Red and Black Charming

    As you read this I am in Pennsylvania at the cross stitch show.  My sister and I decided to check it out since we both like the company that is sponsoring it.  I also have a post ready for tomorrow and we will be home during the day on Saturday so I can have a post for Sunday. I began with the color challenge at The Paper Players I had not played with Mary…

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Playing with a winter scene

Well one more work day and then the weekend.  Do you have plans?  I am going to the cross stitch show in Pennsylvania with my sister.  Not sure if I will get anything or not but you never know. My card today uses a sketch from a blog that is just starting to have challenges.  I visit her blog every day and I thought it would be fun to play along with her.  Donna at…

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Fall Luminary

Happy Wednesday! I usually try to do the Stamp-a-holics challenge each week and when I saw this one I thought I might be able to combine it with my project class for the month.  Their challenge is to create a 2-4-6-8 box.  There have been a lot of luminaries on blogs lately and I thought it would be fun to do a class this month and make a Thanksgiving one.  When I saw the challenge…

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Inspired by Frenchie

 I have a blog I have been following for a while – Stamp and Scrap with Frenchie.  Last week she posted several videos using different techniques for using Day of Gratitude to create cards that were not fall themed.  There was one she did that I thought was so pretty that I decided to give it a try. I began with the color challenge from Pals Paper Arts    I thought these colors would be…

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Second post, scroll down for the first

In my haste to make cards over the weekend that I totally forgot about the birthday challenge at Late Night Stampers so this evening I used the challenge to make a card for a young boy.  This was a quick card to make if you need something fast.  You could always change the colors to pink for a girl or yellow for an adult.  You can’t tell from the card but the background is stamped…

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A new Color Challenge website

Another new week and lots going on.  I hope you have some time this week to play.  I wasn’t sure if I would so I worked on Saturday and Sunday to have posts ready to go so you did not have to miss some inspiration. Today’s card uses a color challenge from a new site I found.  Stampin’ Royalty has color challenges and this week they had one I wanted to try. I thought it…

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