Wrapped in Cheer – Cozy Christmas

Welcome back!  December 1st and the holiday countdown is underway… Today, I am playing with the Freshly Made (#714) Sketch. The design elements were influenced by: Festive Friday (#198) choosing an Ugly Sweater close-up with Christmas Colors, Sweater-like Texture with Flocking, and a Warm Sentiment with Color Dare (#680) for the Red and Green colors.Continue reading “Wrapped in Cheer – Cozy Christmas”

Winter Whisper – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Happy Thanksgiving.  Did you watch the Parade?  I cannot believe that Christmas is less than a month away. Now that the Parade is finished, I took the opportunity to dive back into the Studio. My happy place!  The challenges: Paper Players (#765) for the Sketch; Inspire Create (#206) for the Monochromatic Color scheme;Continue reading “Winter Whisper – Thinking of You”

Gift of Joy – Rustic Christmas

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#540) Sketch.  Today’s card can be found on page 39 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  Switching from a Fall theme to a Christmas theme. CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation;Continue reading “Gift of Joy – Rustic Christmas”

Nests of Winter – Very Merry

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#477), we have a wonderful Mood Board full of iconic Holiday images, and I opted for the Cardinals and the Plaid.  Merry Christmas! My design choices were influenced by: Inkspirational (#355) with their Holiday Tag Motif which led to the Sunday Stamps (#374) Sketch that includesContinue reading “Nests of Winter – Very Merry”

Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting

Welcome back! A dressed up clean and simple Holiday card for you today… Facebook’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog is asking us to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) a card created by Danielle Bennenk.  I really like the layout of her design and changed it to include the CAS Colours & Sketches (#572) Palette and toContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – Twelve Days of Crafting”

Festive Christmas

Welcome back! It has been a busy day and I am just getting a chance to get this card we made in class today posted. Design influences: Ellibelle’s I Spy (#32) Something Festive; choosing the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#539) Sketch; picking up the Cupcake Inspirations (#631) colors of Maroon and Gold and sharing with ColorfulContinue reading “Festive Christmas”

Branching Out – Birthday Wishes

Hi again! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#656).  A lovely Frame -Up with lots of possibilities. My design was influenced by: Seize The Birthday (#316) to use Christmas elements to create a birthday card and Inspired By (#326) for the Colors chosen – Copper, Gray and Champagne/Beige/White. Here is the result:Continue reading “Branching Out – Birthday Wishes”

Happy Birthday Banner

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#539) Sketch and Cardz 4 Guyz (#380) Theme & Color.  Today’s card can be found on page 34 of the September 2025 – December 2026 Mini Catalog.  CASE: (Copy and Steal Everything) Making it the same; (Copy and Slightly Edit) Almost the same with a little variation; (CopyContinue reading “Happy Birthday Banner”

Noel

Welcome back!  Hoping that you will find time to be creative this weekend.  Happy Saturday. Today I have holiday card for you…pretty much sourced from my box of useable discards that did not make it on another project or die-cuts created to conserve precious papers. Principal Challenge: Jingle Belles (#2523) to use Holiday Leftovers. OtherContinue reading “Noel”

I Miss You Already – As the Snow Begins to Fly

Design Time for The Card Concept (#221) and we have a Holiday Table Setting inspiration photo this month.  I picked up on the Light Teal and Dark Purple colors adding a Gold Touch to the Leaf themes. I opted for a clean and graphic styling choosing the Inspire Create (#205) Sketch and details from theContinue reading “I Miss You Already – As the Snow Begins to Fly”