I am a little slow in joining the current challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare, but not too late yet! The challenge is to create a monochromatic card using…

This week the challenge at Always Fun Challenges is to create “anything but a card.” I made a 3-D scene, which is inside a box with a cover that opens.…

It’s time to celebrate Christmas in July with the Things from Double Trouble! The new challenge runs from July 20 to August 3. You can see the abbreviated challenge guidelines…

This is actually my second entry for Festive Friday Challenge #63, but since I recently got some new “goodies” and was also in need of a birthday card for a…

We are at the letter H for the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge Blog. The word for this challenge is “Hungry” – make a card that features food! (and…

The current challenge at the Paper Players is a color challenge, as you can see below. I started by heat embossing a background stamp with white powder, then used some…

No better way to start the morning than working on a new coloring project! I chose a large background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, then used several different challenges as…

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #401 is to use the above inspiration board for the theme or idea of your card. Of course the colors are red, white, and…

The challenge over at Always Fun Challenges this week is to create a card inspired by this “mood board:” As you can see I was drawn to the gnomes, and…

The colors of this challenge seem to be just a natural go-to combination for me, so I didn’t realize until after I made this card that it would work for…

Here is the new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, #376. Remember that the sketch is open to interpretation, for example the bird can be any image, and that you…

I needed to make a card for the boy who lives next door, he took in our mail while we were on vacation last week. I thought the colors from…

One of my favorite techniques is paper piecing, and that is the challenge for this week at Always Fun Challenges. I think this was one of the first techniques I…

There’s a new challenge up at Double Trouble! The picture below summarizes what is required for this challenge, or you can visit the Double Trouble Challenge blog to see more…

Time to get out your bling! The new challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog this week is for the letter G – Glitter and Gems. The challenge runs for two…

This month the theme of the challenge at Stinkin’ Inkers is “I See Spots!” You can use anything with polka dots or the bokeh technique. I cut a background piece…

This month the challenge at the Paper Funday Challenge is sponsored by Vectoria Designs. As always the theme is “Anything Goes,” with an optional twist of “the great outdoors.” I…

Time to get out your red, white, and blue markers, papers, pencils, embellishments – or whatever you want – to join in our challenge at Cardz 4 Guys. You can…

With the 4th of July just around the corner the theme at Always Fun Challenges this week is “Patriotic.” I really don’t recall where this image came from, I know…

It’s time for a special one week challenge at the Double Trouble Challenge Blog! Since we have a fifth Monday this month it’s our “Something, Anything, Everything” theme, basically do…

I truly love clean and simple cards and even though I don’t tend to make them a lot, I do try to broaden my horizons by entering CAS challenges now…

Here is the new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I saw a lot of possibilities with this one, but ended up with a kind of simple background. Instead of…

It is fun to see all the different styles, themes, and creative cards when there is an “Anything Goes” theme, and that’s the theme this week at Always Fun Challenges!…

Yellow is one of those colors that is not really a favorite, but lately as a change of pace I have been using it a lot more, and it happens…

I recently just sent the last wedding card out from my stash, so when I saw the latest challenge at Double D Challenges with a theme of wedding I was…