Progressive Freebie Challenge: January 2024

Good morning!

Happy New Year! I hope the new year brings you and yours much joy and success!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges located HERE.

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge Facebook Fan Page and you will need to send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before the challenges closes on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

This month we are using an image created by me … I’m trying to get back into playing with my pencils. I hope you like it and enjoy coloring it up! I am also using one of my sketches which can be found in the sketch tab above.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Card candy from Jot
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and my scrap bin
• Design Paper from my scrap bin
• Dies from Love 2 Craft (Layered Ornaments), My Favorite Things (Cross Stitched Rectangles), Spellbinders (Heirloom Ornaments 2014) & Unbranded (Round Ornament)
• Images By Me (Mr. Squiggles) printed on Hammermill color copy
• Ink from Tsukineko (VersaFine Clair)
• Sentiment from Hampton Arts (Holiday Sentiments)
• Sketches by Me CCBC31
• ProMarkers
• Arms: Warm gray 1, 4 & 7
• Cheeks: Rose Pink (M727)
• Coal: Ice gray 2, 4 & 7
• Highlights on snowman: Pastel Blue (C719), Blender Pen
• Nose: Gold (O555), Orange (R866), Spice (O346)
• Scarf, hat & gloves: Bright green (G267), Forest green (G356), Leaf green (G258)
• Scarf, hat & gloves: Burgundy (R424), Crimson (R445), Lipstick red (R576)

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(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Challenge #702 Christmas the Last Stretch

Entry 37

Creative Knockouts sponsored challenges

#511-Time To Be Merry-The Paper Shelter

Entry 28

Creative Fingers Challenge

Creative Fingers 🎁 BlogCandy!

Entry 18

Crafting Happiness Challenges

Ch 155, Anything goes

Entry 23

Di's DigiStamps

Any Winter Holiday Challenge

Entry 34

Turning 12 months old!

Good morning,

Another November birthday card I made for a sweet little that turned one year old.

The inside says: Congratulations on turning 12 ... months that is! Happy First Birthday! 

 I recieved the number line image from a Unity tamps grab bag and I just love using it for birthday cards, especially Littles!

This card is based on one I found on Pinterest

Sheri Gilson

Paper Crafty’s Creation https://papercraftyscreations.blogspot.com/

Size: A2

• Cardstock: The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper: Echo Park (Bundle of Joy)
• Dies: Stampin Up! (Sweet Buttons)
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug (Swiss dots)
• Ink: Scrapbook.com
• Sentiment: Stampin Up! (Teeny Tiny Wishes) & Unity Stamps
• Twine: My Stash

Thanks for stopping by! 

(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Creative Fingers Challenge

Challenge #268, Anything Goes

Entry 20

As You Like It Challenge

Final Challenge for 2023, Anything Goes

Entry 28

Pattie's Design Creations Challenge

Challenge 213, Anything Goes

Entry 30

Polkadoodles Cardmaking Challenge

Week 50, Anything Goes

Entry 5

Inkspirational Challenge

Inkspirational Challenge #305 - Word Prompt - CELEBRATE

Entry 12

The Outlawz No Stamp Challenge, Christmas/Winter

Good morning!

Today is the start of a new challenge at The Outlawz Challenge. You can play along HERE

This challenge discourages the use of any physical stamps or digital images. Exceptions will be made for digital paper and stamped or digital sentiments

This month our challenge is something Winter/Christmas.

I made this fun fold card for a woman who has mentored and mothered me for years. She considers me her daughter and I love her very much even though she lives quite a bit of distance from me so I’ve been unable to see her in person for a long time!

I saw this card on Pinterest and ended up watching and following a video (HERE) created by Sam Calcott UK. Great video, well done, fairly easy to follow and the card us fun to make and when I sent out, I used 5 x 7 envelope without issue.

Supplies: A2

Cardstock: The Paper Studio (Base)

Design Paper: Recollections (Christmas)

Die: Concord & 9th (Poinsettia Quilt Top) – Sentiment; Unknown (Snowflakes)

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(Hugs) Cara

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Little Red Wagon Challenge

Merry Christmas Challenge #735

ENTRY #40

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge

Christmas

ENTRY  #38

Creative Creases Challenge

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #72

ENTRY #7

Creative Fingers Challenge

Anthing Goes #268

ENTRY #15

Cut it up Challenge Blog

Cut it up Challenge #293 - Celebrate

ENTRY #11

Most Magical Time of the Year Challenge

Challenge #15 Most Magical Anything "Halloween and Christmas" Goes - sponsored by LeighSBDesigns

ENTRY #10, Part 2

Big Happy Wishes

Good morning,
November Birthdays have come and gone so I'm sharing a fun card I made for my daughter

This is called a Bay Window card and there seems to be quite a few variations of the layout. I think I like this one best.

The flowers on the side panel were done using the stamp off technique to add depth.(Looks better IRL)

I'm slowly starting to increase my selection of  6 x 6 pads for my cards as the patterns are a bit smaller and they are easier travel with. Still loving my 8 x 8 and 12 x 12 papers though. For this card I am using a new to me 6 x 6 pad called Family ties from Pebbles. I just love the designs and color combination of the set which consists of several shades of blue and green along with a love shade of yellow and brown and lends itself well to both feminine and masculine style cards.

Size: A2

• Cardstock: Stampin Up!
• Design Paper: Pebbles (Family Ties)
• Dies: Yvonne Creations (Large flowers), Unknown (Small flowers & leaves)
• Embossing folder: Stampin Up! (Subtle)
• Ink: Stampin Up!
• Rhinestones: Stampin Up!
• Stamps: Unity Stamps (It’s a mug hug), Stamps by Judith (3 flower stubbie)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Challenges Entered

A Place to Start

December 2023; Anything goes w/optional twist - NEW

Entry 58

Crafting from the Heart

Challenge 8; Anything goes

Entry 35

Pammie's Inky Pinky's Challenge

PIP Challenge 2349; Anything Goes

Entry 2

Dream Valley Challenges

Challenge 306; Anything Goes

Entry 121

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge

November 2023: Anything Goes

Entry 137

The Outlawz No Stamp Challenge, Fall/Thanksgiving

Good morning!

Today is the start of a new challenge at The Outlawz Challenge. You can play along HERE

This challenge discourages the use of any physical stamps or digital images. Exceptions will be made for digital paper and stamped or digital sentiments

This month our challenge is something Fall or Thanksgiving based

My style tends to be fairly clean and simple although I really try to push myself outside my comfort zone. This card goes back a bit to the clean an simple style using design paper to create a lovely background for my die cuts.

Supplies: A2

• Cardstock: The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper: Honeybee Stamps (Harvest Festival)
• Embossing folder: Gina K Designs (Fall Leaves)
• Pumpkin die: Spellbinders (Fall Botanicals)
• Rocking Chair die: Unknown
• Sequins: My stash

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(Hugs) Cara