FarmQuest Challenge #81 - baby farm or forest animals

 Time for a new challenge at FarmQuest challenges:  include baby farm or forest animals on your project.  I went with a cute little lamb and chick for a Spring card.

This is an old digi image from ProvoCraft that I colored with Olo markers.  I did a little ink blending with light blue around the edges.  It's still officially winter, but we're definitely getting the spring showers this week!

AAA Cards Challenge #309

 The new challenge at AAA cards is 1+1.   You need to use the center element and one of the outer elements on your project.

For my card I chose the center Spring + flowers.

I used an old digi image from ProvoCraft, colored with Olo markers and then die cut with a rickrack frame.  We have had a cold, snowy winter so I'll be glad when Spring arrives later this month!

ABC Christmas Challenge - C&D 2026

 ABC Christmas Challenges is hosting their "C&D" challenge this month - C for crimson and D for ding dong (bells)

I went with the "C for crimson" theme on my card, spotlighting the red poinsettia and berries.

I used a stencil and die set from Tonic Studios for the background and the poinsettia and greenery.  The greeting is from Pink & Main.  I did some ink blending on the poinsettia and greenery to add a little dimension to the layers.  The background was cut with a Papertrey Ink die.  I had gotten that die in a mystery box and hadn't used it before, but it worked out well to break up the stenciled pine cone background.  

Jingle Belles fa-la-la-la-la challenge

 The current challenge at Jingle Belles is to incorporate Christmas music into your project.  Here's my card for the challenge:

I used an old stamp set from Stampendous, stamping the background music in a light sepia ink.  The manger scene was stamped with brown pigment ink and then heat embossed with copper embossing powder.  I added a little gold ink and gold metallic pen to the star and the halo.  It was nice to use a stamp set that I haven't gotten out for awhile.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #287

Here is the current TicTacToe challenge board for challenge #287:

I went with the top horizontal row of circles, pastels and embossing.

I dry embossed white cardstock and then punched circles from it and adhered the flower images to the circles.  

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #725

 Here is the current sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches:

Here's my card for the sketch:  

I stamped a plaid pattern on white cardstock, then diecut a diamond pattern from it, snipping off some edges to make it a bit wonky.   Just added a couple of die cut and colored flowers and a sentiment strip to keep this one pretty simple.  

The Sisterhood of Crafters - February challenge

 The current challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters is to use stitching on your project.  I had just finished a scrapbook page inspired by a challenge at CSI Scrapbook Challenges, and happily it fit this challenge category!

I used up a lot of scraps to piece the background heart, and then used several stitching stamps to give it the look of a crazy quilt.  The title was cut with my Cricut, using three layers of black cardstock for a little dimension.  I wish I could say this made a dent in my scrap basket, but it didn't, lol!