Good morning my crafty friends! This morning I would like to share with you a card I made for the Splitcoast Stampers Ways to use it challenge (WT774). The challenge was to make a shaker card. Now I will be honest and say that I am not very good at these cards. There is a lot of practice to be done on making these cards right, as they do have several steps necessary to complete. But as they say, practice makes perfect, right!

I’d like to hear what cards or paper crafting projects you may struggle with. What cards or paper crafting projects are you good at? Let me know in the comments.

Paper Studio: light blue, dark blue, and white cardstock
Image: CC Designs Skating with Lucy
Sentiment: Close to my Heart Ribbon Warrior
Master’s Touch Watercolors: Payne’s Grey, flesh tint, Yellow Ochre
Master’s Touch Gouache: Crimson Red and Mauve
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Ripe Raspberry and Peacock Feathers
Heart Punch for inside shaker card
​Other: Adhesive gun, watercolor pen

This card I completed for the Splitcoast Stampers Clean and Simple Challenge (CAS532). The challenge: masculine thank you. Creating masculine cards is always a challenge for me. But this one I had fun stepping out of my usual card boundaries.

IMAGE: Kenny K CoolTrucker (discontinued image)  - You can find his work HERE
PAPER: Close to my Heart (it was given as a gift, so I don't know the exact name of the paper)
EMBELLISHMENTS: Metal square brads
TOOLS USED: distressing tool
INK USED: Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks black soot, barn red, vintage photo

I hope you've enjoyed this card. Stay tuned for more challenge cards to come.

Good morning my crafty friends! Today I would like to share with you a card I made for the May Tiddlyinks Monthly Challenge. The challenge: use dots. Here is the creation I made.  

This cute image of Wyrn Geek Chick was colored using a water pen and Distress Ink. The dots on her shirt and shoes were added by me. The background Image is done with a Close to My Heart For You Darling stamp and die cut set. I added the dot embellishments to also go along with the challenge.

Today I'm sharing with you a card I made for the Tiddlyinks Challenge #224 - Showcase! The challenge was for everyone to use the same image.

Inspired by a summer color palette, here is the card I made for the challenge.

Tiddlyinks Image: April Challenge Image
Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Bundled Sage, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, and Peacock Feathers & Archival Ink (Jet Black)
Embossing Folders: The Paper Studio (Intricate Swirl, Anchors)
Dimensional tape
Sentiment Stamp: Card Captions (Close to my Heart Stamp of the Month)