Bold Birthday

Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#499) Design Team Challenge.  This round, we have a great set of colors. My design choices were influenced by The Male Room (#215) for something Geometric; AAA Birthday (#90) for Big & Bold; Seize The Birthday (#336) to add a Double Frame; and finishing it off with someContinue reading “Bold Birthday”

Wanted To Say – Happy Birthday

Hi again!  Catching a few upcoming deadlines with a bright and fun Birthday card. The challenges: Shopping Our Stash (#570) to not use any white; Cupcake Inspiration (#635) for the Colors; and choosing elements from Pick 3 (#2603) to create the card: Stripes, Dies and Text. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Wanted To Say – Happy Birthday”

Beautiful Blues – Birthday

Welcome back!  It’s Wednesday and I have a pretty card for you today using elements from the Beautiful Blues Kit. Don’t you just love taking bits and pieces and creating something new? My design was influenced by Alphabet (Letter O) for Ovals and One Word Sentiment. Make My Monday (#264) for a Birthday with FlowersContinue reading “Beautiful Blues – Birthday”

Peaceful Garden – Celebrate

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#648).  Lots of possibilities with this one especially if you want to play with Patterned Papers. Design influences: Inspire Create (#201) Shades of Blue and Green and more specifically Colour Hues (#118) Smoky Blue and Sage Green. and sharing with Love Those Pretty PapersContinue reading “Peaceful Garden – Celebrate”

Be Brave

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday. I need a card for a bright young girl embarking on her teens.  I thought the color palette over at TGIF (#528) was ideal and the bold design at Sketch Saturday (#777) would be perfect for my idea. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Be Brave”

Celebrate – Wanted To Say

Welcome back!  Friday already… Studio time with: Atlantic Hearts (#632) for the Sketch; Tic Tac Toe (#272) for center line featuring Layers, Floral, and No Stamping as my FREE Space; Just Us Girls (#778) featuring Dies and Layers. Additional influences: Krafty Chicks (#771) Birthdays and Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202506) as this card canContinue reading “Celebrate – Wanted To Say”

Cupcake Cat – Birthday Card

Welcome back!  Friday already… Several related challenges today: Just Us Girls (#675) a birthday card featuring dies; Krafty Chicks (#758) birthday week and Inspired By (#326) featuring cupcakes. I selected the Creative Colour (#183) palette and the Sketch Saturday (#770) layout to bring my ideas together. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Cupcake Cat – Birthday Card”

Stylized Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Wednesday already and I hope the week has been good to you so far… It is moody and rainy here this morning , so I just had to find some time to play as creating cheers me up. What trouble can we get up to today?  Let’s start with the AAA Cards (#280)Continue reading “Stylized Florals – Celebrate”

Happy Hour – Cheers

Happy Thanksgiving!  Over at Make My Monday (#239), the theme is Food and/or Drink which is highly appropriate for today. Just Add Ink (#730) is looking for some Fruit.  How about a Strawberry Daiquiri?  I chose the Try a Sketch on Saturday (#659) for my card design.  Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½”Continue reading “Happy Hour – Cheers”

Wanted To Say – You’re Too Kind

One more for today…please indulge me. Over at Sunday Stamps (#335), we are presented with a lovely Seashell image and a slate of very pretty colors. As I continued to look at the Inspiration Photo, I was seeing and focusing in on the circular shells and they reminded me of the new Dotted Circles 3DContinue reading “Wanted To Say – You’re Too Kind”