Category Archives: Challenges

Create A Spring Background With Stencils For A Cute Critter

There is something about spring that just makes me want to create little scene cards with cute critters! I have a sweet spring scene using 3 stencils from Maker Forte to create a background for a very cute Umbrella Mouse digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I’m going to enter this card in Gerda Steiner’s March SYD (Share… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: A Color Challenge

The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge and it’s a super fun combination! How pretty is this combination?!  I am loving it! I decided to make a fun fold card that is quick and easy.  I kept it simple and added some mixed media for fun.  That citron color made me want to… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: A Masculine Card

The new Make The Cards Challenge is a Masculine Theme challenge.  I’m making a non-traditional color masculine card for this challenge!     I decided to use purple for my card today.  When I was helping my son set up his first apartment, I was surprised when he chose a purple, gray, and black color scheme.  It was… Read More »

Scrapping 4 Fun Spring-Easter Challenge

The new Scrapping4funChallenges is a Spring/Easter Anything Goes Challenge.   Our sponsor for this challenge is Fabrika Fantasy.     They provided the digital image that I’m using for my card today and it is called Easter Bunny.   I kept my card simple this time!  I simply used Copic markers to color in the image and create the… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: Coffee Theme

The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a Coffee Themed Challenge!   I don’t really have a good coffee cup stamp set, so I purchased a digital stamp from Not 2 Shabby for this challenge.  I have a great stamp set from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps called Coffee Talk and I finally had a reason to use… Read More »

Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge: A Layout About Me!

The new Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme challenge this month!  You need to make a layout about YOU!   I decided that any layout that I create about myself needs to include a mixed media background.  I consider myself a mixed media artist even though I don’t share all those projects here or on YouTube.  I’ve… Read More »

Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone: Mixed Media Journal

There is a new challenge on the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge site and it is a stitching challenge!  Your project needs to include stitching!   It is still an Anything Goes challenge, so you can make any kind of project, but there should be some stitching on it. Our sponsor for this week is Oddball Art Stamps and… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: A Sketch Challenge

I can’t believe it is the sixth Make The Cards Challenge already!  It seems like we just started last week! I’m loving this challenge because is something new every week.  Last week we did a color challenge and the week before it was a theme challenge.  This week, we have a sketch challenge!   I was excited about… Read More »