Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday

This week at Just Add Ink (#769), we are given a choice.  Pick Two: I selected Numbers & Neutrals. That is pretty wide open…so the following challenges influenced my design decisions: Style & Colors – CAS Colours & Sketches (#569) for a clean and simple card; TGIF (#542) for the Sketch; Addicted to Stamps &Continue reading “Simply Said – Happy 60th Birthday”

Beautiful Motifs – Hello

Welcome back! Design Team Time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#647).  Lots of possibilities with this one. Design influences: Color Dare (#668) for a Red and Yellow pairing; Tic Tac Toe (#279) Top Line – Rectangle(s), Die Cut(s) and Stripes; and sharing with Ellibelle’s Garden Party (#7) for the Floral image chosen. Here isContinue reading “Beautiful Motifs – Hello”

Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best

Design Time: For the Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#530) Sketch and the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#472) Color Palette.  For my subject, I selected the Just Us Girls (#792) Word Prompt: Container.  I could have picked so many different containers but nostalgia brought me to perfume bottles. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered toContinue reading “Fanciful Fragrance – You are the Best”

Winter Scenes – Thinking of You

This week at Just Add Ink (#768), we have a sketch.  Taking liberties, I flipped the sketch to the vertical position.    Sketches are starting points, and my design choices were influenced by: Christmas (or not) Bingo (#15) Letter G selecting Kraft, Wood and Hand Colored Image along with the Farm Quest Country Christmas (#24)Continue reading “Winter Scenes – Thinking of You”

Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness

Hi again!  This is a Saturday when I have some time to play… I have created a wedding / engagement card for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#202509) adding a few hearts for Heart’s Quest (#77). I selected the Sunday Stamps (#368) Sketch and Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#194) Palette to complete the card. Here isContinue reading “Extraordinary Flora – Love & Happiness”

Be Merry – Decorative Trees

Welcome back!  Wishing you a wonderful weekend and hoping you find some time to be creative. There are a few Holiday challenges about, so we are going Christmas with today’s card. Jingle Belles (#2518) to use only cardstock and Inspire Create (#200) It’s never too early for Christmas. I selected the As You See ItContinue reading “Be Merry – Decorative Trees”

Lift Me Up – Just a Note

Welcome back!  Happy Thursday.  A fun card for you today… Playing with the current color suggestion from Color Hues (#116) for Blue & Red along with the Paper Players (#752) sketch. Additional design influences: Make My Monday (#259) for Hot Air Balloons and adding die-cut letters for Facebook’s Global Design Project (#511) suggestion. Here isContinue reading “Lift Me Up – Just a Note”

Back To School – For The Serious Scholar

Hi again!  Chasing a deadline.  Where does the time go? End of summer…start of school. That said, both Cupcake Inspirations (#624) and Just Us Girls (#789) have school themes. Bringing my ideas together, I selected the Freshly Made (#700) Sketch. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resembleContinue reading “Back To School – For The Serious Scholar”

Little Boy Blue – Birthday

Hi again!  I have another clean and simple card for you this afternoon.  Playing with several similar challenges: CAS on Friday (#315) with a Baby theme and If you Give a Crafter a Cookie (#207) with a Child’s Birthday theme.  Paper Craft Crew (#634) has a Tic Tac Toe Board with a line that includesContinue reading “Little Boy Blue – Birthday”

Lovely Florals – Celebrate

Welcome back!  Sneaking in a card on this rather busy Wednesday.  Just an FYI – we had a great class this afternoon. Playing with the current Freshly Made (#699) sketch, choosing the Facebook Global Design Project (#509) colors and doing a little ink blending with a paint brush for Alphabet (Letter I). Here is theContinue reading “Lovely Florals – Celebrate”