Crazy 4 Challenges C4C107

Hello everyone! It's a new month, and that means I'm your new hostess for October! I lucked out with FIVE Saturdays this month, and love all my challenges.... I hope you'll like them to and join in the fun!

For today, I'd like us to celebrate World Card Making Day by remembering others. The challenge is that you can make any card you want. However, I'd like you to find a worthwhile charity that you can donate your card(s) to after today, and follow through and DO IT! Call a local nursing home... the residents love to have cards they can send to their family members. Check with your local hospital and see if you can donate cards to their gift shop. Maybe a local senior center?

One of the greatest charities you can donate your cards to is Operation Write Home! The mission of OWH is "Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them. This merry band of thousands of card makers is made up of Americans - and citizens of other nations too - who care about our military, and want to support them through creativity and encouragement. Crafters of all ages and levels of experience have participated since 2007...and are on the way to a landmark one MILLION cards! Care packages filled with hundreds of handmade cards are sent to our contacts, restocking every 6-8 weeks, and are sent in time for the long journey back home to loved ones. Each box is packed with great care, alternating styles, colors, and card makers from all over the USA, creating 'eye candy' for heroes who see only khaki around them. The topper on each box is a plastic bag filled with 20-30 letters from adults and children across the country, letters handed out especially to those in need of a positive word from the homefront."

I am working to get involved with this very worthwhile organization! If you'd like to mail your cards to me, I will make sure they get sent to OWH. You can email me through my Blogger profile for my mailing address. If you choose to make cards for OWH, I would ask you to check out the Card Guidelines before you start.... there are a few items to observe with these cards that will travel extensively overseas and back.

If you decide to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C107. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr. Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Below is some wonderful inspiration from the Crazies to get you started today!

Enjoy, and Happy World Card Making Day!

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Cindy Haffner

Joanne Grzelak -- The Inky Ocean Gazer

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio


Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Silke Ledlow ~ My Life

Lynda Benden - Stamp Act

Maria - Inspired & Unscripted



Jessie Rone- Can You Say Addicted To Stamps?


Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Mr Linky

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C106

Hi everyone,

Before we get onto this week's challenge we need to announce the winner of last week's sponsored challenge which was sponsored by Creations by AR.




And the winner is ............. Rhonda Miller. Congratulations Rhonda, please contact Frances at crazy4challenges at hotmail dot com to arrange your prize.


Barb's back with another fun challenge for us all today. It's not too soon to start on Halloween projects. Today's challenge is to make a Halloween card or decor project. If you don't "do" Halloween, then let's see another Fall project.

If you decide to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C106. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Now let's see what the "Crazies have come up with this week.......


Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Joanne Grzelak -- The Inky Ocean Gazer

Cindy Haffner

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Silke Kittmann ~~~ S I L L I

Maria - Inspired & Unscripted

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Mr Linky

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C105

Hi everyone!

It's Saturday which means the "Crazies" are back with another fun challenge for you all.

Before we get into today's challenge, as this week is a sponsored challenge, we need to introduce this month's sponsor which is Creations by AR. Adela has some awesome templates on her site which I know the "Crazies" have had fun playing with for our challenge this week. The templates come in all formats: PDF, SVG and DXF so that you can use them with your electronic die cutting machines or cut by hand if you don't have a machine. This week's winner will receive two templates of their choice from Creations by AR.

Adela has also offered our blog readers a 10% discount on all her templates during this challenge so that is from September 17th to September 23rd. All you need to do is use the code: challenge10 when you go through the check out.

Now it is time for our challenge, Barb is back with another fun fall themed challenge for us all! This week all you have to do is create a card or project with a pumpkin on it in some form. It can be a card or 3D project.

If you decide to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C105. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Now let's see what the "Crazies have come up with this week.......
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Cindy Haffner

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio



Silke Kittmann ~~~ S I L L I


Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Joanne Grzelak -- The Inky Ocean Gazer

Silke Ledlow ~ My Life

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Jessie Rone- Can You Say Addicted To Stamps?

Maria - Inspired & Unscripted

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Mr Linky

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C104

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Crazy 4 Challenges blog, this week Barb Anders is back with another fun challenge.

This week it's a color challenge and with Fall almost here we are taking our inspiration from these gorgeous fall colors. So make your card using the colors orange, olive green, yellow & brown.

If you decide to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C104. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Now let's see what the "Crazies" have come up with this week.......

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Cindy Haffner

Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Silke Kittmann ~~~ S I L L I

Joanne Grzelak -- The Inky Ocean Gazer

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Silke Ledlow ~ My Life

Maria - Stampin Inspirations

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Jessie Rone- Can You Say Addicted To Stamps?

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Mr Linky

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C103

Hi everyone and happy Saturday.

It's a new month so it is time to introduce a new challenge hostess to you which is Barbara Anders. Barb has some wonderful challenges in store for us in the coming weeks.

To get things started let's do a Back To School themed card. Anything about back to school works!

If you decide to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C103. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Now let's see what the "Crazies have come up with this week.......

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuit

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio


Cindy Haffner

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Silke Kittmann ~~~ S I L L I

Silke Ledlow ~ My Life

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Maria - Inspired & Unscripted

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Mr Linky