Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Monday and the start of a brand-new week. Several challenges are sporting the color Red. Inspiration Station (#82) Mood Photo reminded me that I had some pretty blossom dies in the retired Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies set, so I dug it out and paired it with the Paper Craft Crew (#660) Sketch. ThisContinue reading “Winter Blossoms – Friendly Foliage”

Friendly Foliage – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Happy Sunday… A quick card for you today for the Freshly Made (#721) Sketch in A2 format and choosing the Stampin’ Up! Only (#393) Color suggestion. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  A few White Moody Palette Glossy Dots, another On-Line ExclusiveContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Thinking of You”

Nature Walk – Joy to my Heart

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#479), we have a sketch for you to try. My design choice was influenced by Just Us Girls (#804) to use a Cover Plate Die and I selected the Leaf die from the retired Gorgeous Garden Dies set. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Nature Walk – Joy to my Heart”

Thinking of You – Amber Autumn

Design Time for The Card Concept (#220) and we have a Cozy Fall themed inspiration photo this month.  I picked up on the Knitted Throw, Book Pages, Pumpkins and Colors. I opted for a clean and layered styling for this card choosing the Sunday Stamps (#370) Sketch. I am also sharing this card with InspiredContinue reading “Thinking of You – Amber Autumn”

Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#531) Sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Festive Friday (#193) opting to use Patterned Paper, Rhinestones, Sentiment, Punch and a Coloring Technique and the Just Us Girls (#793) Mood Board for the Fall Motif and Orange Color. I am sharing this card with Can You Handle TheContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind”

Fall In The Meadow – Thinking of You.

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#378), the theme is Autumn / Fall.   My design choices were influenced by: Inspired By (#353) Leaves; Inkspirational (#350) Word: Trees; Inspiration Station (#77) Autumn Inspiration Photo for the colors as well as the theme and sharing with Time Out (#297) as my favorite SeasonContinue reading “Fall In The Meadow – Thinking of You.”

Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Prairie Grass – Sent with Love

This week at Just Add Ink (#766), the brief is to create a One-Layer card with only Stamps and/or Stencils.  Clean and Simple – a favorite style of mine. Design decisions were influenced by Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog stamp set choice for today, Prairie Grass and Facebook’s SU! Colour (August) palette. I hope myContinue reading “Prairie Grass – Sent with Love”

Loon Lake – On My Mind

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#470), we have a versatile sketch and at Cardz 4 Guyz (#377), the theme is Boats.   TGIF (#538) influenced my choice of papers and therefore my colors. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch whichContinue reading “Loon Lake – On My Mind”

Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a sensational Saturday.  Play time!  The challenges: Double Trouble (#197) and the 3-2-1 game (Colors, Layers, Technique) with a twist and a share with Triple B (August) and Try a Sketch on Tuesday (#676). Additionally, I was influenced by Inkspirational (#348) for the CAS Style and the Floral TwistContinue reading “Spotlight on Nature – Thinking of You”