Color Hues Challenge #38~Pink and Green...Cup of Happy Hello (Pigment Craft)

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Happy April 1st (already!) and welcome to Color Hues Challenge #38, where our lovely Sheri has selected hues of pink and green as inspiration for the next two weeks. Spring colours, right! 

Pigment Craft Co.'s Cup of Happy makes me super happy, especially in pink and green! Dies cut like butter, stamps are fabulous; alignment, perfect!  I added the image and strips to a circle texture cover plate from STAMPlorations. Simple and spring-y! 

My team has created awesome cards with this combination; please visit and, if you have time, share some love.

Looking forward to a gallery filled with pink and green delights!

Thank you for dropping by!

STAMPlorations April 2022 CAS Challenge~Anything CAS Goes (optional twist: purple and green)...I Love Coffee and You Ephemera Tiles

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Happy April 1st and welcome to STAMPlorations April 2022 CAS Challenge! This month, Blue and Purple are the optional twists.

My simple card features new paper goods joining my collection - Coffee Tiles - Ephemera. I paired them with a sentiment from Coffee Happy, then added them to Circles All Over Textured Cover Plate background. I know the sentiment square looks crooked-ish but I promise, I used a ruler to line up everything! In real life, it's straight! I'll blame shadows for the illusion of  slightly wonky! 

That's it from me; time for you to play along.

• You can find Challenge details here. PLEASE READ.
• If you decide you 'need' some of the products I - or other designers have used - head over to the STAMPlorations Online Store (always great deals to be had!)
• To receive an additional 20% off your purchases, I invite you to use my discount code: STAMPGIRLCAROLM

Looking forward to seeing your CAS cards in the gallery, with or without the twists!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #625~PHOTO INSPIRATION Week...Cup of Happy Florals Hello

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #625, where our lovely Bobby has selected this colourful Spring photo as our week's inspiration. So many elements to draw from...

JoAnn Burnham joins us once again as our Guest Designer - and what a fabulous guest she has been with her inspired and inspiring cards! Thank you for sharing your amazing creativity with us this month! Her card - as well as those of the team - show multiple interpretations of this image. Hope you'll take a look and leave some love if you can! 

In my previous Just Us Girls post, I created a card using new products from Canada's own Pigment Craft Co. Guess what: doing it again, this time with the Cup of Happy stamps/die set. Because I have serious bird terror (YIKES!), I focused on the colours in the flowers along the bottom of the photo - using them in my flowers and grounding strips - and the wood grain design + colour of the birdhouse, replicated in the design of my cup. For the background, I once again took my cue from a sample card at the Pigment site: using a light grey to stamp the flowers and adding them as a subtle background.

I'm besotted with Pigment Craft Co. products...just sayin'!

How will the photo inspired you? Looking forward to finding out in the gallery!

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Inkspirational Challenge #261~Designer's Choice - Critters that Hop...Missees Funny Bunny St. Patrick's Day

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #261, where our wonderful Lindsey has selected *Critters that Hop* as her Designer's Choice. Bunnies, frogs, billy goats, grasshoppers (ewwwww)...looking forward to a gallery filled with cute!

Yes, a bit late for posting St. Patrick's Day cards but...oh well!  We'll consider the entire month a celebration of things Irish and green! My card features Funny Bunny from the Missees Pet Collection, with a basket - from the Donnie Dog collection -filled with hearts to spread love wherever he goes. The hat was fun to make: brim/band from the Donnie Dog set and the 'topper' one of the present/gift dies from the Kitty Cat set. Fun to use products in different ways! Background paper is Doodlebug; panel from Mama Elephant; sentiment from My Creative Time. 

Hope my bunny makes you smile!

Check out the cuties from my awesome team:

Marina, Pia, Marlena, Lindsey 

Looking forward to seeing which hopping critters you'll be sharing with us!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #624~COLOR Week...Latte Heart Elements Hello (Ivory, Soft Rose, Sage Green)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #624, where our lovely hostess, Lisa, has selected Ivory, Soft Rose and Sage Green as this week's palette. Pretty...and  heart-warming to learn that these colours remind her of her grandmother.

JoAnn Burnham joins us once again as our March Guest Designer. Her card is lovely, as are those by my teammates. If you have a minute to leave them some love, I know that would be appreciated.

I finally made the plunge (and a deep plunge it is!!) to invite an assortment of products from Canada's own Pigment Craft Co. into my collection. The ones I've played with so far are a delight; well made and wonderfully designed. Here, making a debut, are the Latte Heart Elements dies/stamps and the Cozy Stitches Cover Plate. My card was inspired by one on the Pigment Craft website, so not 100% original. I adhered the die cut elements - obviously in soft pink and sage (or as close to sage as I have) - to an ivory cardstock panel, then ran it through my Big Shot with the cover plate. As a result, the coloured elements also have the pretty embossing.  Simple....

Looking forward to your beautiful ivory, sage and soft pink creations filling the gallery!

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #37~Yellow and Pale Teal...Papillon Note (The Stamp Market)

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Welcome to Color Hues Challenge #37, where our lovely hostess, Nancy, invites us to play with hues of Yellow and Pale Teal for this round. Such a pretty Spring combination, I think! 

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I reached for a handful of products from The Stamp Market - and a duo of yellow inks from Altenew - to create my card. This butterfly is easy to stamp and the plaid background ever so pretty! Simple...

Looking forward to seeing how Yellow and Pale Teal inspire you!

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Perfectly CAS #25 March 2022~Die Cuts...You Are So Sweet Bunny and Ice Cream (Missees Pets)

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Welcome to Perfectly CAS #25, where we're inviting you to use Die Cuts on 1/3 or less on your card/project. Dies....I LOVE dies! So many options!

With Spring coming soon, I brought out an adorable bunny from the Missees Pet Collection and paired him with a tasty triple-scoop mint, chocolate and strawberry waffle cone and matching background paper strips. He certainly is sweet, isn't he!

Please be sure to pop by my teammates' blogs, leave them some love, then play along with us!

• A friendly reminder: For this challenge, we're asking you to use one-third (aka: the rule of thirds) or less on your card designs, leaving plenty of scrumptious white space (two-thirds of your panel) to draw our eyes to to your focal image. Kylie has included an easy-to-follow explanation on the challenge blog here.

Thank you for dropping by!