What Did I Create This Week?
Happy WOYWW to you, dear friends! Can you believe how January is flying by?
This week, as rain and snowstorms are striking so much of the country, I thought I’d share the antidote to a winter day: a dash of bright, cheery color and a note to a special friend!
I spent a rainy day digging through my craft room searching for colorful items, old and new, for my card. Here are a few fun items I found:
- Colorful papers from my older stacks of DCWV paper pads!
- Pretty water color images from scraps of old sticker sheets.
- Scraps of old cardstock (seriously – do I ever throw anything out?)
- Pretty new navy grosgrain ribbon just begging to be used!
- A jar filled with tiny yellow buttons.
- A new, never-before-used Close To My Heart stamp set.
- A pretty coordinating Close To My Heart ink pad.
And then I went to see what inspiring challenges I could find!
One site I found that’s particularly guaranteed to life your spirits on a dreary day is The Monday Mood Board!
On this delightful challenge site, hostess and curator Tracy showcases items from our everyday lives that she finds pretty and inspiring and groups them into a mood board. Then, she challenges us to create something crafty and share how the mood board inspired us!
Here’s how I interpreted Tracy’s challenge and incorporated the Mood Board items into my card:
- The pillows inspired the use of the cascading squares!
- The lantern and pillow colors are infused throughout the card!
- The woman in the photo inspired the theme – To A Special Friend.
For more creative inspiration, check out the Creative Art Challenges at the end of this post!
Now it’s your turn to share your fabulous creations with us! We’d love to see your creations at one of our weekly parties!
Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by to see what’s on my work desk this week!
What Are The Crafty Cats Up To This Week?
Did you know that cats are SO curious and SO ingenious, they’ve created an entire day where they ask their pet parents every question they’ve ever wondered – and their pet parents must answer them?
That’s right – January 22 is National Answer Your Cat’s Question Day – and this year, not only did my ever-inquisitive kitten Magellan participate in the event – he was one of several cats featured on the Guidepost website!
Be sure to visit Magellan’s National Answer Your Cat’s Question Day post to see what burning question he and his feline friends asked that day – and, if you have a cat of your own who would like to participate – please feel free to join us!
Creative Art Challenges
Are you ready to jump-start your creativity? Here’s this week’s list of Creative Art Challenges to inspire you (organized alphabetically by Theme or Anything Goes!)
Theme Challenges
- Aloha Friday Challenge #39 – Scraps
- Crafting Desert Divas Linky Party 47 – 3D Projects
- Crafty Boots Challenges – Butterflies
- Crafty Calendar January Challenge – What’s New?
- Crafty Creations Challenge 281 – Something Old, Something New (Old Paper – New Stamps)
- Craft For The Craic – January Challenge – Favorite Word (Friend)
- Crazy 4 Challenges – C4C270 – Opposites (Blue/Orange – Opposites On Color Wheel)
- Cute Card Thursday #357 – Colorful
- Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge – Cool Blue Challenge
- Digi Stamps 4 Joy #108 – Bingo (Bottom Row Across)
- Fresh Brewed Challenges – January Favorites (Anything Goes) (Favorite Colors: Blue/Pink)
- Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Favorite Embellishment (Ribbon)
- Heart 2 Heart Challenges – CAS / Clean And Simple
- Kraftin Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenge
- Laurel Craft – What’s Your Favorite Color? (Blue)
- Little Claire’s Designs Monthly Challenge 53 – Bright & Beautiful
- Little Red Wagon Challenge 274 – Winter Blues
- MelonHeadz Friends – Clean And Simple
- Monday Mood Board #6
- Moving Along With The Times – Button It
- Pile It On Challenge #53 – Hearts And/Or Flowers (Flowers)
- Papertake Weekly – Take Your Pick Week (Warm Colors / Buttons)
- Scrapper’s Delight #39 – Favorite Colors (Blue & Pink)
- Showcase Your Style – SYSC #7 – Inspiration Challenge
- Sweet 7 Designs Challenge Blog – Anything New
- The Corrosive Challenge Blog #216 – Winter Blues
- The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog #188 – Layers And Lots Of Them
- Top Tip Tuesday – Something New (New Stamps / Ribbon)
Be Creative – Anything Goes Challenges
- 7 Kids Challenge #118 – Anything Goes
- Amusing Challenges – Anything Goes
- Crafting From The Heart Challenge 44 – Anything Goes
- Crafts Galore Encore Challenges – Anything Goes
- Craft Your Passion Challenges #246 – Almost Anything Goes
- Creative Moments – Anything Goes w/Optional Sketch
- Dazzling Diva Challenge #60 – Anything Goes
- Decorate To Create #92 – Anything Goes
- D.L. Art January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Dream Valley Challenges #98 – Anything Goes
- Imagination Crafts – January Anything Goes Challenge
- Inky Chicks #45 – Anything Goes
- Inspiration Destination #18 – Anything Goes
- Love To Scrap Challenge Blog 46 – Anything Goes
- My Craft Creations – 1/19 to 1/31 – Anything Goes
- My Creative Moments Monday Morning Challenge #3 – Anything Goes
- Not Just Cards Challenges #11 – Anything Goes
- Paper Creators Crafts Challenge 34 – Anything Goes
- Party Time Tuesdays #194 – Anything Goes Challenge
- Scribble & Scrap Challenge 36 – Anything Goes
- Seemacrafts January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge
- Sister Act Card Challenge #90 – Anything Goes
- Sisters Of Craft January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Suzy Bee’s Challenge #64 – Anything Goes With A Twist – Add Layers
- The Pink Elephant #TPE283 – Anything Goes
- Through The Craftroom Door – Jan 27 – Feb 2 – Anything Goes
- Vandicrafts Artistry January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Whoopsi Daisy – Anything Goes January Challenge
- Word Art Wednesday 168 – Anything Goes
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Look at you go on the challenges!! Good luck – it’s a lovely card! I’ve been mixing up the old and new myself. Such fun!
Happy Crafting!
Jeannie #5
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Hi Jeanne,
It feels so good to be crafting again – one of my goals for the new year!
Always love visiting your HAPPY blog!
Hope you have a wonderful week!
A lovely sunny card to see on a very wet and windy morning here in Wales.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #33
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Thanks for visiting Margaret – hope things are sunny in your world real soon! 🙂
It is so nice using old stash, and still come out with a fresh new card. Great job. Thanks for sharing with us at Heart 2 Heart.
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Thanks for the nice complement Nikka – it can definitely be challenging to make older stash look fresh! 🙂
Our cat, Cindy, asks me the same question every morning, “Why are you leaving me???!” She’d much rather we stayed home and hung out with her. I think we’d rather do that too, but that doesn’t pay the bills!
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I saw your cat peeking out of your WOYWW post – SO cute!
My cats don’t understand bills – they just understand food, fun, catnaps and love!
Your friend card is so bright and happy! I’m loving it and the wee yellow buttons.
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Thanks Judy – aren’t those buttons fun? I’ve really been in a mood to create happy projects as of late!
Pretty image, beautiful fresh colours and a lovely design.
Thank you for joining us at Creative Moments.
Chris
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Thanks for hosting Chris – I’m so happy with how the color combo on this one turned out! 🙂
it’s a beautiful flower card
Thanks for join us at
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Karin
You may not throw anything away thank goodness-or else you would have never come up with this fantastic card! Thanks for joining Aloha Friday’s Scraps challenge!
Such a lovely bright card and I love the layout. Thanks for joining us at Inspiration Destination and good luck. Wendy DT x
Lovely colours for your mood board and love your special card for a friend. It turned out really lovely. 🙂
Beautiful card..
Thanks for joining us at Sisters of Craft, and good luck.
Hugs,
Merlina
Such a happy,sunny card reminds us of better things to come. Thanks for joining our challenge at Whoopsi Daisy and hope you will join us again soon. Jennifer DT member xx
A very lovely card. I like the bright colours.
Thanks for playing with us at Craft your Passion.
xxx Michelle (DT)
A pretty card Love the design , papers and images . bright and cheery .Thanks for sharing on Kraftyhands January challenge .
A really nice card, Joy. Loving the colors and image! Your cat is just gorgeous too, love those white paws! I have a similar looking one but without the white paws.
So happy you played along in my Monday Morning challenge!!
Great card 🙂 Love the colors and the design 🙂 Very pretty. Thank you for joining us this week at TTCRD.
Cindy- DT TTCRD
Thank you so much for featuring my Monday Mood Board Challenge!! I love this bright and cheery card- I could use it on a dreary cold day like this.
Such a wonderful card! I just love the colours you used! Thank you for joining us at Sister Act card challenge!
Very pretty card!!!! Thank you for joining us for this months challenge on Seemacrafts. Hugs, Donalda DTM
Great card! Thanks so much for participating in our Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes Challenge.
Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ challenge 64 – hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT x
Love the colour combo… you did a fabulous job. Thanks for joining us for our “Cool Blue” challenge at Digi Choosday’s Challenge… xo Nikki
Super lovely job….. great layering…. thanks for joining us for our challenge at The Paper Shelter…. xo Nikki
A very pretty mix of spring colours! Lovely card. Thankyou for joining us this month at Craft for the Craic
What a lovely creation you are sharing at Kraftyhands. Good luck with the Challenge. Don’t you just love our theme this time! Judy DT
A very pretty bouquet! I love the colors of this, so bright and cheerful! Thanks for joining our Lots of Layers challenge at The Paper Shelter this week! Hugs, Gail
Great card, I really like it! Thanks for playing along with H2H!
Brandi R.
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This is a wonderful creation with great attention to detail and perfect for our ‘BINGO’ challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Good luck.
Hugs
Desíre
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This is so perfect for our ‘FAVOURITES’ theme. Just love the little buttons. Thanks for sharing your talent with us and good luck.
Hugs
Desíre
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{Doing Life – my personal blog}
This is such a gorgeous spring type of card with all of those wonderful bright colours. And your butterfly’s look ready to fly off the paper. Thanks for playing in our Bingo challenge at Digistamps4Joy! Good luck and we hope to see you again.
♥ Charlene DS4J DT
A wonderfully colourful card. It’s sure to lift anyone’s spirits.
Thank you for joining in with the Scribble & Scrap challenge and good luck x
What a lovely card, the springtime colours are gorgeous! Thanks for joining in at Dream Valley!
love Mags B x
PS we are asking people to link to no more than 9 Challenges besides ours – but since the rule is new we’re informing everyone first, so we’ll include your gorgeous card for this Challenge! X
This is fabulous – love the layout of the design.
Thanks for joining in at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Hugs,
Caryn xxx
Nice, cheery and uplifting card. Thanks for joining us at Love To Scrap.
Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at The Corrosive Challenge!
{hugs}
Regan
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Lovely card thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy. Louise x
This is a fabulous card, such a pretty image.
Thank you for joining us at Paper Creator’s Crafts.
Pauline
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I have candy on my blog if you would like to take a look – http://craftingwithcotnob.blogspot.co.uk/
What a lovely card!
Thank you for joining us at Decorate to Celebrate!
Lilian
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Great rendition of the challenge and layout. I have that patterned paper.. several sheets and never knew what to do with it. Thanks for inspiring! Creative Blessings! Kelly #56
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So glad you like the card Kelly – I love seeing what other people do with stuff I own – when you use your paper, be sure to share it with us at Inspire Me Monday and leave me a note so I can see what you’ve created! 🙂
So sweet! I love the tiny buttons you added. Glad you could play along with my Monday Mood Board!
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Thanks Tracy – was SO happy to discover your blog this week – look forward to joining you in the future! 🙂
What a cheery card!!
Thank you for joining us at Craftin Desert Divas!!
Shelly
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Thanks Shelly – I love partying with the Craftin Desert Divas!
Such an adorable card. TFS at Craft Your Passion. Good Luck.
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Thank you so much Tanvi – have a wonderful week!
Lovely card! It is a touch of spring! Thanks for sharing it at The Pink Elephant Anything Goes Challenge!
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Thanks Nance – I love The Pink Elephant Challenge!
Sweet card…love the butterflies! So happy you could join us at the Dazzling Divas challenge!
Such a nice and bright card. Love it!
Thanks for joining us at Sweet 7 Designs
I really love the fabulous colors you have used on this card.
Thanks for joining us in our Cool Blue challenge at Digi Choosday Crafting Vicky (DT)
Such a lovely card! I love the look of the flowers in the “Polaroid” – especially with the buttons along the bottom. Fabulous job!
Thanks so much for playing along with us at Craftin Desert Divas!
Kate
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I just love the bright, cheery, spring feel to this card. Definitely a great card for those of us facing lots of snow. Thanks for playing along with our Winter Blues challenge at Little Red Wagon.
This is a fabolous card. Thanks for playing at Scrappers Delight and good luck. Hope to see you back wednesday for a new challenge. Bettina DT Member at Scrappers Delight xx
That really is a cheerful card! I’m partial to the gold and blue because those are the colors of our local university and its football team. Let’s go, Mountaineers! I like how you incorporate your cats into your post. Thanks for inspiring us at Heart 2 Heart!