Bold & Beautiful Bloom

My card share today is inspired by the Paper Players #286 Color Challenge and the Global Design Project’s Theme Challenge…     The color combination is wonderfully bold so I set out to make a card that would do justice to these colors. Right now I am still a little obsessed with the large flower from the Birthday Blooms stamp set in the Occasions Catalog.  I just see so many reasons to stamp this flower!…

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Best Thoughts for CYCI #110

I hope that you are enjoying a little taste of spring like we are in PA.  The last few days have been fantastic and they promise there are more to come.  It’s no wonder my cards are all leaning towards flowers! I am entering this card in Can You Case It’s sketch challenge…. The large hydrangea bloom in this set is awesome and makes a big impact on a card.  I stamped the flower in…

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Everything Eleanor – For YOU

Today’s card is using one of my favorite stamp sets.  I really love this set but for some reason have not used it in a long time.   I am entering this card in two challenges.  The Global Design Project’s color challenge and Freshly Made Sketches weekly sketch challenge.    Combining a color and sketch challenge is really fun.  I really like how these colors translated into a card.  There is something rather stunning about…

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Lovely, Amazing Polka Dots

Hi there…today my card share combines so many elements that I love….polka dots, navy blue, flowers and pearls…. The colors are one of the aspects of this card that I really like.  These colors were inspired by the Pals Paper Arts color challenge this week. For some reason when I see navy blue, I think of polka-dots.  So I reached for the Regals Designer Series Paper Stack and chose the dotted pattern in Night of…

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