Can You See…Home of the Brave

Welcome back! Happy Friday.  Have any great weekend plans? Today, I am playing with The Card Concept (#196) theme, flowers and colors with the Sunday Stamps (#310) sketch.  I am also sharing this card with Krafty Chicks (#666) to use a stamp and Use Your Stuff (#485) for anything goes. Here is the result: Steps:Continue reading “Can You See…Home of the Brave”

Boho Floral – You Are Wonderful

Welcome back! Mid-week hump day.  Will you be able to carve out some creative time for yourself today? A little inspiration: As You See It (#299) gives us a recipe to follow…just collect your pieces and put it together.  I selected to CASE (copy and selectively edit) the card layout from Krista Frattin as suggestedContinue reading “Boho Floral – You Are Wonderful”

Earthen Textures – Appreciated and Celebrated

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenges for Cardz 4 Guyz (#323) and Facebook Case-ing Tuesdays (#410) showcasing the wonderful Earthen Textures Stamp Set and Dies Bundle.  I chose a vertical or portrait style card to better suit my choices. Inspiration for the card design came from: Double Trouble (#139) partnering with Festive Friday (#135) and choosing theContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Appreciated and Celebrated”

Earthen Textures – Thank You

Hi! Welcome back.  Working with this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#409) sketch.  A delivery came yesterday…new stuff! Having a play with the Earthen Elegance Suite (161518) of products which includes: Earthen Textures Stamp Set and coordinating Dies, Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper and a Natural Wavy Trim Ribbon.  Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Earthen Textures – Thank You”

Sock Monkey – Baby Boy Blue

A brand-new week!  Welcome back. Over at Just Add Ink (#653) I chose Baby and Banner.  Tying into Tic Tac Toe (#209) adding Any Shape and Plaid.  My Shape – a Sock Monkey, my Colors – Blue and Aqua from the Just Us Girls (#680) Mood Board.  Bringing it all together, the Inspire Create (#143)Continue reading “Sock Monkey – Baby Boy Blue”

Irresistible Blooms – Dainty Delight Hello

Hello…I had the opportunity to create another card this afternoon.  I love playing in the Studio! Two overlapping color challenges asking for almost the same thing: Paper Players (#640) and Color Throwdown (#743).  I selected the Dainty Delight stamp set because the image I chose would work well for the Slim Line card requested byContinue reading “Irresistible Blooms – Dainty Delight Hello”

All Kinds of Wonderful

Happy Thursday with a happy colored card! Several challenges involving rainbows…Time Out (#238) Quote with highlighted words Rainbow and Gold; Inspiration Station (#49) May Day Rainbow colored Ribbons; and Color Dare (#547) with a swirl of Rainbow Colors.  Bringing it all together, I chose the Freshly Made (#586) sketch. Here is the result: Steps: AllContinue reading “All Kinds of Wonderful”

Helping Me Grow – Friend

Still catching up…always takes some time to get back into the groove when you take a break. Several Challenges: Just Add Ink (#651) for the color and floral inspiration; Retro Rubber (#206) for the choices; Happy Little Stampers – Stencils and Watercolor; The Flower Challenge (#80) as I opted for Flowers instead of Teacups; andContinue reading “Helping Me Grow – Friend”

Best Day – Have Cake

Tuesday!  Design Team Challenge for Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#405). Several challenges influenced my choices today: Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog – Best Day stamp set; Just Add Ink (#649) for the colors; Happy Little Stampers (April) for the Stencil; and The Male Room (#173) for Gender and Tools: Here is the result: Steps: All elementsContinue reading “Best Day – Have Cake”

True Beauty – Just Because

So many Sunday deadlines… Next up…Facebook Colour INKspirations (#141) with the Atlantic Hearts (#521) sketch. I took a dive into my bins.  When a new catalog is around the corner, I look about for room to put new “treasures” and find old “treasures”. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the cardContinue reading “True Beauty – Just Because”