Color Hues Challenge #129 - Purple and Marigold - Wishing You the Best Day Blooms

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #129, where our lovely hostess, Marcia, invites us to play with hues of PURPLE and MARIGOLD for the next two weeks.  A beautiful combination to herald the beginning of Spring, which officially arrives in a matter of days. I'm so ready for it! 

We're delighted to have Chris joining us as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

I've brought out my Blooms Better Press Society plate once again, this time inked with Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet.

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Chris and the rest of my wonderful team. 
Looking forward to seeing your Purple and Marigold creations in the gallery.

The challenge will be open until March 29 @ 9:00am (EST)

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #310 - Anything CAS Goes (Optional Twist: Zoo or Animals) - I'm Your Piggest Fan (SSD Quirky Animals)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #310 where it's Anything CAS Goes, the the Optional Twist of Zoo or Animals. FUN! 

 

Pretty clear that I chose the Optional Twist for my card.
Isn't my pig - from Simply Stated Design -  a handsome lad! LOL! 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous CAS inspiration - with and without the twist -  from my talented team.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Colourful Challenge - Colourboard #26 - Just Because Fleur Azure Butterfly (SSD - Fleur Azure)

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Welcome to AAA Colourful Colourboard #26 where we're drawing inspiration from the elegant, almost regal, Colourboard below:

We're delighted to have super talented Trina P joining us for this challenge. Her card will WOW you!  

This gorgeous butterfly from Simply Stated Design seemed almost made for this challenge, so of course I had to showcase it. I paired it with rich navy and gold cardstock to let it truly shine.

Please head to the challenge blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how this colourboard inspires you!

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #363 - Visual Prompt - March Mood Board

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #363 where we have a Visual Prompt - Mood Board - as inspiration for the next two weeks (March 14 - 27).  The images offer a wide range of possibilities to explore:

Various shades of green

Geometric patterns or repeating shapes

Botanical touches like leaves or natural textures

Painty or artistic backgrounds

Encouraging, uplifting, bold sentiments ✨🌿🎨

St. Patrick's Day Vibe

Hopefully one - or several - of these ideas will launch your creativity.

 

I combined colour, repeated patterns, words and St. Patrick's Day vibe - with my handsome Leprechaun from Simply Stated Design -  in making my card. I'm also showcasing a cool pop-up feature I learned from Nadine, at Nadine Karen Design. Truth be told, I'm 100% smitten with this design; it's easy to make and gives the recipient a little 'something special' to enjoy. when they open it.

 I love it...in fact, I love it so much that I've made at least 6 cards, with different papers/elements in the same fashion.

Here's a photo of the front, closed; the front with the 'swinging' panel and the inside.

Single images: 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my temmates.

Looking forward to seeing how the Mood Board inspires you.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #814 - WORD Week - Emboss - Just Saying Hello (SB slimline floral embossing folder, PFS Stylized Florals and sentiment)

Hello,

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #814 where Bobby has selected EMBOSS as our Word Week challenge. Heat embossing, embossing folders: whichever suits your fancy suits ours as well.

Once again, we're delighted to have Milla joining us as our guest designer.

Spellbinders floral embossing folder + Pinkfresh Studio Stylized Florals dies + a Pinkfresh Studio better press sentiment = a simple card that, hopefully, will bring a smile to the person receiving it.

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Milla and the rest of my fabulous team.

Looking forward to seeing how EMBOSS inspires you.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #813 - Use Dies Week - Luck/Green - Feeling Lucky To Have You (WF, SSD - St. Patrick's Girls Ephemera, SB - Calendar)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #813, where out wonderful hostess, Sue, invites us to use LUCK and/or GREEN for our DIE CUTS challenge.  

A new month means a new guest designer; we're delighted to have Milla joining us for March.

My calendar style card features one of the St. Patrick's Girls ephemera from the collection of the same name, paired with a Spellbinders' March calendar and backgrounds cut with a special edition of layered Tonic Studio/Clipper Street scalloped nesting dies. 

Green die cuts include the plaid backgrounds and the shiny green background on the Waffle Flower postage sentiment. Luck appears on the sentiment, which is also die cut. 

And, because we don't want to leave out the guys, here's another play with the calendar/leprechaun pairing:

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous examples of Luck/Green featured as DIE CUTS.

Remember: to be considered for the Winner of the Week or a Spotlight feature, you must use luck/green as DIE CUTS.

Looking forward to seeing your creativity in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #128 - Green and Gold - Let's Celebrate Green Rose (SSD - Gatsby Ephemera XL)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #128 where Karen invites us to play with hues of Gold and Green for the next two weeks. Perfect combination for March (already!), especially with St. Patrick's Day right around the corner. Of course, this pairing works well for a variety of images/occasions as you'll see from the inspiration cards created by my talented teammates and our guest designers.

Speaking of guest designers, we're pleased to have two joining us:  Darnell and Donna. Welcome!

I have two cards, both featuring images from the GATSBY collection from - yes - Simply Stated Design. I love when ephemera plays perfectly with a colour combination! Sentiments are from Spellbinders and Pinkfresh Studio.

The bold rose: gorgeous! 

The stately Rolls Royce: an eye-catching classic!

Please head over to the main blog to see outstanding inspiration from our guest designers and my team. 

Then, join us with your Gold and Green works of art.

The challenge will be open until March 29th @ 9:00am (EST). 

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #309 - 1 Plus 1 - Spring Lamb Happy Easter (SB Spring Blessings Rub-ons)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #309 where we have a 1 + 1 Spring theme to inspire you for the next two weeks.  The concept is simple: your card should feature Spring, from the center, then ONE of the choices from the following: Lambs, Cleaning, Flowers, Colours. 

I really wanted to create a Spring Cleaning card but alas, nothing in my collection jumped out at me (must remedy that). Instead, I opted for an image from my new Spellbinders Spring Blessings rub-ons: the adorable lamb. I want to give him some cuddles! 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous 1 + 1 inspiration from my talented team.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Birthday Challenge #83 - Use Die Cuts - Celebrate in Your Own Style (Sculpted Scripted Floral - SB)

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Welcome to AAA Birthday Challenge #83. This month's theme: use die cuts. Easy peasy, because we all have - and love - dies! Once again, let's celebrate birthdays in style! 🎉

We're delighted to have Caroline (KISS) joining us as our Guest Designer.

In a random act of 'sale' shopping at the end of December, I purchased a variety of papers, ephemera, stamps and yes, dies from the Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect collection. The Sculped Scripted Floral stamps/dies, along with a sheet of patterned paper, are making their debut here. The stamps bring a scripted element to the petals, which is rather cool. A few stamped ink splatters finish up the card.

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented team.

Then, join us with your die-cut birthday-themed card. 
Looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #362 - Word Prompt - USE STENCILS (Optional Twist - Plaid) - I'm So Lucky (SSD - Leprechaun Ephemera)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #362 where we invite you to play along with our popular USE STENCILS Challenge. This go-round, our optional twist is PLAID. 

Since we're already in March (seriously, where does the time go!), I'm going all St. Patrick's Day with my card. The stencil: Gina K Designs.  Background arches: Spellbinders. Sentiment: Waffle Flower.

The charming, handsome star-of-the-show leprechaun: Simply Stated Designs. He is a dapper guy, isn't he! 

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my team, then join us in the gallery with stencil creations of your own.

Looking forward to seeing your dazzling delights!

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #812 - STENCIL Week - Wishing You the Best Day Blooms (Better Press Society - Nov. 2025)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #812, featuring our ever-popular Stencil Week theme.

Joining us once again is Denise Morgans, our February Guest Designer. Thank you so much for sharing your abundant creativity with us this month.

Time to start using those Better Press Society plates I've been collecting over the past several months. Making its debut is the November 2025 plate. The plates don't always have a name/title attached to them so we'll just call this 'bloom burst'. In addition to the plate and stencil are two edge dies so the focal image can be cut and popped up on a card panel, as I've done here. A Concord & 9th triangle cover plate adds texture. I'm rather smitten with this plate; definitely more dates planned with it.

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Denise and my teammates.

Looking forward to your stencil sensations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #811 - Mood Board Week - Happy Birthday Coffee (SSD)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #811, where our wonderful Lisa has selected this lovely pretty-in-pink, coffee and floral themed photo as inspiration this week. 

 

Once again, we're delighted to have Denise Morgan joining us as our February Guest Designer.

If coffee (or something closely representing coffee) is presented as inspiration in any way, you can bet that I'll be reaching for my coffee collection from Simply Stated Design, as I've done here. Now, you may be wondering how my interpretation connects to the image, so let me explain. 

My card and photo connection:

One focal image - coffee/hot beverage with whipped topping, served on a saucer, with surrounding 'nibbles'

One predominant colour - pink in the image; 'coffee' in my version

Subdued, slightly blurred background - shelf/window on the photo; my 'soft hearts' and coffee splatters backgrounds.

Flowers

Warm, cozy vibe

So, while my card may not feature 'pink', I think it hits the notes of being inspired by and connected to by the photo. I hope you agree.

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Denise and the rest of my talented team.

Looking forward to seeing your interpretations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #127 - Peach and Teal - Thanks for Everything (Better Press)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #127, where our lovely Jules has selected Peach and Teal as our inspiration for the next two weeks. So pretty!

We're delighted to have Gundi joining us as our Guest Designer; her card is amazing.

My card features a Better Press plate that I've had for well over a year. Time for it to make a debut - and so it has! Prismacolour pencils for the flowers; teal cardstock for the background panel; a trio of teal enamel dots.  Simple! 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous cards from our guest designer and my talented team.

Looking forward to your Peach and Teal creations.

The challenge will be open until February 28th at 9:00am (EST).

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Thank you for dropping by!

I'm an Elf For Christmas Kickstart Challenge #107 - Christmas Sing-Along - REMINDER POST - Silent Night (Simply Stated Design)

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Popping in once again - as a Guest Elf - with a reminder post and a card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge #107. 

For this month, the theme is

Once again, I've dipped into my Simply Stated Design collection to create my Silent Night card. 
Isn't the music-themed ephemera lovely!  Another card for my stash! 

Hope we'll see your Christmas Sing-Along cards in the gallery; you still have plenty of time to share your tunes with us!

Thank you for dropping by!