Minimalist Monday

Welcome to another edition of Minimalist Monday - honing the less is more principle in a clean and simple design. 

My card was inspired by playing along to a couple challenges:

CAS on Friday #339 flowers - I’ve chosen the Sunflower embossing folder for this round. 

AAA Cards Challenge #320 - S themed challenge I have Sunflowers and Silver Shiny foil

As You See It  - Summer Days #AYSI378 - I have sunflowers and a summer yellow palette.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #tttc298 top row for the win: sparkle, twine and butterfly.

I’m getting inky with the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil bundle, Coneflower Celebration stamp set, Sunflower embossing folder, Greetings for You ephemera pack and black gold twine.

Fun simple elegant ‘thinking of you’ card. I love the look of embossed vellum and the black & white with pops of yellow is so cheerful and hopefully will elicit pick me up vibes in the receiver.

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday

Welcome to another edition of Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday.

Today’s card was inspired by a few challenges:

Case-ing Tuesday Sketches #574 from page 23 of the May-Aug 2026 catalog.

Global Design Project #gdp557 Lemon Lolly, Flirty Flamingo and Coastal Cabana colour palette.

Festive Friday challenges National Friendship Day inspo list #FF0214 using pastel colours, knotted ribbon/twine, friendship sentiment, flowers & butterflies. 

As You See It challenge #377 using flower, die cut, shades of yellow, bold sentiment and enamel dots. 

Getting inky with the July POM Begonia Belle stamp set, Summer Happiness dies,  Everyday Arches dies, Flora and Fern embossing folder, Sincerely Noted Mix & Match ephemera, Lemon Lolly, Flirty Flamingo and Coastal Cabana inks and Silver Bakers Twine.

Happy with my design - a lovely cheerful ‘thinking of you’ card. Love the Sunset Shimmer Iridescent paper embossed it really gives a gorgeous shimmer. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Masculine Monday Vibes

Welcome to another edition of Masculine Monday vibes.

Today’s design was inspired by playing along to the following challenges:

As You See It sketch challenge #ATSI374 

The Paper Players masculine inspiration board #PP789

AAA clean and simple cards #AAA316 pick 1+1 summer beach 

Getting inky with the Scenic Coast suite and Natures Symphony stamp set for my sentiment. Blueberry Bushel, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake and Basic Beige colors.

I just love this suite - the colour palette and paper is just breathtaking the camera does not due it justice. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Love, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Masculine Monday Vibes

Welcome to another edition of Masculine Monday Vibes.

Today’s design palette inspired by AAA Colourful Colour board Blues & Beiges #26. Playing another round of Inspire.Create #211 All About The Man. As You See It Sketch #368 which I took some liberties with by making 4 smaller squares to form the larger square look and my large floral sprig and sentiment.  

I’m get inky with the Natures Symphony bundle - the dies & the paper are both so pretty in this set! Wonderful for masculine vibe projects but also have feminine undertones. The Circle for the sentiment is from Spotlight on Nature dies. And the white dots are from the Moody Palette embellishments. 

 

A lovely You Make Me Smile card for the man in your life!

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4life 

Inspire.Create

Whimsical Wings & Things

Welcome to another edition of Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday.

Today’s card was inspired by playing along with a couple challenges. Having a second go at the As You See It speed challenge with purple floral vibes. #AYSI367

Playing another round of Tic Tac Toe with the right row win of embossing, enamel dots and a framed mat element. #tttc287

 

I’m getting inky with the Sunflower 3D embossing folder, the Greetings for All ephemera pack, pearl enamel dots coloured with gorgeous grape blends, white ribbon and the retired dragonfly punch. 

A quick under 10 minutes Sending Hugs card with stunning impact. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be À Totallyawake4-life 

Monday Masculine Vibes

Welcome to another Monday Masculine Vibes - they say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and my other half is definitely an ice cream lover! 

Today’s card design came together playing with a few fun card challenges.  Over at As You See It they have a colour challenge mood board - I was inspired by the purple! #AYSI367

The Inspired By blog challenge Sweet Caterpillar mood board #IB377 and the accompanying sketch.

Playing another round of Tic Tac Toe with their challenge board #tttc287. I have used the top row circles, pastel and embossing.  

Over at Time Out Challenges photo inspiration with the stripes and polka dots. #TOC307

I’m getting inky with a retired Saleabration set Homeycomb Happiness and paired it with the Dotted Circles & Lovely Stripes embossing folders, Gorgeous Grape ink and blends, Pecan Pie blends and some pearl bling. 

Final “You’re so Sweet” design. I did the direct to paper ink drag across the embossed papers. For my sentiment I used the masking tape trick to create a straight line sentiment vs the stacked style. I used my Gorgeous Grape blends to colour the pearls to match the card. 

I think this would make a wonderful thank you card or birthday card with a gift certificate to an ice cream shop inside! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life

 

Whimsical” Wings & Things Wednesday

Welcome to another edition of Whimsical Wings & Things. Today’s card design came together while playing with a few challenges.

My colour palette is thanks to TGIF Challenges colour challenge Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green. #tgif554

Sketchy fun over at As You See It challenge #AYSI392

Just Add Ink word prompt Celebration #JAI775

Over at Festive Friday National Candy Cane Day #FF0199 word prompts I am incorporating Red, White, Green, Sequins and Christmas Sentiment 

I’m getting inky with the Traditions of Christmas DSP and sequins, Greeting for You ephemera and retired Winter 3D embossing folder, Bird Builder punch, 2 1/2” circle punch and gold twine.  

Final design is so cute - I used the Coastal Cabana maker to incorporate that colour into the plaid paper from the Traditions of Christmas DSP punched with the 2 1/2” circle and the gold twine circled around it formed a little “nest” for the Cardinal for this “Seasons Greetings.”

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Slimline Sunday

Welcome to another edition of Slimline Sunday - loving the additional play space with the slimline design! 

I’m playing with the retired Jar of Haunts, Wicked Cool and Well Said stamp sets and the current Alphabet A La Mode dies for my custom sentiment of Boo-Day. 

Todays design inspiration came from the following challenge blogs:

The Color Dare challenge #673. I have chosen Real Red, Gorgeous Grape and Pumpkin Pie from Stampin’ Up!

Cupcake Inspiration #628 for the Halloween vibes in the image.

Just Us Girls #796 also has Halloween word Prompt for this week!  

Inspired By #IB357 for the pumpkin themed mood board and a stacked image sketch.

To stack my images for the design challenge is used the masking technique.

As You See It #358 to create a card depicting your favourite thing about Fall and Halloween and pumpkins are at the top of my list of favourites. 

I love the resulting Happy Boo Day card - perfect for someone who shares their birthday with Halloween or even just a Halloween lover! 

What’s your favourite thing about the Autumn/Fall season? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life