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Year: 2020

Alphabet Challenge – Z for “Zoo Animals”

  • Posted on March 27, 2020
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My first project as a design team member at the Alphabet Challenge Blog is for the letter Z – with a theme of “zoo animals.” This was a good one…

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Double Trouble #52 and Bitten by the Bug

  • Posted on March 20, 2020
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The current challenge at Double Trouble is “Die-lirious and Punchy.” Thing 1 requires something cut on your project- a die cut, something punched, cut with an electronic cutter, or even…

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Happy Little Stampers CAS and CAS(e) this Sketch #364

  • Posted on March 19, 2020
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I am combining this card with two different challenges: Happy Little Stampers CAS (with the theme of use your favorite technique) and the current sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch. The…

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Always Fun Challenges #154

  • Posted on March 19, 2020
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I was very excited to be honored with one of the top 3 picks for last weeks Always Fun challenge (Fun Folds), and even more excited to see this weeks…

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AAA Cards #161

  • Posted on March 19, 2020
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The challenge that just started at AAA Cards is “Along the Edge” with an optional twist of using cats and dogs. I never pass up a challenge to use one…

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CAS on Friday #175

  • Posted on March 13, 2020
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The theme of the challenge at CAS on Friday is “Boys and Their Toys.” I am not sure a kitty would be considered a toy, however, I still thought this…

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The Card Concept #130

  • Posted on March 13, 2020
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The current challenge at the Card Concept is a photo inpiration. The photo is titled “Irish Coffee” so of course the stamp I used couldn’t have been more perfect, it…

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Addicted to Stamps and More #380

  • Posted on March 13, 2020
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Addicted to Stamps and More is hosting a challenge to use the inspiration photo as the theme of your card. You can see the photo below. I was drawn to…

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Double Trouble #51 and Heart 2 Heart Challenge

  • Posted on March 13, 2020
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The Double Trouble Challenge is a fun and unique challenge blog. They have partnered with Heart 2 Heart for the current challenge – “Go Green.” My card takes on the…

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CAS Colours & Sketches #361

  • Posted on March 11, 2020
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Here’s my take on the sketch for CAS Colours & Sketch Challenges. I have a kind of hard time keeping things really clean and simple because I can’t resist papers…

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AAA Birthday Challenge #11

  • Posted on March 11, 2020
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The monthly challenge at AAA Birthday Challenge blog is to create a birthday card that features flowers. I never could have enough time to color all the flower stamps I…

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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 488

  • Posted on March 11, 2020
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The current challenge at the Cupcake Inspirations blog is a color challenge – use pink, pale blue, and mint as your main color pallet. I found some very soft pastel…

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Always Fun Challenges 153

  • Posted on March 10, 2020
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The theme for the latest challenge at the Always Fun Challenge blog is to create a “Fun Fold” card, anything that is not a regular A-2 fold. The card I…

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Shopping Our Stash 415

  • Posted on March 10, 2020
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“Is it summer yet???” is this week’s challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash. When I think of summer what comes to mind is spending a day by the water, a…

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AAA Cards: 160

  • Posted on March 10, 2020
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This is the latest challenge at AAA Cards – CAS (Clean and Simple) with a lot of white space, and an optional twist to use something metallic. I thought first…

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Paper Players 481

  • Posted on March 10, 2020
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The Paper Players challenge this week is to use the colors Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, and Calypso Coral as the main colors on your card. I used a floral image…

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Paper Players 480

  • Posted on March 2, 2020
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This week the challenge at the Paper Players is to make a card that features heat embossing. I tend to use my white, black, silver and gold embossing powders a…

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 358

  • Posted on March 2, 2020
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Here is this weeks sketch at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog. I never seem to do well with banners, so I tried using the flowers to represent the banner…

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Stinkin’ Inkers Challenge – Pastel Palette

  • Posted on March 1, 2020
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This is my first post as a design team member at the Stinkin’ Inkers Challenge blog. These challenges run monthly, with a different theme or challenge each month. For March…

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Alphabet Challenge – “X” for Extra Embellishments

  • Posted on February 29, 2020
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The letter for the latest challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog is “X” – specifically for “X-tra embellishments.” I thought with this card just some little water bubbles were the…

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Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies

  • Posted on February 28, 2020
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This is the final challenge for the month that I am entering at the Happy Little Stampers Challenge blog. The only guideline is that you must use a die cut…

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Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

  • Posted on February 28, 2020
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This is the second card I made for the Happy Little Stampers Challenges this month, this is for the “anything goes” Christmas challenge. The optional element is “wings,” which is…

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Happy Little Stampers – Watercolor Challenge

  • Posted on February 28, 2020
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Happy Little Stampers Challenge blog hosts several challenges each month. I spent some time yesterday making cards for several of them, the first one was the watercolor challenge. The theme…

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 357

  • Posted on February 24, 2020
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This week’s sketch at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog is one that left me with all kinds of ideas, but I ended up using this new Happy Birthday set…

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Stinkin’ Inkers Challenge – Make an Impression

  • Posted on February 19, 2020
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The theme for the challenge at the Stinkin’ Inkers Challenge Blog is “Make an impression,” – create texture on your card by using an embossing folder. Since I tend to…

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