Lifetime of Love – Beautiful Friendship

Welcome back!  Hope you are having a lovely start to the weekend. Studio time and playing with the Freshly Made (#617) Sketch along with the Facebook Colour INKspiration (#157) Selection and sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (January) and Love to Craft (#78) for their Anything Goes theme. Here is the result: Steps: All elements wereContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Beautiful Friendship”

Notes of Nature – Hello

Welcome back!  I have the honor of being selected as a Guest Designer for Double Trouble for the month of January.  What fun to start the new year off as a Crazy Cousin! Double Trouble (#156) asks for a background that is either Loud, Bold & Bright or Calm, Soft & Pastel to match ourContinue reading “Notes of Nature – Hello”

Everyday Details – Lifetime of Love

Hi! Welcome back.  How to catch up after a fun holiday week?  Pick up and push on… Playing with Creative Colours (#121) and chose an older published layout from Sketch Saturday to create another clean and simple card. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Continue reading “Everyday Details – Lifetime of Love”

Lifetime of Love – Happy Birthday

New Year’s Eve!  Do you have plans to party all night?  It is generally a quiet night in the House of J.  Wishing you all a happy new year… Catching up on a few deadlines today.  Playing with the colors suggested by the Global Design Project team and chose to create a clean and simpleContinue reading “Lifetime of Love – Happy Birthday”

Stippled Roses – Blank Card

Welcome back! Playing with a new stamp set that will be available in January.  The Stippled Roses is a beautiful set. Inspiration for today’s card: Beautiful Blossoms (#11); Creative Colour (#118); Happy Little Stampers (December) for the Watercolor Technique; Tuesday Morning (#735) for the Layout; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday (December). Here is theContinue reading “Stippled Roses – Blank Card”

Magical Meadow – You Are The Best

Happy Sunday! After a weekend of rain, it is starting to lighten up and the sun is just peeking through. That makes me very happy. Today I am playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#553) Slim Line Sketch and selected the colors from Color Throwdown (#771).  I also chose to do a bit of water coloringContinue reading “Magical Meadow – You Are The Best”

Fun & Festive – Happy Christmas Wishes

Welcome back!  It’s Tuesday…Design Team Day… I don’t know about you, but I often think that a card for a fellow is generally best if it is clean and simple. So, I am combining Cardz 4 Guyz (#336) Festive Creatures with the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#428) Sketch and sharing with Just Us Girls (#707) forContinue reading “Fun & Festive – Happy Christmas Wishes”

Notes of Nature – Hello

Guess what came?  New product from the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog and I just had to play! A clean and simple card for Color Throwdown (#770) using the Notes of Nature stamp set and die bundle and watercolor paints in my stash. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “Notes of Nature – Hello”

Everlasting Beauty – Beautiful Things

Welcome back! Had a lovely day out and about and now I am back in the Studio for today’s card. Double Trouble (#154) is partnering with Tuesday Morning (#734) to add a stitched element to their sketch, and I selected to use the colors suggested by Creative Colours (#116). Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Everlasting Beauty – Beautiful Things”

One Horse Open Sleigh – Merry Christmas

Welcome back!  It’s Tuesday…Design Team Day…I was able to combine all three challenges.  I love when ideas come together that will work for each of them.  Cardz 4 Guyz (#335) is looking for a Winter Scene, Hand Stamped Sentiments (#427) has the colors, and Facebook’s Case-ing Tuesday (#434) has selected the Slim Line card onContinue reading “One Horse Open Sleigh – Merry Christmas”