Painted Petals – Beautiful Friends

Welcome back!  It has been a busy week, and I still have a few errands to take care of. Yet, I was thinking about a few challenges overnight and this is what I came up with.  My favorite clean and simple style using a favored technique. AAA Cards (#270) for the style, sketch and techniqueContinue reading “Painted Petals – Beautiful Friends”

Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)

Happy Saturday!  Hope you are having an excellent weekend… So, lots of challenges for this one: Starting with a Tic Tac Toe board from Seize The Birthday (#288) which ties in nicely with Just Us Girls (#737). I selected the Tuesday Morning (#766) sketch and the Creative Colours (#151) palette and sharing with Krafty ChicksContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate (with cake)”

Changing Leaves – Thank You

Design Time: This round Hand Stamped Sentiments (#443) has a great sketch…lots of possibilities and Cardz 4 Guyz (#352) is asking us to use Metals in some way and I decided to combine the two. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#164) incorporating some of the elements from their Summer Olympics List and the Paper Craft CrewContinue reading “Changing Leaves – Thank You”

Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome

Hi again!  Catching up on a few deadlines…always happens when you take a few (or more) days off. Playing with Double Trouble (#170) who is partnering with Park Hopping (July) for a Water theme. I selected the colors from the Fancy Five Color Dare (#608) choices and picked the TGIF (#481) Sketch to complete myContinue reading “Waves of Inspiration – Totally Awesome”

Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

Poised Peony – Hello

Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Poised Peony (page 28) today, Thursday June 27th and I decided to play along. So, I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#583) Sketch and to use a Stencil for Just Us Girls (#733) to design my card. Here is the result: Steps: A pretty Hello card. Thanks for spending someContinue reading “Poised Peony – Hello”

Textured Floral – Smile

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  It is going to be a busy day.  Hubby is up early to beat the heat with some garden work so, I headed to the Studio before I have to get in gear. Starting with the Freshly Made (#641) Sketch and the Creative Colours (#146), I chose to make a cardContinue reading “Textured Floral – Smile”

Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday

Wednesday Hellos!  I certainly have a mash up for you today… Double Trouble (#169) is celebrating the longest day of the year – tomorrow – June 20th by asking for a Slim Line card and to partner up with I Spy With My Little Eye (#16) by adding Flowers.  I selected the CAS Colours &Continue reading “Simply Zinnia / Simply Said – Floral Birthday”

Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love

Welcome back!  On Tuesday, a whole round of new challenges pop up, and I got inspired to create this card for them. First up…Shopping Our Stash (#524) is asking us to use buttons.  It has been a minute since they were all the rage.  Coincidently, the Tuesday Morning Sketch (#761) also features a button. NowContinue reading “Summer Fresh Florals – What I Love”

Sky is the Limit – High Flying Birthday

Welcome back!  Hump day…how can it already be Wednesday? With Father’s Day around the corner, several challenges have a masculine vibe.  I am creating a birthday card, in the clean and simple style. First off, Inspired By (#292) for the colors and the sketch which I turned to the horizontal position.  Next, Inspiration Station (#62)Continue reading “Sky is the Limit – High Flying Birthday”