Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate

Welcome back!  A quick little card for you today.  Just back from vacation and easing back into creating and blogging. Playing with the Make My Monday (#230) Theme; the As You See It (#327) Colors and Box Style Design of the Inspiration Photo; and the Can You Handle The Pressure (#59) Tools showcasing two newContinue reading “Simply Said – Let’s Celebrate”

Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#696) challenge.  This week, Anne-Marie has given us a Tic Tac Toe Board to work with.  Lots of possibilities with eight different combinations.  I selected the left-side down: Stars/Stipes, Birthday, and Twine. Additional inspiration: Festive Friday (#162) selecting a number of the possible elements; Just Add InkContinue reading “Thoughtful Moments – Celebrate”

Poised Peony – Hello

Stampin’ Through the Catalog is featuring Poised Peony (page 28) today, Thursday June 27th and I decided to play along. So, I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#583) Sketch and to use a Stencil for Just Us Girls (#733) to design my card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”)Continue reading “Poised Peony – Hello”

Queen Bee – Thanks For Being You

Another Design Team card.  This time for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#464).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 119 of the Annual Catalog.  I selected the Just Us Girls (#730) Colors and chose the On-Line Exclusive Queen Bee stamp set for both Critter Crazy (#87) and Farm Quest (#53) and sharing withContinue reading “Queen Bee – Thanks For Being You”

Sailing Home – Father’s Day

Design Time: Cardz 4 Guyz (#349) is featuring Father’s Day… So many other challenges are sporting a similar theme, and I took lots of inspiration from them for this card. Double Trouble (#168) for a Masculine card partnering with Colorful Options (June) for the Aqua color; and Stampin’ Up! Only (#353) for a Dad card…Continue reading “Sailing Home – Father’s Day”

Textured Floral – Thoughtful Wishes

Welcome back!  I had a lovely time visiting with my family from Canada but it is now time to get back to work.  A few deadlines today and one clean and simple, simple stamping card made. Playing with Freshly Made Sketches (#639); Color Throwdown (#796); and Beautiful Blossoms (#17). Here is the result: Steps: CardContinue reading “Textured Floral – Thoughtful Wishes”

Forget Me Nots – In My Thoughts

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#693) challenge.  This week, Joanne has selected a lovely color palette.  Yellow and Blue is always a nice combination, and I added a little bit of Green. Additional inspiration for my card was influenced by Festive Friday (#161) and their Alzheimer’s Awareness theme; The Flower Challenge (#92)Continue reading “Forget Me Nots – In My Thoughts”

Heartfelt Hellos – Enjoy Your Day

Hi!  One more card for today.  There are still a few challenges that close at month’s end…and that is tomorrow. Over at Atlantic Hearts (#579), the Sketch has a Brick Work or Herringbone design.  I haven’t made this style in a long time, and it is perfect for using up scrap pieces.  I decided toContinue reading “Heartfelt Hellos – Enjoy Your Day”

Kitchen Kaffee Klatch with Friends

Welcome back!  Happy Saturday. I found a little time to play…Farm Quest (#52) Kitchen Tools; Creative Colour (#142); with the Atlantic Hearts (#578) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. Accent Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Moody Mauve Stylized Floral patterned piece of paper from theContinue reading “Kitchen Kaffee Klatch with Friends”

Unbounded Beauty – Celebrate

Catching up with this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#461).  The card we are case-ing can be found on page 53 of the Annual Catalog.  I rather liked the choice of stamp sets and decided to use them with a few tweaks.  Additional Inspiration: Inspired By (#289) for the blue and white flowers; Inspiration Station (#61)Continue reading “Unbounded Beauty – Celebrate”