Best Birthday Wishes

Welcome back!  A quick little clean and simple card for you this morning. Make My Monday (#232) is looking for something Metallic and CAS on Friday (#290) is looking for a Sentiment Only card. So, I picked the Tuesday Morning (#770) Sketch to bring everything together changing out the square shape for a circular shape.Continue reading “Best Birthday Wishes”

Splendid Autumn – You Brighten My Days

Welcome back!  Every second Tuesday is busy in the Studio.  My three Design Team projects fall on the same day. Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#474).  The weekly Catalog CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) cards found within Stampin’ Up!’s current catalogs.  The card today?  Found on page 103 of the Annual Catalog.   We invite you to re-createContinue reading “Splendid Autumn – You Brighten My Days”

Special Moments – Thinking of You

Design Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#445) we have an interesting set of colors to play with. Several other challenges informed my design decisions.  The AAA Cards (#272) Sketch for a clean and simple, single layer card; Just Add Ink (#715) to play with Shadows; and the Facebook Global Design Project (#459) forContinue reading “Special Moments – Thinking of You”

Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#703) challenge.  This week, Claire selected a CAS (clean and simple) card style with a Fruit theme for us to play with.  Fruit is a popular motif at the moment: Both Inspiration Station (#64) and Time Out (#270) are showcasing Fruit and Love Those Pretty Papers (#2)Continue reading “Enjoy the Sweeter Things in Life!”

Happiest Day – Floral You’re the Best

Welcome back!  After running about doing some chores…I had some time to play. What a lovely sketch from team Atlantic Hearts (#590).  I had to do a real dig through my stash to find my Doily Die.  I selected the pretty line up of colors suggested by Creative Colour (#154) to bring my idea together.Continue reading “Happiest Day – Floral You’re the Best”

Planted Paradise – With Love

Welcome back!  It’s Friday!!  Hoping you have a fantastic weekend and some time to be creative. We are having a lovely day with lower humidity which makes it a great time to be outdoors tending to the garden and the house plants. That said, I am playing with Farm Quest (#58) creating a Potting BenchContinue reading “Planted Paradise – With Love”

Lovely & Sweet – Floral Congratulations

Hi!  I have a fun floral summer congrats card for you today.  I must say I really struggled with coming up with a plan for each of these challenges. After a good long think and another cup of coffee…here is what I made. Over at Just add Ink (#714), a lovely set of bright colors…butContinue reading “Lovely & Sweet – Floral Congratulations”

A Little Wild – Welcome Baby

Welcome back!  Wow, it is already Sunday…the week went by fast. A number of fun challenges combined this morning.  The Tuesday Morning (#767) Square Sketch which tied in nicely with Christmas (or not) Bingo (#8) line “G” and sharing with Krafty Chicks (#727) for an Anything Goes using Stamps and since I chose an AnimalContinue reading “A Little Wild – Welcome Baby”

Sketched Butterflies – Thinking of You

Welcome back!  Catching up for a deadline and playing with a few other challenges today. So, the sketch is for Sunday Stamps (#340) with the Inspire Create (#173) colors kept in the Subtle Family with the embossing technique challenge required for both Just Add Ink (#713) and Can You Handle The Pressure (#60) opting forContinue reading “Sketched Butterflies – Thinking of You”

Friends For Life – Hi

Chasing another deadline…this time for Color Throwdown (#803) and choosing the Just Add Ink (#712) Sketch. The theme:  Bobbing along on the Ocean blue comes to mind based on the color inspiration photo. Here is the result: Steps: Another fun summer bright card but this time for a friendly Hello. Thanks for spending some moreContinue reading “Friends For Life – Hi”