Everything but the Kitchen Sink

I stumbled across this blog recently! It is hilarious! It is a challenges blog that incorporates every day things into your project. I think the last one was incorporating toilet paper! It was so great to see what all the people came up with. It was too late for me to participate in that challenge [...]

SPCC / Taylored Expressions

Today, I made a card inspired by the SPCC Color Challenge and Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. I love challenge blogs. They really help me gain insight and inspiration with my projects. I am still such a newbie, I need all the help I can get. I wish I had a crafting network here locally because [...]

Mercy Sketch #47

Ok, never thought I would say this, but I am tired of making Christmas cards! I still have about 15 left to make and I am trying to make each one different, yet simple, and this is creating quite the challenge! I participated in the Mercy Sketch Challenge. I love my PTI Christmas stamps, but [...]

Sweet Sunday Sketch #44

This card was inspired by the Sweet Sunday Sketch #44. A little dry embossing, some cute DP from PTI, glitter and Martha’s snowflake punch helped create this card. Trying to make all my Christmas card different, yet simple and quick. I love the little snowman. So cute…. Hope you like it.

CardPatterns Sketch Challenge

This week, I participated in the CardPatterns Sketch Challenge. And another Christmas card, what a surprise! HA. I just counted how many I have done so far. 12! What? Only 12? Seems like more. I am trying to do each one different so that is probably why it is taking so long….. Not [...]

Card Patterns Sketch Challenge

So, for this challenge, I fumbled big time. I made one card, didn’t like it so made another and didn’t like that one either!! Has that ever happened to you? My mojo is just tapped I guess…. But, I do love my stamp set, can’t you tell? Made 3 cards today all using the same [...]

Jugs again and again

I am so glad that I found the JUGS blog a few weeks back! I just love them!!! This week’s challenge was an incredible sketch challenge! I have been making Lauren’s Tucked Away timeless templates….. My mom has a monthly luncheon and she asked me to make 12 of them. I thought, no big deal. 12 is nothing! Trying [...]

CPS Challenge

Today, I participated in my first ever CPS (Card Positioning Systems) challenge. I have been following their blog for quite some time and finally got the chance to participate in one of their challenges. I drew all my inspiration from the bird card by Angie. I loved what she did with the circles…. I hope [...]

Taylored Expressions

Two cards in one day. Stop the presses! It’s been a while since I participated in Taylored Expressions challenge and what fun I had in making what will be my last Halloween card of the season. Some Papertrey Ink Hocus Pocus Paper and Halloween Tags 2009 stamps set, heat embossing and some googly eyes was [...]

Rasberry Suite Color/Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge Combo

Today, I participated in TWO challenges. Dawn’s Rasberry Suite Color Challenge and the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! Those are two of my favorite challenges to participate in! I used the Papertrey Ink Stocking stamps, decorative paper and ink, some glitter and my scor-pal and came up with this card that I will be sending to [...]