A Little Wild – Animal Outing

Design Team Time.  This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#346) we are visiting the Jungle, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#437) Sketch was ideal. Additional inspiration came from Retro Rubber (#229) for the stamp set(s) selection…something older than one year and the items on the Tic Tac Toe Board. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “A Little Wild – Animal Outing”

Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#687) challenge.  This week, Joanne has provided us with a Sketch to get our creative juices flowing.  I did a mirror flip as it seemed to suit my choices better. Let’s have some fun!  I selected to use new colors and products from both the new catalogContinue reading “Unbounded Beauty – You are Incredible”

Wild Ferns – Thanks

Welcome back!  I finally had some time to play… The Global Design Project (#440) Team is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a very pretty card created by Nicole Peschke. My take aways include Soft Color Blending, Sploosh Type Stamping, Light Image Stamping, White Die Cuts and General Layout. I selected to keepContinue reading “Wild Ferns – Thanks”

Simply Zinnia Floral Blank Greeting Card

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#683) challenge.  This week, Ann has given us a plethora of choices with a Tic Tac Toe board.  Eight combinations, endless possibilities! I chose the top row and have combined it with the Color Throwdown (#786) palette and As You See It (#320) for the sketch.  IContinue reading “Simply Zinnia Floral Blank Greeting Card”

Fresh Spring Floral – Alphabest

Welcome back!  It’s Friday and it is the start of the Easter Holiday.  Best wishes to you all. Playing with the Facebook March SU! Colors, the Paper Craft Crew (#563) Tic Tac Toe Board, and the Sketch Saturday (#747) Layout. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Fresh Spring Floral – Alphabest”

Cheerful Daisies – Notes of Nature Birthday

Playtime!!  It is so good to be back in the Studio. Several related challenges:  Seize the Birthday (#279) creating a matching tag; Tic Tac Toe (#243) Style, Color, Materials; Festive Friday (#155) also for Color, Materials and Sentiment; Inspired By (#281) for Daisies and Color; and bringing it all together, Try a Sketch on TuesdayContinue reading “Cheerful Daisies – Notes of Nature Birthday”

Thoughtful Expressions – You’re in My Thoughts

Let’s play!!  It is Tuesday and another of my design team challenges has begun.  This week Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#451) is featuring a card found on page 29 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Stampin’ Up!’s March #SimpleStamping challenge (Just Stamps, Ink and Paper) includes Designer Series Paper and the greeting: Thinking of You. Continue reading “Thoughtful Expressions – You’re in My Thoughts”

Posted For You – Sending Love Your Way

Hi again!  A very gloomy, very rainy day here.  So, I am taking refuge in the Studio to create a sweet Spring card to cheer me up… Let’s play!  Working with the Retro Rubber (#225) Tic Tac Toe Board: Jewels, Butterflies and Florals; Inspired By (#278) for Happy Mail; selecting the colors suggested by ColorContinue reading “Posted For You – Sending Love Your Way”

Echinacea – Neutral Tone Study

Again, it is Friday!  How does that happen?  The week just flew by… Putting together an idea for a few challenges:  I started with the Color Board over at Sunday Stamps (#328) full of my favorite Neutral colors.  Influenced by Tic Tac Toe (#242) to add a Floral element and add some Embossing using theContinue reading “Echinacea – Neutral Tone Study”

Thoughtful Expressions – Softly Sophisticated

Welcome back!  It had been a couple of busy days, but I wanted to post the card I made inspired by Michelle Last who was profiled on the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog as a Guest Designer on February 15th. She had a really cute card with an inside surprise.  I took inspiration from TheContinue reading “Thoughtful Expressions – Softly Sophisticated”