The current challenge at Inspired by….is “bring in the new year!” This is the photo prompt given as inspiration:

My Favorite Things is having their 2019 Card Design Superstar Challenge. This is my entry for the “Innovation Master” category. I used the Swing Die-Namics to make my mermaid swim…

My Favorite Things is having their 2019 Card Design Superstar challenge. This is my entry for the “Coloring Virtuoso” category. My coloring of the mermaids is done with Copic markers,…

My Favorite Things is having their 2019 Card Design Superstar challenge. This is my entry for the “Clean & Simple Genius.” I decided to take this challenge even a little…

The challenge this week at AAA Cards is a sketch challenge. You can see the photo below. The optional twist is “animal.” I used a spider, which I would not…

When I saw this week’s sketch at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog I automatically saw it in the horizontal view. I used one of my favorite stamps from Unity…

“Background Bonanza” is the focus of the third day of Camp Create this week at My Favorite Things. There are really a lot of different ways to make your own…

I am a little early with making a Halloween card, but the new challenge at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog made me think of this spider stamp. I just…

The challenge this week at The Paper Players is a color challenge – use black, white, and only one other color. I like just about any color with black and…

There is a trend week challenge at Just Us Girls this week, in which the trend is “Circles.” I have a cover die that is all circles, so I used…

The newest challenge at the Inkspirational Challenge Blog has a theme of “travel.” In my huge stash of stamps I knew I had some suitcases somewhere, and finally found them!…

Every month Gerda Steiner Designs hosts a monthly challenge. There is not a specific theme or any rules, other than to showcase Gerda Steiner stamps (regular or digital, even freebies…

Finally a challenge to use this cute little image, not sure that it is really supposed to be a school bus (why would a load of presents be on top…

I am playing along again in another sketch challenge at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog, #328. When I saw the sketch the first thing that came to mind was…

I came across another weekly challenge blog, Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I always look for sketches to help me start out a card, and since I had just finished coloring…

I didn’t even know that Gerda Steiner Designs had a new challenge blog , but since I have quite a few of their stamps (digis and regular) I decided to…

Challenge #163 at Addicted to CAS has a theme/code word of “Daisy.” I knew I had to join in because I just got a new background stamp that is all…

The TGIF Challenges Blog has an inspiration challenge this week, “Christmas in July.” I just made some new backgrounds with alcohol ink on a shiny silver paper, and thought it…

The final day of Camp Create at My Favorite Things is highlighting “Glitzy Glitter.” The challenge was to incorporate glitter of any kind into your card design. I used the…

The great samples at the Inspired By Challenge Blog inspired me to get out a strawberry stamp I received a while ago from Technique Tuesday. Each week there is a…

The challenge at Sunday Stamps this week is a sketch challenge. It is pictured below, however I looked at it from a horizontal perspective. I used one of the Pure…

Since it is the 5th Sunday of the month the challenge at the Paper Players is a tic-tac-toe challenge. Below you can see the grid with all of the choices.…

The current challenge at Just Add Ink is a sketch challenge. I just colored this background and wasn’t sure what to do with it, so when I saw this sketch…

The challenge at “FUSION – It’s about the elements” this week is called VW Hippie. The challenge graphic has a sketch and a photo, you may use either as your…

I found a new challenge blog called Little Red Wagon. The current challenge has a theme of “Summer Fun.” The first thing that came to mind is the new Pure…