Submissions

This is my last post, for now......

When I began getting interested in card making, I turned to the blogosphere for inspiration. As you can see, there are several blogs that I "follow". And along with inspiration, I've discovered several blogs that offer challenges. Some just for the pure challenge, and some that offer great prizes (like stamps !!!).

Well, I mustered up my courage and submitted my first card:

A local craft store (Craft Warehouse) has a Scrapbooking / Card making club that meets monthly. The first one I attended....quite by accident....was in January. It's only an hour, but we cover quite a bit of stuff. Not only do we get a run down of new products the store is or will be carrying, but we also cover a topic -- organizing, tools, techniques, etc. And, if we choose, we can participate in a challenge. We're given usually 3 items (doily / heart sticker / treat box) that we have to use in a project. This month's challenge included the white scalloped border that I used at the bottom, the 2 acrylic tiles, and a new type of brad (that I included in another card).

In addition to the card club challenge, I submitted this for the Get Your Diva On challenge at the Verve Stamps Blog.

And then, sporting all my newly acquired courage, I decided to try the February VLV Sketchbook challenge that Verve had going.

 Here's the brad that came in the Craft Warehouse challenge:

I'm sooo happy that I accepted the challenge. Through this process I discovered that I really like working from sketches. For me, the most difficult part of designing a card is often just coming up with the design.

Though I don't really feel I can truly "compete" with most of those that enter the contests, it doesn't mean I enjoy the challenge any less. And the way I look at it, I end up with a pretty nice card when I'm done!!!