AAA Cards Challenge #318 - Follow My Lead - Follow Marlies - Let's Shell-ebrate (SSD Crab Ephemera)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #318 - Follow My Lead. For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from Marlie's card, featured below.  

Inspiration card:

To follow Marlie's 'lead', I translated her background into a grid die cut and her coffee beans into a trio of way too cute crabs from Simply Stated Design. A sentiment from Waffle Flower finished off my CAS card.

Please visit the main blog to see my teammates' fabulous takes on the sketch.
Looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.

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!

Inkspirational Challenge #371 - Visual Prompt - Summer Vibe - Lemon Daydream Just For You and A Little Something To Make You Smile (SSD)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #371.  For the next two weeks, we invite you to take your cue from the bright, beautiful Visual Prompt below. Whether you're inspired by the soft pink blossoms, sunny lemons, refreshing drink, vibrant colour palette  or simply the summery vibe, we'd love to see how you interpret it in your own style.

I'm sharing two cards featuring the beautiful Lemon Daydream collection from Simply Stated Design. For something a little different, I paired with background dies from AALL & Create,

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous cards from my talented design team, then join us in the gallery with a mood board card/project of your own.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #830 - Use A Die Week - Forgotten Favourite - For the Record (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #830. Time to dust off an old favourite! 
For this week's Use A Die Challenge, Ina asks that we dig into our die collection, find a 'forgotten favourite' and bring it out for a play date.  Let's let the 'oldies but goodies' shine!

We're delighted to have Bonnie joining us as our July Guest Designer. 

We all have that die set (or, in my case, multiple sets); the one we absolutely had to have, used a handful of times then quietly tucked away.  The hidden gem I've brought out for another *spin* is  Concord & 9th's For the Record collection. I had a blast reuniting with this set; a reminder that some things never go out of style: vinyl records, great music and favourite dies! 

Please visit the main blog to see which *forgotten favourites dies* my talented team have showcased, then rummage through your stash and bring out oldie of your own to feature.

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Color Hues Challenge #136 - Cream and Gold - Thanks, I'm Touched Beyond Words Lilies (Better Press Society Cascading Lilies)

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First, Happy Canada Day to my Canadian followers. Hope your day is filled with celebraton.

Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #136 where Julie invites us to play with hues of Cream and Gold for the next two weeks. Such a pretty combination, especially if you're thinking of "Christmas in July" as a possible theme. If course, this pairing also fits for a wide range of occasions, as you'll see from the design team.

Another Better Press Society plate making a debut today: Cascading Lilies. Simple gold foiling of the plate, then die cut and added to a matte gold background.  The lilies are lovely but oh, how I wish Spellbinders had included a stencil with this plate. That said, 'plain' works, too. 

Please visit the main blog to see lovely inspiration from my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how Cream and Gold will inspire you.

The challenge will be open until July 14 @ 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 Birthday Challenge #87 - For Girls - Lemon Daydream Happy Birthday (SSD - Lemon Daydream, AALL and Create)

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Welcome to AAA Birthday Challenge #87. Last month we celebrated with cards *For Boys*; for July, we're celebrating cards *For Girls.*  

We're delighted to have Brenda joining us as our Guest Designer.

I've created a 'stylized' card for this challenge, using a background die from AALL & Create, decorated with papers and ephemera from Simply Stated Design's Lemon Daydream collection. . A sentiment from Spellbinders pairs wonderfully with the pretty pink + yellow feminine images. 

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest and my teammates.

Looking forward to seeing your For Girls birthday cards in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #829 - Anything Goes Stencil Week - All The Best As You Begin Another Year (Better Press Society - Flourish and Vine)

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Welcome to  STENCIL WEEK at Just Us Girls; Lisa is our hostess.  Bring out your stencils and give them a play!

A big thank you to Kellianne for being our guest designer this past month. It's been a pleasure having you with us!

Another of my Better Press Society plates making a debut: Flourish and Vine. Such a delicate image - and I love that the set comes with a die to cut an aperture.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our Guest Designer and my talented team.
Looking forward to seeing your stencil showcases! 

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Card Challenge #317 - Sketch Challenge - Painted Blooms Celebrate (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #317 where we invite you to play along with our Sketch challenge displayed in the photo below. You're not required to use 'firework' style images; rather, work with something you feel captures the placement and/or conveys the 'motion' of the sketch.

I translated the sketch into some pretty stenciled flowers from Concord and 9th; one of my favourites in my collection.

Please visit the main blog to see my teammates' fabulous takes on the sketch.
Looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.

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!