Toile Tidings – ‘Tis The Season

Jumping from Fall into Christmas with a Vintage inspired card. Several challenges with a Vintage theme:  Use Your Stuff (#491); Jingle Belles (#2318); Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#621); and I chose the colors from the Color Dare (#563) Tic Tac Toe board. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card baseContinue reading “Toile Tidings – ‘Tis The Season”

Ocean Front – A Note of Thanks

Tuesday – Design time and today I am combining Cardz 4 Guyz (#329) theme with the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#421) colors.  A few other challenges are sporting a similar theme, so I incorporated their requirements into the card as well:  Festive Friday (#141) and Facebook Joy of Sets (August). Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “Ocean Front – A Note of Thanks”

Brightest Glow – Retro Christmas Trees

Welcome back!  Hoping you are having a spectacular weekend. Having a bit of Holiday fun.  Over at Jingle Belles (#2317), the theme is Trees and I selected the Atlantic Hearts (#538) sketch.  My color choices were inspired by this holiday photograph. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base toContinue reading “Brightest Glow – Retro Christmas Trees”

A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone

Friday!  The weekend is almost here.  Do you have any fun plans?  Today I am playing with the Global Design Project (#407) theme and the Inspired By (#251) photo for both theme and color choice.  I selected the CAS Colours & Sketches (#518) sketch and the Clear Color Embossing Technique for Inkspirational (#296). Here isContinue reading “A Fish & A Wish – You’re Not Alone”

In The Moment – You Are The Best

Tuesday – Design time: Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#421).  Using the Stampin’ Up! Catalog Samples for inspiration and changing none, some or all the elements as you recreate a card is such a great place to start… Today, I was inspired by Heart’s Quest (#36) Best Friends Day; Tic Tac Toe (#221) for Color, Tools andContinue reading “In The Moment – You Are The Best”

Honey Bee – Thank You

Welcome back!  A start of a new week of creativity.  Are you game? Over at Just Us Girls (#692) the theme is Bee; Over at Make My Monday (#207) the task is three of anything; Over at As You See It (#305) we are given a “recipe” of items to use; and bringing it allContinue reading “Honey Bee – Thank You”

Bird’s Eye View – Sweet Friend

Happy Sunday!  Combining two challenges with a deadline of today… Let’s play with Color Hues (#69) and the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#618) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: The sentiment was popped up with Dimensionals and the Rhinestones were adhered in place. A super little greeting card to let a friend know that youContinue reading “Bird’s Eye View – Sweet Friend”

Around The Bend – Hello There

Welcome back!  Had a chance to create a card post class today for an upcoming deadline.  Mixing up the TGIF (#432) colors with the new sketch from Freshly Made (#598). Here is the result: Steps: What a fun and bright card! Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda! NeedContinue reading “Around The Bend – Hello There”

Floral Birthday

Design Time at Hand Stamped Sentiments (#420) and this fortnight we have an Inspiration Board.  Lots of pretty images to promote your creativity.  I was drawn to the bottom right Floral image. I selected the Sketch Saturday (#731) Layout and elements from the Paper Craft Crew (#529) Tic Tac Toe board.  I am sharing thisContinue reading “Floral Birthday”

Timeless Arrangements – Floral Thanks

One more for the day!  Happy Sunday… Playing with the Atlantic Hearts (#536) Sketch, the Color Throwdown (#754) Palette, and the Flower Challenge (#83) to include Spots or Stripes (I added both). Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  These colors look great together andContinue reading “Timeless Arrangements – Floral Thanks”