Nautical Seascape – Happy Father’s Day

Design Team Time for The Card Concept (#227) Inspiration Board for both theme and colors and the Atlantic Hearts (#681) Sketch choosing to combine the two. Sharing with Inspire Create (#215) using both wet and dry Embossing Techniques and Facebook’s Global Design Project (#547) Landscape theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Nautical Seascape – Happy Father’s Day”

Artisan Garden – Special Moments

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#488) Design Team Challenge.  This round, we have a great sketch for you. My design was influenced by: Inkspirational (#367) and the Floral Palette in the Garden and Inspired By (#387) for the Colors and the Flowers. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Artisan Garden – Special Moments”

Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card

Welcome back!  A brand-new week.  The start of more creativity… The challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure (#260411) for a Blue-on-Blue embossing twist which I tied into Little Red Wagon (#854) That Song for “Song Sung Blue”. Design choices were influenced by: Just Us Girls (#819) – Spring Flowers and Tic Tac Toe (#290) diagonalContinue reading “Song Sung Blue – Monochromatic Floral Card”

Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday

Welcome back!  Friday has arrived…already the end of the week… Today, I am playing with Make My Monday (#271) for a Masculine card for a little fellow; Little Red Wagon (#848) to include an Animal; Krafty Chicks (#810) for the Sentiment: Creative Colour (#230) for the neutral Palette; and bringing it all together with theContinue reading “Cutest Crew – Happy Birthday”

Friendly Foliage – Wishing You All The Best

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday.  Here’s hoping that you have some time to be creative today… The brief: CASE a card created by Leah Dixon for this week’s Facebook’s Global Design Project (#536) incorporating Volume for Alphabet Letter V using colors suggested by Creative Colour (#229) and creating a card suitable for a fellow for Krafty Chicks (#809).Continue reading “Friendly Foliage – Wishing You All The Best”

Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#287).  Eight possibilities and so much choice. From the Board, I selected the left column, the center row and the left diagonal. The elements: Circles, Layering, Neutral Colors, Encouragement, Embellishment Dots, and Embossing. My design was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#395) to case (copy and selectivelyContinue reading “Fabulous Sayings – You Can Do Anything”

Sending Love – Friendly Foliage

Welcome back!  Design Team Time for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#551) Sketch, found on page 34, with which I took a few liberties with element placements. My choices were influenced by the Inspire Create (#209) Love theme and the Just Add Ink (#778) Colors, of which you had to use a minimum of three. SharingContinue reading “Sending Love – Friendly Foliage”

So Happy For You – Fragrant Layers

Hi again! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#667).  Lots of lovely layers… My design choices were influenced by Little Red Wagon (#843) for a Neutral Palette and Moving Along With The Times (#186) to create with Florals. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base toContinue reading “So Happy For You – Fragrant Layers”

Sentimental Framing – Winter Memories

Welcome back!  Happy Wednesday…I am delighted to be a guest designer for Farm Quest (#80) this month.  The theme is Winter Sports.  If you know me, I am a fireside book reader…hanging out in the snow is not my idea of fun.  But I do have memories of making Snowmen with my sister.  Is thatContinue reading “Sentimental Framing – Winter Memories”

Fragrant Layers – Happy For You

Welcome back!  Time again for the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#549) Sketch.  The sample can be found on page 19 of the Jan – Apr 2026 Mini Catalog. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (Copy and Selectively Edit) Changing things.  You areContinue reading “Fragrant Layers – Happy For You”