Challenges

My cardmaking group had some challenges for January 1st to start off the New Year, there was going to be a new challenge posted every two hours and so many in the group were saying they either couldn't do them on that day or they couldn't get them all done in a day so they changed it to having until the end of January 2nd.  I managed to get them all done in the 2 days but let's just say I slept good each night, it really tired me out, but I did get caught up on quite a few cards and that is always a good thing :)

First challenge was to use any items that you had left over on your desk.  It just so happens I have a basket I keep on my desk that I throw any items that I have used on a card or things that didn't end up on cards, just in case I can use it on another project, well all I can say is it is quite full, so I ended up making two cards.

You may have noticed this first card I had kept the leftovers from making the retirement card.  I had this piece of a crackle background I had made so I put that behind.  The flowers were all cut from a piece of watercolor paper I had in the basket. A friend from church gifted me a jar full of quotes and so I used one of them on this card.

Spellbinders - Daisy Flower topper and vintage florets dies
Vintage photo stickles, flower centers

The next card, I had cut a little opening out of this die I had cut and after doing it I wasn't so sure, I think this piece has been in this basket for over a year and I finally used it!! first I had planned to put a sentiment in the little opening but when I found this sentiment tag I had made I thought it would work on this card and it would be another thing to get out of my stash.  So I grabbed some butterfly stamps and stamped them on another piece of paper from the basket and cut them out and added them to the card,

Recollections - butterfly stamps

It felt good to make cards using so many items from the basket but the sad thing is I can't even tell I had taken anything out.  Wondering if I should through it all in my recycle bin and start off new this year with a clean basket.  We will see if that happens.

The next challenge was to use a heart on a card.  I reached for my coloring calendar and sure enough I had a heart in there so I colored it up in cream and tried to do an Ombre effect with pinks and reds.

Coloring for calm calendar image colored w/pencils
My mind's eye- quite contrary summer papers
Martha Stewart - border punch
Spellbinders- scalloped classic oval die
Sticker sentiment
Sequins


Thanks so much for stopping by today, I will share more challenges tomorrow.

Connie