Circle of Spring Birthday

This card was so much fun to create.  I know that the wreath lends itself to colorful flowers but I wanted to try something a little different.  I am entering this card in three challenges.    The sketch at Can You Case It is probably one of my favorite card layouts, so I was happy to create a card for it.  The inspiration photo at The Challenge and the cue card “Distress”at CASology were also elements…

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It’s All About You

Happy Sunday to you.  We are finally getting a touch of spring weather in PA and it feels so nice. Today I am playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. It is such a simple and straightforward sketch that it was actually a little difficult for me.  What threw me was the large open space.  This sketch spoke clean and simple to me and that really is not my strong suit.  Here is what…

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Awesomely Artistic in Perfectly Purple

Happy Saturday!  There is something about a mild spring-like Saturday in late winter that is so uplifting and energizing.  Although I did use some of that energy on a few household chores, the uplift came from creating this card for the Stamp, Ink, Paper sketch challenge. I have been really loving the Awesomely Artistic stamp set lately.  I’m not sure what took me so long to give this set a work out but I can see…

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Big Birthday Bloom

I am naturally drawn to florals, so this card was really fun to create…. The inspiration behind this card came from two challenges I am participating in.  Pals Paper Arts #287 is a color challenge this week and the colors are fabulous.  The Global Design Project #022 is a fantastic sketch challenge.    The focal point of this card is definitely the flower from the Beautiful Bunch stamp set.  This is one of my favorite…

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