Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#531) Sketch. My design choices were influenced by: Festive Friday (#193) opting to use Patterned Paper, Rhinestones, Sentiment, Punch and a Coloring Technique and the Just Us Girls (#793) Mood Board for the Fall Motif and Orange Color. I am sharing this card with Can You Handle TheContinue reading “Joyful Tidings – You’ve Been On My Mind”

Special Delivery – A Cat in the Bag

Welcome back!  I am back from a few days of R&R and getting in a quick clean and simple card for a few challenge deadlines.  Playing with: Shopping Our Stash (#556) for the subject; Seize The Birthday (#313) to add some embossing; Krafty Chicks (#786) for the card style and sharing with We Love StampingContinue reading “Special Delivery – A Cat in the Bag”

Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#769), we are given a choice.  Pick Two: I selected Numbers & Neutrals. That is pretty wide open…so the following challenges influenced my design decisions: Style & Colors – CAS Colours & Sketches (#569) for a clean and simple card; TGIF (#542) for the Sketch; Addicted to Stamps &Continue reading “Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday”

Beautiful Motifs – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#647).  Lots of possibilities with this one. Design influences: Color Dare (#668) for a Red and Yellow pairing; Tic Tac Toe (#279) Top Line – Rectangle(s), Die Cut(s) and Stripes; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#7) for the Floral image chosen. Here isContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Hello”

Fall In The Meadow – Thinking of You.

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#378), the theme is Autumn / Fall.   My design choices were influenced by: Inspired By (#353) Leaves; Inkspirational (#350) Word: Trees; Inspiration Station (#77) Autumn Inspiration Photo for the colors as well as the theme and sharing with Time Out (#297) as my favorite SeasonContinue reading “Fall In The Meadow – Thinking of You.”

Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#530) Sketch and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#472) Color Palette.  For my subject, I selected the Just Us Girls (#792) Word Prompt: Container.  I could have picked so many different containers but nostalgia brought me to perfume bottles. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best”

Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness

Hi again!  This is a Saturday when I have some time to play… I have created a wedding / engagement card for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202509) adding a few hearts for Heart’s Quest (#77). I selected the Sunday Stamps (#368) Sketch and Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#194) Palette to complete the card. Here isContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness”

Be Merry – Decorative Trees

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful weekend and hoping you find some time to be creative. There are a few Holiday challenges about, so we are going Christmas with today’s card. Jingle Belles (#2518) to use only cardstock and Inspire Create (#200) It’s never too early for Christmas. I selected the As You See ItContinue reading “Be Merry – Decorative Trees”

Inspiring Imperfections – Hello

Wow!  It’s already September…welcome back. Today I am playing with CAS on Friday (#316) to use Vellum and the CAS Colours & Sketches (#567) Palette influenced by the Paper Players (#753) Tic Tac Toe Board to include Flowers and Word Dies choosing both clean and simple and vellum as my FREE option(s). Here is theContinue reading “Inspiring Imperfections – Hello”