A Brew Birthday

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and I have a fun birthday card for my guy…who is a fan of Beer! The mash-up for today includes: The Male Room (#210) with a Drink theme, Time Out (#314) with a Beverage theme, and AAA Birthday Cards (#86) with a Guy theme. Choosing to add texture and embellishmentsContinue reading “A Brew Birthday”

Fa La La – Holiday Cheer and Christmas Greetings

A quick clean and simple holiday card for you today for: Addicted To Stamps & More (#517) incorporating the CAS On Friday (#334) Envelope theme and the Time Out (#313) Music theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base.  The Poppy Parade Poinsettia was popped up with Dimensionals andContinue reading “Fa La La – Holiday Cheer and Christmas Greetings”

Just a Little Hello – Notes of Spring

Welcome back!  A brand-new week just perfect for a clean and simple card… Today’s line-up: Time Out (#312) with a Silhouette inspiration photo; CAS Colours & Sketches (#584) with a Color Palette and bringing my ideas together, the TGIF (#576) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: And then we are done… A nice little HelloContinue reading “Just a Little Hello – Notes of Spring”

Moon Lake – The Best Day

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#385) for a clean and simple styled card choosing the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#561) sketch. Design influences: Farm Quest (#82) for a Pond scene; Time Out (#311) Pick Two: Trees and Earth; with the colors suggested by Facebook SU! Colours (#2604). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Moon Lake – The Best Day”

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”

Forever Florals – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Monday and off to a “quick” start. I have taken up the As You See it (#367) Speed Challenge.  Create a card in less than 10 minutes featuring the color, Purple. Usually, I go for high speed with a clean and simple card.  Today, I wanted to try something different.  I chose toContinue reading “Forever Florals – Thinking of You”

Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy

Hello there!  Another Design Team Challenge: The Atlantic Hearts (#671) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by: Time Out (#307) with the Fabric Bag as inspiration and Four Seasons (#2603) for the Tulips and fun colors.  Just perfect to showcase the new Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Celebrate Spring – Easter Joy”

Good Things – The Right Words

Design Team Time for both The Card Concept (#224) Inspiration Board and I chose the colors and pairing it with the Atlantic Hearts (#668) Sketch.  My design choices were influenced by Time Out (#306) to Pick Two – Aperture and Twine and Make My Monday (#271) to use Dies. Creating a clean, layered and graphicContinue reading “Good Things – The Right Words”

Gears & Textures – To a Great Guy

Welcome back!  I am experimenting today…so let’s see what happened. I am playing with Just Us Girls (#807) to use Stencils for an Anything Goes theme; TGIF (#561) to use Embossing Powders; and sharing my design with Time Out (#305) for their Techniques theme (Stenciling, Embossing, Die Cutting). Here is the result: Steps: I thinkContinue reading “Gears & Textures – To a Great Guy”

Fragrant Layers – Hello

Welcome back!  Already Thursday…where did the week go? Today I am playing with: Paper Players (#768) for the color selection; Inkspirational (#358) for something shiny and Time Out (#304) for something that glitters; bringing it all together with the current TGIF (#559) sketch and sharing with Shopping Our Stash (#565) for something new with somethingContinue reading “Fragrant Layers – Hello”