“Cute Critters” is the theme of the new challenge at Always Fun Challenges. I started by making the background using one of my favorite techniques- “smooshing” a piece of card…

Two new challenges are starting today, the Alphabet Challenge and Double Trouble, so I created a card that would work with both. Combining challenges can really stretch your creativity, and…

Somehow I seem to end up making a lot of cards that are beach or ocean themed, even though quite honestly the temperatures we’ve been having here in AZ make…

We are on challenge #177 at Always Fun Challenges, with a theme this week of “In the Sky.” The new theme at Cardz 4 Guys, #252 is “Explore Outdoors.” When…

Lots of challenges right now are featuring rainbow or rainbow options, along with a birthday theme. It takes some extra planning and brainstorming (and of course it helps to have…

The new challenge at Festive Friday is based on the National Day of Encouragement, coming up on September 12. This is a day to focus on uplifting the people around…

The sentiment on this card comes from a set by Rubbernecker Stamps (called Freehand Phrase Set #900) and are all flower or garden related. I use them a lot since…

There’s a new challenge up at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, and that is what inspired my card. You can see the sketch below. I decided to use the sketch in…

This week’s challenge at Always Fun Challenges (#176) has a theme of “Back to School.” My card is kind of simple this week. I colored the image with my Copic…

Time to get together for a little trouble….the new challenge at Double Trouble (#64) has just started. The picture below summarizes the requirements for the challenge, or you can click…

The new challenge at the Alphabet Challenge features the letter “J” and the theme is “Jewels/Jewelry.” This was not an easy one for me! I was really at a loss…

I live no where near the beach but I love the water and beach theme for making cards. I only used two stamps on this card, the beach ball is…

Several challenges caught my attention so I set out to make this CAS (clean and simple) floral card that would work with all of them. I used a stamp from…

“Gone Fishing” is the new theme for challenge #251 at Cardz 4 Guys. I was so excited to join the design team for this challenge because I rarely make masculine…

Time for a new challenge at Always Fun Challenges (#175) and this week the theme is to create a tag. I don’t make tags that often, but found it kind…

One of my favorite ways to use Distress Oxide inks is for creating water color backgrounds. I swipe some ink on a craft mat, spritz it with water, and swipe…

I’m very excited about today’s post, it is my first contribution as a member of the design team at Festive Friday Challenges! Each challenge is based around a holiday or…

The challenge for August at Stinkin’ Inkers is to create a monochrome card. It doesn’t matter what color you choose, but you should use only shades of that color, and…

Hello and welcome! Today I have a card I made for the Paper Funday Challenge, #20. The challenges there are always “anything goes,” however each month there is also an…

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are back at it, looking for you to join them in some trouble! NO! I am not in trouble even though I used a cat…

Once in a while the timing of things works out perfectly, and I was happy to find that happened today in the process of making this card. Last night I…