I am going to call this my partial die cut technique, but without the die cut! In order to cut out only part of the image I used my Exacto…

This is one of the current challenges at the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge. Coloring challenges are always fun for me because I try to pick at least one…

I have had a lot of time to work in my craft room lately and one of my projects has been stamping and coloring my floral images. I have been…

This is the 10th year of the Alphabet Challenge, and we are on to the letter “B” – create a card for a boy. This challenge runs for 2 weeks…

The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Blog is on to challenge #268 – the theme is “All About Occasions.” Meeting that requirement is easy – just create a card that you would…

The theme for this week’s challenge at Always Fun Challenges is “Farm Animals.” My project is a page from a calendar that I created. I made all 12 months last…

As I have a lot of free time lately I have been exploring the different challenge sites out there. There are so many! I created this “Hoppy Birthday” card for…

There’s a few days left to join in Challenge #389 at Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge. Below is the tic-tac-toe board from which my color scheme was chosen (Row…

I am surprised I haven’t run across The Library Challenge sooner, as it brings together my two favorite hobbies – card making and reading! Each new challenge provides the cover…

The challenge for this week at Addicted to Stamps and More is a photo inspiration, as pictured above. Besides the colors, I was attracted to the mannequin image, as I…

The “Things” are ready for spring! Their current challenge at Double Trouble is a 3 part challenge. You can see what Thing 1, Thing 3, and Thing 2 are asking…

A new to me challenge is the Tic Tac Toe Challenge, and since I seem to have a lot of extra crafting time lately (NOT complaining!) I thought I would…

I haven’t played with the challenge at Try Stampin’ On Tuesday for a while, but I saw the sketch they have for challenge #452 and wanted to use some new…

Another challenge that runs every two weeks is Cardz 4 Guys, and the current challenge theme there is “On, In, or By the Sea.” I think everyone knows that it…

Over at AAA Cards Challenges I joined in their CAS sketch challenge. The optional twist is “It Flies.” I didn’t incorporate that, only followed the sketch, which is pictured below.…

Love this week’s sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! I ended up deciding on using black and gold, mostly because I had cut the leaves already from a piece of…

The challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week is an inspiration photo: The card I made has a tab, which pulls up a little bear holding balloons from inside of…

I have three challenges to join in today: CAS on Friday #177, Addicted to CAS #183, and Crafting Happiness #44. The stamps on my card are from a set called…

Another weekly sketch challenge has been posted at My Favorite Things (#484). Although the image is a heart on the sketch, that is just to represent any element that you…

The Alphabet Challenge will be starting the alphabet for it’s tenth time with this week’s challenge! So here we go for another round – “A” for Anything Goes! The background…

“Easter Blessings” is the title that goes along with the photo inspiration challenge at The Card Concept Challenge Blog. Some of the things that drew my attention in this photo…

This week at Always Fun Challenges the theme is “Easter.” I used a stamp I just got from Waffle Flower, it is one of those that is so quick and…

This weeks challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More is “Clean and Simple,” with no restrictions on a theme or topic. I used a stamp I got from Unity Stamp…

The new challenge at AAA Birthday Card Challenges is to use dots and/or stripes on your card. I chose my background paper first since it was striped, and then went…

Here’s my card for Double Trouble Challenge #54. I used a Stampin’ Up background stamp called Something Lacy that I got at least 4 or 5 years ago. I stamped…