Alphabet challenge - J - my lunch is ready

Friday August 22, 2025

Hello everyone

We have a new challenge over at

Alphabet challenge

Theme: J for jump, anything that jumps,

frog, rabbit, kangaroo, cat, bug....

I had this green piece I made years ago on a jelly plate.. so I stamped the frog and die cut him out and the bugs all from Tech. Tues. I colored the bugs with copics. I kinda tried creating a water scene but it was working out so I ended up using a My favorite things circle die and just cut the blue piece. I used Spellbinder oval and cut for a lily pad and added a little weed looking grass and put it all together and then found this DCWV paper.. and thought it looked perfect for the background. I know who this is going to and can't wait to send it ...  

Challenges:

Crafty animals #97 - atg animals

Critter crazy #101 - atg animals

613 Avenue create - atg / opt summer fun

Word art Wednesday wk. 712-713 - atg

 

Cardz 4 Galz #257 - Bee cause

Thursday August 21, 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz #257

Theme:  Vellum

I was looking for a cute bee die and found this on Amazon.. May Joy DIY.. I don't usually do this but didn't know where else to look.. I used a lot of scraps. I did vellum on the larger bee wings, and vellum besides the leaf dies.  I like the look and figured no place for the sentiment so it will all go inside. I did add a gem to the flower centers. 

Challenges:

Crafty animals - #97 - atg animals

Critter crazy #101 - atg 

Word art Wednesday wk. 712-713 - atg

We love to create #8 - atg

613 Ave. create - atg / summer fun

Allsorts challenge #830 - something beginning with B

 

Alphabet challenge - Home is where the heart is

Friday July 25, 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Alphabet challenge

Theme: H - Home

I saw this cute wood block Holly Berry House stamp and had to use it.. I colored with copics. I used my cloud template and Ranger ink.. I used My favorite things to cut the two circles.. I found some scraps and used Stampin up embossing folder on the red piece. I added the Paper trey ink sentiment and used SU oval die. I added the SU puched hearts and added wink of stella to the hearts. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2529 - atg

Digi choosday ch. 7 wk. 4 - atg

613 Avenue create - atg / holiday

Word art Wednesday wk. 708-709 - atg

 

Cardz 4 Guyz #376 - When being together is more important

Tuesday July 15, 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Cardz 4 Guyz #376

Theme: Summer holiday (for us in the USA - that's vacation)

I love going to the beach, any water .. I would take a nice river or lak, but beach / ocean is my choice.. I die cut the sea gulls and colored with copics. I took out of the die cut area and then created the land, water and sky using my templates I created using x-ray film.. Then stamped the SU sentiment and added the sea gulls back in the area I cut them out of using foam squares to give height.. I layered on some brown card stock. 

Challenges:

Crafty animals #96 - atg animals

613 Avenue create - July - atg / any holiday

We love to create ch. 7 - atg

Love to scrap #174 - atg

 

Alphabet challenge - Besties - so happy we are friends

Friday July 11, 2025

We have a new challenge over at

Alphabet challenge

Theme: G for Girlfriend

I don't have a Girlfriend words in my piles of stamps.. at least I couldn't find one. So I chose Besties because my girlfriend is my bestie.. We have so much fun together.  I used a piece from one of her Stampin up Pumpkin kit.. It's to hold a tag or gift card.. I used a SU embossing folder and then added the holder that I added some Taylor Expressions flowers I die cut from Scraps I added some My favorite things leaves cut from scraps. I added the Reverse Confetti Besties and Tech. Tues. words. I finished with some Diamond drills. 

Challenges:

Love to scrap #174 - atg 

The paper funday #78 - atg / stencil

Crafts galore encore #137 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk, 702-703 - atg

 

Crafty Catz #698 - Happy birthday

Friday July 11, 2025

Hello and hope your day is going great.

We have a new challenge over at

Crafty Catz #698

Theme: Anything goes / Child's birthday

Last minute Manda

I am using an image from the Monster party train .. I thought it's a cute image for a little child or a big child.. I colored with copics. Used My favorite things die and added to the My Minds Eye paper. I used Tech. Tues. banner die.. I love the cute face he's giving.. 

Challenges:

Love to scrap #174 - atg 

The paper funday #78 - atg / stencil

Crafts galore encore #137 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk, 702-703 - atg

 

Crafty Gals Corner #269 - Sending Christmas Cheer

Wednesday July 9, 2025

Hello  

Time for a new challenge over at

Crafty Gals Corner #269

Theme: ______ in July 

(Christmas, Vacation, gardening, picnic...

FYI We are taking August off for a mini vacation summer break. So hope to see ya back in Sept.  The July prizes will get awarded in Sept. 

Sponsor Pattie's Creations

Ram Stamps

I am using the image Letter to Santa from Ram stamps.. I colored with copics and used a My favorite things die to cut out and backed with the pink. I added to some paper I forgot I had in another closet as I was looking for something else and never found... but found this cool piece. It was a 12x12 which I cut down to 6x6 so I have other chances to use it.  I saw this sentiment from Simon says that could be great for the person receiving it vs. Santa receiving it.  I heat embossed it. I added some diamond drills so it looks like snow. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2527 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 706-707 - atg

Merry little Christmas #63 - atg 

Daisy chain #98 - Christmas in July

Crafty animals #96 - atg animals

 

 

Alphabet challenge - D - You're Dog-Gone Awesome

Friday May 30, 2025

Hello and it's almost June... Warmer weather and great time to vacation even if it's those short trips and doing something fun.

We have a new challenge over at

Alphabet challenge

Theme:  letter D - for Dog

I made this card for my daughter .. She has a couple Corgi's and thought this would be a fun card to send to her.  I stamped the My favorite image and heat embossed the sentiment. I colored the doggie with copics and using my cloud template added the clouds with Ranger ink. I used MFT stitch die and backed with black card stock.. I added twine to the Basic Gray designer paper and added a twine layered bow.. I added the image and sentiment. I punched about 5 hearts with Stampin up punch and layered them for the thickness. I added some glossy accents but it didn't look right so I scraped it off and added some fine glitter.  I tied to color him the color of my daughter's corgi.. think it came out cute.

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #770 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 700-701 - atg

Simon says Wednesday - atg

 

Crafty Catz #695 - I wish more people were fluent in silence

Friday May 20, 2025

hello everyone.. 

We have a new challenge over at

Crafty Catz #695

Theme:Anything goes /  Make us smile

Dr. Digi

I am using the image called Netflix and chill.. I colored with copics ad used a flower stamp for the background wall but kept it very light so it's just a hint of design. I thought they needed gray hair as that's the way hubby and my hair is.. lol old married couple and love the Tim Holtz sentiment.. I am sure we have both had that feeling..  I used My favorite things die and backed on black scrap. I dug through more scraps and found this soft background flower piece. 

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #770 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 700-701 - atg

Simon says Wednesday - atg

 

Crafty Catz #693 - Birthdays are the best days

Friday May 2, 2025

Hello, It's a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest

Hope your day is going good and you can make it the best day 

We have a new challenge over at 

Crafty Catz #693

Theme: May flowers

Sponsor: All Dressed Up

This is the card I created using the image Summer trainers... I colored it with copics. I used My favorite things circle die. I took Stampin up card stock and a Sizzix embossing folder. I used Ranger ink and softly went around the edges. I added some diamond drills and half pearls to embellish.  I added the Stampin up sentiment. 

Challenges:

Krafty chicks #766 - birthdays

Love to scrap #173 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 696-697 - atg

 

Cardz 4 Galz #249 - fun fold - flowers

Thursday May 1, 2025

Hello and Happy May 1st..

We have a new challenge over at 

Cardz 4 Galz #249

Theme: Flowers

I decided to make a fun fold flower card. I love this fun fold. I used Quick quote scraps. I used My favorite things flowers and Stampin up cardstock.. I added the Stampin up leaves and some diamonds drills.. I did not add a sentiment at this time. Sometimes I wait till I know who it will go to and then add something. 

This is a top view of the fold. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2517 - atg

Crafts galore #135 - atg

Sparkles Christmas #172 - Merry Christmas

Thursday May 1, 2025

Hello everyone. I hope your start to May is off on a good foot.

All's good here. 

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #172

Theme: Christmas Stockings

I wasn't sure what to do as I don't have Christmas stockings... But digging through my Christmas box I found this sock from Simon Says and the cat from Mama Elephant and so I stamped them and colored with copics. I used a My favorite things circle die and used DCWV dp tree background.. 

Challenges:

Crafty animals #94 - atg

Critter crazy #98 - atg

Merry little Christmas #62 - atg

 

Cardz 4 Galz #248 - YOU deserve to be celebrated

 Thursday April 17, 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz #248

Theme: Art Deco

I was looking through all my stamps and trying to figure something for Art deco... and couldn't find anything, so next was the papers and came across this one and thought perfect. It reminds me of Art deco wall paper.  DCWV has so many choices of papers and I have quite lots of those large pads. I like how it came out.  hope it inspires you to create

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2515 - atg

Krafty chicks #764 - cas

Word art Wednesday wk. 694-695 - atg

Make my Monday #249 - Just a card to say hello

Monday April 7- 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Make my Monday #249 

Theme: Spring daisies

For my card I tried a few things with some dies but came up with this card as the final. I stamped the My favorite things flowers using Simon says ink. I used some scraps and MFT dies to do the green cuts. I laid out on different papers for the background but liked this best. I used a Sizzix embossing folder and then added the flowers and leaves. I used the embossed Stampin up sentiment and die. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2514 - atg

Allsorts challenge #820 - spring flowers

Polkadoodles challenge 5 wk. 1 - atg

As you like it - cute or floral (I like both but it's easier to do a nice floral and so many pretty flowers and colors

Moving along with the times #177 - spring flowers

 

Alphabet challenge - I'll always be there

Friday April 4, 2025

Hello

Time for a new challenge over at

Alphabet challenge

Theme:  Z for zoom anything that moves fast

Well is you have a small dog, my Maltese and Shih Tzu are small dogs and oh so fast. I loved seeing them chase each other around the yard. You couldn't catch up with them. lucky enough they were in our large fenced yard. The Shih Tzus  and Maltese have now passed.. so those zoom days are over.  I created the clouds and ground with my templates I made and used Ranger ink. I stamped the My favorite things doggie and I didn't color the color of our babes but used colors  I thought went well for this breed, and colored with copics. I added the sentiment from the set. I love this card. It brings back sweet memories of my pups... zoom zoom.. 

Challenges:

Digi choosday ch. 3 wk 4  - atg

Crafty animals #93 - atg critters

Critter crazy #97 - atg critters

Word art Wednesday wk. 692-693 - atg

The paper funday #75 - atg / letter B - brown

 

Cardz 4 Guyz #369 - You are Tu-Tu cute

Tuesday April 1, 2025

Hello

We have a new challenge over at

Cardz 4 Guyz #369 

Theme: fun and games - any game or sport

After I made this card I thought... hummm not very masculine for Cardz 4 Guyz.. BUT I am sure there are lots of different ballet dancers that play different rolls and he doesn't have a top for his costume.. so it's a guy to me.. lol..and ballet is a form of art and sport.. I took an embossing folder and inked the side that is the background and laid a light pink card stock down and carefully ran it through.. I then stamped the My favorite things image and colored with copics and using a MFT die cut it out and added on foam dots. I added the MFT sentiment cut with Tech. Tues. banner. I added it and with a SU punch flower and some black diamond drills for the center. I do love this card. 

Challenges:

Crafts galore #134 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk 692-693 - atg

Crafty animals #93 - atg animals

Critter crazy #97 - atg animals

 

Sparkles Christmas #171 - Tis the season

                                                                     Tuesday April 1, 2025

Hello and happy April 1st.

We have a new challenge over at

Sparkles Christmas #171

Theme: Christmas Foliage

I saw this card being done - the shape and I liked it so made it, it's Stampin up products, Ranger and My favorite things... I love how it came out. I die cut the flower and leaves and used Ranger ink.. I see the leaves look dead. I may have to go cut again and make green...  if they aren't brownish when this comes on then I changed them.. LOL  (yup - later  I changed it)

This is the card open

Challenges:

Shopping our stash #544 - fun folds

Word art Wednesday wk. 692-693 - atg

As you like it - fancy fold (love this fancy fold, able to show different papers and a great place for your focal point)

Make my Monday #248 - I'm thinking of you today

Monday March 24, 2025 

Hello

It's time for a new challenge over at

Make my Monday #248

Theme:  Make it green

for my card I borrowed a friends pear stamp that is Stampin up. I stamped in Kiwi ink from Stampin up. I used My favorite things dies and cut the image and using two different Cosmo Cricket papers I die cut them. I found a blue/greenish paper (it look quite dark in the photo) and ran it through an embossing dot folder. I added the layers and the Simon Says sentiment along with some diamond drills. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2512 - atg

Love to scrap #172 - atg

 

Crafty Gals Corner #265 - Follow your dreams

Wednesday March 12, 2025

Hello again

Time for a new challenge over at

Crafty Gals Corner #265

Colour of Love

SheepSki designs

I am using the image from SheepSki.. I colored the image with copics and added Spectrum Noir sparkle brush to the moon and wings. I used Ranger ink to give background color and then used My favorite things circle die to cut out.. I added to a scrap of Quick quote paper and added some Ranger in to done down the brightness of it. I added the Comotion sentiment using Stampin up ink. I added foam tape under the circle and finished with some blue and white sparkle diamond drills for stars. 

Challenges:

Pammie's inky pinkies #2510 - atg

Digi choosday challenge 3 wk. 1 - atg

Word art Wednesday wk. 691-692 - atg