Category Archives: Challenges

Make The Cards Challenge: A Sketch Challenge + Zig Real Brush Watercolors

Yay!  It’s time for a new challenge at the Make The Cards Challenge and this week it’s a sketch challenge!   I should have picked the size of my circle to use on the vertical card orientation before starting my project.  But alas, I didn’t plan that far ahead.  So you will see that I turned my card… Read More »

Summer Seahorse Card + Quick Tip For Cutting Sentiments and Layers

Did I tell you that you can get a free digital stamp set at the beginning of August if you participate in the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Group Challenge on Facebook? You can use some of the free images that Patricia has on her Facebook group page, or you can purchase one from the shop to participate… Read More »

Quick Copic Coloring Technique For Floral Stamps + Gift Card Giveaway

I have a video to share with you today to show a quick coloring technique for floral images using your alcohol markers. Today we have the Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge and it is a theme challenge.  The theme is thank you!   You can find the challenge HERE along with all the rules.  You can create with… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: A Fun Sketch With Sassy & Crafty

Have you checked out the Sassy & Crafty stamp and stencil store yet? It’s one of my new faves!  I really like the owner and designer, Beth Duff, and she has an amazing full time design team.  I was lucky enough to be invited by her to be part of her YouTube team for the last 6 months. … Read More »

A Color Challenge!

The new Make The Cards Challenge is a Color Challenge for this week. It’s also entitled Suit Up.  I do not have any stamps with a person wearing a suit of any kind, so I decided that I would just go with the color challenge. This was a good challenge.  It has a masculine feel to it and… Read More »

Get A Free Digital Image Each Month!

You read that right! You can get a FREE digital stamp every month by participating in the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Facebook group’s monthly challenge.  You just need to color one of the Kinda Cute images with your favorite medium and then share it on the group Facebook page in the challenge folder.  3 winners will be… Read More »

Pop Up Basket Masculine Card

Have you tried the Pop Up Card Dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts yet? They are pretty fun to play with and they make fabulous seasonal décor or place setting decorations in addition to being fun cards to create and send to someone special! The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge is an Anything Goes Masculine Challenge.     Our sponsor for… Read More »

Kinda Cute by Patricia May Challenge Digital Image

I finally  had time to sit down and do some Copic coloring and I couldn’t resist playing with the May Challenge digital stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia! There will be 3 random winners selected for this challenge and each will receive some digital images from Kinda Cute by Patricia.  You just need to create an image that… Read More »