Autumn Blooms – Country Home Hello

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a delightful Saturday and have found some time to be creative… This afternoon I am playing with Beautiful Blossoms (#44); Double D (#260902) adding a Pitcher; Creative Colour (#257) for the Palette; and bringing it all together with the Freshly Made (#753) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Autumn Blooms – Country Home Hello”

Here For You – Lovely Arrangements

Welcome back!  Glad to be in the Studio…catching up post holidays… Choosing elements from the Festive Friday (#217) Inspiration Board: Stand Up To Cancer paired with the As You See It (#380) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Peach Pie cardstock, retired, for a soft orange color.Continue reading “Here For You – Lovely Arrangements”

Begonia Belle – Birthday

Can you stand another one? Tuesday is one of my busiest days… Design Team Time for Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#578), where we select cards from the Catalogs and remake them as we are inspired.  Today’s inspiration can be found on page 17 of the May – Aug 2026 Catalog. My design choices were influenced byContinue reading “Begonia Belle – Birthday”

New Memories – Up and Away

Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts (#695) Sketch and the Cardz 4 Guyz (#389) Theme.  Always fun to come up with ideas to combine challenges! Sharing with Love Those Pretty Papers (#2608) and the “Sky” twist and Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#31) with a “Travel” twist. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base:Continue reading “New Memories – Up and Away”

Beautiful – Amazing Friend

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#495) Design Team Challenge.  This round, we have an eclectic Mood Board with plenty of diverse options.  I went with the Floral image (top left). Additional influences include: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#215) for the palette and Just Add Ink (#792) for element options. Bringing it all together, IContinue reading “Beautiful – Amazing Friend”

Picture Perfect Birthday

Welcome back!  A brand-new week and I am playing with Black & White. Choosing elements from the Festive Friday (#215) Inspiration Board…colors, subject matter and adding frames. My design choices were influenced by Krafty Chicks (#832) for a birthday card and the suggested sketch, flipped, from Paper Craft Crew (#684). Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Picture Perfect Birthday”

Friendly Foliage – Happy Birthday

Welcome back! Happy Sunday… A clean and simple card for you today. I am playing with Just Us Girls (#834) casing the card created by Sue VanDeVusse and choosing the color palette suggested by Creative Colour (#251). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. AccentContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Happy Birthday”

Radiant Sunflowers – Well Wishes

Welcome back!  A few sneak peeks for you today… Today’s challenges: As You See It (#377) with a Recipe of Elements and Paper Players (#796) for the Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Crushed Curry cardstock. Background Panel: (5¼” x 4”) Daffodil Delight cardstock dry-embossed with newContinue reading “Radiant Sunflowers – Well Wishes”

Artisan Sketched Garden – Sending Love

Design Team Time for Atlantic Hearts. This week’s (#692) Sketch is full of charm. My design choices were influenced by Color Hues (#137) for the palette and Make My Monday (#283) for the sentiment. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Real Red cardstock.      Card Front: (4” x 5¼”)Continue reading “Artisan Sketched Garden – Sending Love”

Floral Tag – Hello

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#295).  Eight possibilities and so much choice.  I selected two lines: Top Diagonal and Middle Cross for the elements: Floral, Square, Stencil and Pink, Square, CAS. I selected the CAS Colours & Sketches (587) Sketch to bring everything together and am sharing with Make My Monday (#280).Continue reading “Floral Tag – Hello”