choices were influenced by Color Dare (#695) and I opted for a clean and simple card for CAS on FridayContinue reading “Forever Florals – Best Day”

Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage

Hello there!  Design Time for this week’s Atlantic Hearts (#674) Sketch Challenge. My design was influenced by the Inspired By (#380) Colors and Foliage Designs on the Eggs and Can You Handle The Pressure (#260314) Anything Goes using a complimentary Embossing Folder. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Thinking of You – Friendly Foliage”

Far Away Landscapes – Beach Friends

Welcome back!  So glad you joined me… Today, I am playing with the current Global Design Project (#539) Theme and sharing with Love To Craft (#91) Anything Goes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base keeping the design clean.   Thanks for spending some of your time with meContinue reading “Far Away Landscapes – Beach Friends”

Spring Showers – Spring Flowers

Welcome back!  Today, I have the pleasure of being a guest designer with Ellibelle’s Corner and the current I Spy With My Little Eye options of either or both Spring Showers (#36) and Spring Flowers (#35). I am playing along with the Retro Rubber (#267) Colors and theme and showering some love on favorite retiredContinue reading “Spring Showers – Spring Flowers”

Christmas Greetings

Hi again!  Catching a few deadlines that snuck up on me…all Christmas related. Today I am playing with: Jingle Belles (#2606) with a theme of Three; Addicted to Stamps and More (#512) and Krafty Chicks (#811). I chose the TGIF (#568) Sketch, which I flipped to the horizontal position. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Christmas Greetings”

Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#384) with a suggested color palette of light blue and brown. Playing along with several other current Masculine Challenges: Inspire Create (#211); Little Red Wagon (#849); The Male Room (#208) also asking for blue and brown. Sharing this card with Make My Monday (#272) for their All Tied Up theme.Continue reading “Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy”

Touches of Texture – Get Well Card

Design Team Time for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#484) with a lovely Monochromatic palette of colors. My design was influenced by: Just Add Ink (#781) for a Winged element; Shopping Our Stash (#569) to include a Number; and Just Us Girls (#814) to add Embossed Elements and that list sent me to my stash of retiredContinue reading “Touches of Texture – Get Well Card”