Flowers Fair – Thankful

Hi! Design Team Time for Tic Tac Toe (#291).  Eight possibilities and so much choice.  For my board this round, I selected the top left diagonal line, The elements: CAS, Emboss and the color Red. My theme choice was influenced by Stampin’ Up! Only (#399) for Spring Flowers. Here is the result: Steps: Add theContinue reading “Flowers Fair – Thankful”

Moon Lake – The Best Day

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#385) for a clean and simple styled card choosing the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#561) sketch. Design influences: Farm Quest (#82) for a Pond scene; Time Out (#311) Pick Two: Trees and Earth; with the colors suggested by Facebook SU! Colours (#2604). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Moon Lake – The Best Day”

Bumbling Along Wishing You A Lovely Day

Hi again!  Chasing a few deadlines… The challenges: Moving Along with the Times (#187) featuring Bees; Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#13) Anything Garden related; Time Out (#309) to add a Clear Element; and choosing the Stampin’ Up! Only (#397) to case a card from page 23 of the Jan – Apr Mini Catalog. Here is theContinue reading “Bumbling Along Wishing You A Lovely Day”

Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#384) with a suggested color palette of light blue and brown. Playing along with several other current Masculine Challenges: Inspire Create (#211); Little Red Wagon (#849); The Male Room (#208) also asking for blue and brown. Sharing this card with Make My Monday (#272) for their All Tied Up theme.Continue reading “Far Away Landscapes – To a Great Guy”

Friendly Foliage – Covered in Flowers

Hi again!  A brand-new week and I am sharing a little touch of Spring with you. Playing with the Freshly Made (#725) Sketch and the AAA Cards (#309) One plus One Map for a clean and simple card featuring the new laser-cut Covered in Flowers Accents. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adheredContinue reading “Friendly Foliage – Covered in Flowers”

Waterfront – Birthday

Hi again!  Getting a little more “inque-y” time in today. Over at Facebook’s Global Design Project (#512), we are tasked to CASE a card created by Stesha Bloodhart. Mountains, distress, twine… I added a water element for Shopping Our Stash (#555). Here is my version: Steps: All elements were then adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Waterfront – Birthday”

Joy of Noel – Bright Spirits

Welcome back!  Saturday morning and off to a good start.  The annual Spring Fling, in our town, is today and we are heading over there this afternoon. Another clean and simple card for you.  Jingle Belles (#2507), have challenged us to create a no-layer / one-layer holiday card and I selected the pretty Joy ofContinue reading “Joy of Noel – Bright Spirits”

Thinking of You – Spring Floral

Those deadlines just keep coming…welcome back! Facebook’s Stampin’ Through The Catalog (a share only Stampin’ Up! inspiration site) featured Lara Moss @scrappykea as their Guest Designer this week, and we are invited to CASE (copy and selectively edit) her project.  I rarely do any scrapbooking, so I translated her inspiration into a card. My takeaways:Continue reading “Thinking of You – Spring Floral”

The Open Sea – Cheers!

Design Team Time: This round at Cardz 4 Guyz (#368), we have an open inspiration challenge with the Letter “S”.  My “S” word is Ship. Design choices were influenced by The Male Room (#196) featuring Mixed Media and I am sharing this card with Inspire Create (#188) and their current Masculine theme. Here is theContinue reading “The Open Sea – Cheers!”

Soft Spring – Simply Said Hello

Design Team Time: This round at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#459), we have a wonderful inspiration board.  I was drawn to the Lavendar Patch photograph on the right. The Christmas (or not) Bingo (#12) Board – Letter “B” influenced how I created the card. Here is the result: Steps: I always enjoy the opportunity to doContinue reading “Soft Spring – Simply Said Hello”