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.

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) 

Good evening! Today I would like to share with you a card I created for the CC Designs April Challenge. The theme of the challenge was "make a birthday card." 

I used one of my favorite retired images, "Big Sister & Little Brother." These two remind me so much of my own kids!

I used my alcohol markers to color the image as well as the embellishments I cut from Cricut Design Studio. The "Cake Day" sentiment, also cut from Cricut Design Studio is written on with a gold glitter pen. I cannot remember where my paper came from, as it was given to me by a friend at the last scrapbook retreat I attended. The card design was my own. 

I hope you have enjoyed today's card. If you'd like to join in, follow the CC Designs Challenge Blog!