Had a beautiful day here and I got a lot of work done, so I wanted to relax this evening and make a few birthday cards. To get going I…

The theme at Always Fun Challenges (#188) this week is “Thank You/Thanksgiving.” I was anxious to color my newest fall image for this challenge. I would like to enter my…

I decided today was a good day for some coloring therapy – no TV, news, phone calls, just me and my Copic markers! I checked out some current challenges sites…

I made this card as my team contribution for the November challenge at Stinkin’ Inkers Challenge Blog. The theme for this month is “Quilting.” You can interpret that any way…

Our monthly challenge at the Paper Funday Challenge (#23) starts today, and the theme is always “Anything Goes.” This month the optional twist is “give thanks.” Make a card or…

I always seem to run out of masculine birthday cards before any others. The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guys (#257) is to make a birthday card for an adult…

Sometimes it’s a nice change of pace to create something besides a card. The current challenge over at Cut It Up! (#212) is asking for a Thanksgiving or autumn themed…

I couldn’t resist using this set with these cute little holiday hogs for my inspiration cards for the new challenges at Always Fun Challenges and Double Trouble. The theme at…

The new challenge starting today at Festive Friday has an Inspo List inspired by World Kindness Day. There are so many great items to choose from when creating your card,…

Today’s post has three cards I completed today, all starting from the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches (#394). Finally, after much contemplation, I decided to go with the pink…

Here is this weeks sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#392). Since a sketch is meant to help inspire you and give you ideas, I looked at this (and since…

Got my work done early yesterday so spent the rest of the day in the craft room! There were quite a few challenges I had ideas for so here’s what…

Halloween Fun is the theme for this week’s challenge at Always Fun #186. Instead of something spooky I decided on something cute and sweet, so I used these stamps I…

Making backgrounds with alcohol ink is messy, but is one of my favorite cardmaking techniques to do. I made this one a while ago and finally decided to use it…

I think everyone has a little different idea of what a clean and simple (CAS) card is, but in general a clean and simple card should have plenty of “white”…

This is my inspiration card for the new challenge starting at the Alphabet Challenge. This time we are featuring a theme of “Old Folk” for the letter O. I really…

Hauling leaves in a pick up truck – my card idea for the new Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #256 that starts today. The theme is “Colors of Autumn.” I used…

Two great challenges are starting today, and this Halloween Monster card is for Always Fun Challenges #185 and Double Trouble Challenge #69 If you would like to play along at…

The new challenge at Festive Friday is to recognize National Cappuccino Day which is coming up on November 8. Our Inspo list is created from ideas related to that day,…

Time for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – #390. You can see the sketch below. I went with a fall cornucopia as my image to represent the…

“Fall Colors” is the new theme at Always Fun Challenges (#184). I used a My Favorite Things set that I got last year but never got around to using, so…

Keeping busy making more cards, a lot of fun challenges to play along with this weekend! This first card is for the challenge at Casology – with a cue word…

Halloween is definitely my favorite theme to make cards for, so I spent this afternoon making a some to join in quite a few challenges with. For this card I…

It’s a color challenge at the Alphabet Challenge this time. We are on the letter “N” – for Navy Blue. I went with the roses from one of my favorite…

Our new challenge starts today at The Paper Funday Challenge (#22), where the theme is always “Anything Goes” – with an optional twist this time of Halloween. We are being…