Category: Challenge

A few months back, a dear friend, sent me this digi image of a cottage and it scared me to dickens. I told her, I can’t color that. It’s too much for me and too many details. So there I just let it sit in my Digi Stamp folder taking

The last card that I created this weekend (not the last I am sharing with you) was for the Deconstructed Sketch of the week. I love the sketches that Jen puts out each week as they really make me work beyond my comfort area with various layers. This week’s sketch

This weekend I jumped on challenges and was able to complete a few new cards to share. I will blame this 100% on the fact that Crooked Stamper was jumping all over them this weekend as well and it kind of inspired me! Check out her great cards on her

I have followed Pamela Young for what seems like ages {really probably 3-4 years} and I totally LOVE her style so when I saw that she is the Sketch Artist this month on Skipping Stones Designs, I was thrilled! This sketch is SO timeless and was begging me to create

Last night I got to play with an amazing digi stamp by the great Melania Deasy who designed an adorable set for the Lawnscapings Birthday and Blog Challenge. As soon as I saw this set, I was totally inspired and knew what papers I would be using from my stash.

This week’s Deconstructed Sketch was definitely a challenge as some of the layers were larger than what I could cut width wise with my Cricut so I just played around a bit to get what I like. I also flipped the sketch 90 degrees counter-clockwise before I began working with

Earlier this week, a family friend lost her father. I knew I had to make a Sympathy card and I had NO IDEA where to begin. I wanted it to be regal looking but also simple. I thought that this week’s Skipping Stone Desgin Challenge was the perfect match up.

Wow, seems like I just finished last week’s sketch and here I am with another one. When I saw this sketch, I wanted to challenge myself and do something besides a regular A2 sized card. I did decided to go with the standard 4 ¼” square so it could still

This week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge was a bit of a challenge for me as the layers and I just weren’t working right. Finally after a few different papers and playing around, we got it all worked out for the best. I used just what was on my desk and

Last night my friend Barb and I got together to get crafty and I was in the mood to create some things for my upcoming craft fairs and had just gotten in the perfect stamp to create with! Bundled Buddies by Close To My Heart has just the perfect amount