We're starting off a new challenge today at Send a Smile 4 Kids! To find out about donating your handmade cards to Send A Smile 4 Kids, please read our guidelines and current needs pages here.
Our challenges are always "anything goes for kids," but we also have an optional challenge you can play along with if you'd like. This month we are looking for cards with a holiday theme. Please take a look at the challenge blog for some great ideas and inspiration!
Card notes: Moose image made with a die from Spellbinders.
There’s a new challenge starting today at Simply Clean & Simple, where the theme is always “anything goes” – as long as it follows the Clean & Simple style. To add a little more fun there is also an optional twist you can play along with, and for this month it is “leaves.”
In general a clean and simple card has:
- a lot of white (or open) space
- one main focal point or image
- clean lines
- minimal layers and embellishments.
Of course there’s always room for interpretation, but as a general rule, less is more when it comes to CAS!
Be sure to check out the challenge blog for all the dates and details and some more inspiration!
Come and join us at the Paper Funday Challenge for our new challenge for the month of November. We are always an "anything goes" challenge, but if you're up for an optional challenge, this month we are looking for anything autumn or Christmas themed.
We have two sponsors this month: Gina K. Designs and Pajama Crafter Stamps. You are not required to use their products, however please check them out as they generously provide prizes for our challenge winners!
Card Notes: My card was made with a set from Gina K. Designs, which was part of a virtual event held several years ago, called "Hand Picked Flowers." It is still available here.
A new challenge is starting at Addicted to CAS Challenge today, here’s my card for a little inspiration!
Every other Saturday an new challenge begins featuring a specific “code word” which is to be used as the inspiration for your card. You’ll have two weeks to play along if you want, for more ideas be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what the other designers have created!
This time around we are on the letter N at the Alphabet Challenge!
It was my turn to choose the theme, so I picked "Nocturnal Animal." I wanted to see if there would be enough choices for that theme, and found on Wickepedia that there are over 100 different animals that are considered nocturnal! Many were ones I didn't even know, but luckily this made the theme a little easier to participate in.
I chose to use some koala stamps that I have had in my stash for a long time. They are from My Favorite Things, which sadly has gone out of business. I colored them with Copic markers and then die cut them, and used an embossed panel I had in my "bits and pieces" drawer.
I caught up on the weekly challenge prompts yesterday, so next week I will be back on track! Here are the latest two ATC's I made.
WEEK 42 - "SUNSET/SUNRISE"
WEEK 43 - "PUMPKIN/ORANGE"
Today I have the next three ATC's I made for the weekly challenge group I belong to on Facebook. I'm still a couple of weeks behind, but headed in the right direction!
The prompt is usually just one or two words, and you are free to use it any way you want. It's always interesting to see what all the other members create and how they interpret the same prompt.
WEEK 39 - "FACE"
WEEK 40 - "ACRYLIC PAINT"
WEEK 41 - "JOURNAL"
It's time to start of the week with Challenge #228 at Double Trouble!
This time our 3-2-1 recipe is asking for at least 3 "doodled" images, at least 2 layers, and at least 1 sentiment.
The optional twist from Thing 3 is to include a pun on your card or project.
Finally, for an additional optional challenge you're invited to check out the sketch challenge at our sister site, Try a Sketch on Tuesday.
A new challenge is starting today at Can You Handle the Pressure.
The only requirement to enter is that you must use an embossing folder on your card or project. We always have an optional theme to go along with that, and this time the optional theme is "numbers."
Please visit the challenge site to look at the inspiration created by the rest of the design team, you're sure to find some new ideas!
Card Notes: The embossing folder is from Spellbinders.
The theme this time is to use any three of the following four colors: orange, black, green, purple when creating your card or project. There are a lot of great ideas and more inspiration over at the challenge blog, so be sure to take a look!
Card Notes: The candles are from Pink & Main's virtual birthday kit, and the sentiment is an old favorite of mine from Spellbinders. I used some white glitter paper from Altenew for the words and stars.
A new challenge is starting at Addicted to CAS Challenge today, here’s my card for a little inspiration!
Every other Saturday an new challenge begins featuring a specific “code word” which is to be used as the inspiration for your card. You’ll have two weeks to play along if you want, for more ideas be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what the other designers have created!
Hello, glad you stopped by! My card is for the new challenge starting at Can You Handle the Pressure. This challenge requires that you must use an embossing folder while creating your card. The theme is always “anything goes, ” however there’s also an optional twist you can play along with each time if you want. For this challenge the optional twist is "birthday."
Head on over to the challenge blog for some more ideas and inspiration from the rest of the design team!
Card Notes: The embossing folder I used is from Spellbinders, and was inked and sprayed with some sparkly spray. The postage stamp images are all from sets by Waffle Flower.
Come and join us at the Paper Funday Challenge for our new challenge for the month of October. We are always an "anything goes" challenge, but if you're up for an optional challenge, this month we have a theme of "pumpkin spice and everything nice."
We have two sponsors this month: Altenew and Newton's Nook. You are not requried to use their products, however please check them out as they generously provide prizes for our challenge winners!
I chose to use the optional theme this month (my embossing folder is from Spellbinders.)
Joining in these additional challenges:
Allsorts #859 - Anything Autumn
Make My Monday Challenge #258 - Autumn/Fall
Try it on Tuesday - Autumn's Beauty
Daisy Chain Challenge #112 - Autumn and/or Halloween
Crafty Gals Corner #280 -Anything goes w/opt. Fall Foilage
A new challenge is starting at Addicted to CAS Challenge today, here’s my card for a little inspiration!
Every other Saturday an new challenge begins featuring a specific “code word” which is to be used as the inspiration for your card. You’ll have two weeks to play along if you want, for more ideas be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what the other designers have created!
Card Notes: I used a circle die and embossed it on the background, two hearts cut from glitter paper, and a sentiment stamp that I heat embossed with clear powder.
We're starting off a new challenge today at Send a Smile 4 Kids! To find out about donating your handmade cards to Send A Smile 4 Kids, please read our guidelines and current needs pages here.
Our challenges are always "anything goes for kids," but we also have an optional challenge you can play along with if you'd like. This month we are looking for cards with a food theme. Please take a look at the challenge blog for some great ideas and inspiration!
Card note: The set I used to make this card was from a virtual event that was done by Concord & 9th a couple years ago.
