Graceful Tiles – Because of You

The Design Team Challenge for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#411) is an inspiration Mood Board.  There are a lot of take aways and I am taken with the image of the Umbrellas. Additional inspiration comes from Just Add Ink (646):  The Cookies led to the colors chosen – Pink, Yellow and Orange as well as theContinue reading “Graceful Tiles – Because of You”

It Looks Like Spring!

Happy Sunday!  Hoping you have a chance to be creative…I have a lot of challenge deadlines today so I will be a busy rabbit! Playing with: Global Design Project (#387) for the theme; Creative Colours (#82) for the colors; and Tuesday Morning (#701) for the sketch layout. Additionally, I chose to watercolor for Happy LittleContinue reading “It Looks Like Spring!”

Chic Thanks

Welcome back!  Had a chance to create another card for CAS Colours & Sketches (#507) with the colors from Creative Colour (#81) using a Stencil as suggested by Happy Little Stampers (March).  Let’s play! Here is the result: Steps: That’s it!  Very clean and simple with the Focal Panel popped up with Dimensionals. Thank youContinue reading “Chic Thanks”

Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card

Having a play with a few more challenges before I get ready for Wednesday’s class… Inspire Create (#138) to use the card created by Karen Farquhar as an inspiration springboard. The items chosen: Layout, Patterned Paper, Embossed Panel, Pansies, Tag Sentiment and Ribbon. The colors were chosen from the Color Dare (#539) Tic Tac ToeContinue reading “Beside Me – Mother’s Day Card”

Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#410) – Color and Cardz 4 Guyz (#318) – Use some type of Coloring Medium.  I chose to create a card for a Teenager and picked the retired stamp set – Epic Celebrations (circa 2018) for Retro Rubber (#202) using the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#400) Sketch.  Let’sContinue reading “Epic Celebrations – You’re Awesome”

Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive

Welcome back!  Round Two with Sketch Saturday (#721) including the option of using an embossing folder flipped to the horizontal position for Jingle Belles – Cardstock Christmas and Happy Little Stampers Christmas including Candy Canes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  Merry Christmas. ThankContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive”

Fable Friends – Happy Spring

Welcome back!  Happy Monday! Several fun challenges influenced this particular card. Festive Friday (#130) for a number of the items listed and I chose the retired stamp set Fable Friends, as it loosely reminds me of the Peter Rabbit series of books; the new I Spy With My Little Eye (#1) for a Critter; theContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”

Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend

I have the pleasure of being invited to be a guest designer for Tic Tac Toe (#200) this round on their 200th Board. What a great collection of options…so many ways to go. I chose the Center Line: Wood, Flowers and Die Cuts. I selected the color combination suggested at the Global Design Project (#385)Continue reading “Spring Apple Blossoms – Wonderful Friend”

Sweet Spring Floral – Hello

Welcome to the weekend.  A quick little clean and simple card for you. Playing with Color Throwdown (#733) Colors. Additional inspiration: Time Out (#233) for Style; Just Add Ink (#643) for Materials and Tools; Happy Little Stampers (March) Watercolor for Medium; and sharing with Jan’s Digi Stamps (March) as this is a Spring card. HereContinue reading “Sweet Spring Floral – Hello”

A Classic Birthday

One last deadline for today…another color challenge.  This one is for Just Us Girls (#669). The colors felt very masculine to me, and we always need guy cards.  I selected the sketch from Tuesday Morning (#698) and to use dies for the cut shapes and therefore chose to also share the card with Happy LittleContinue reading “A Classic Birthday”