Crafts Galore Encore March 2026

Welcome to March! 

And Happy St David's Day!

Spring is almost here, the days are getting lighter and the weather is getting less cold. But, before we can celebrate any warm sunny days, there is a new challenge starting on the

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Moondrea Designs

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images from their store to our lucky winner.

I have made an A5 birthday card this month in pretty Springtime colours.

I started with a textured green card from Papermania and layered it with a Papermania smooth light green card. The daffodil paper is the March paper from G45's Flower Market Collection.

I added two strips of layered green card over the paper at the top and bottom of the card.

I used the Daffodil Maiden image from our sponsor and coloured her with my Copics. I matted her onto smooth yellow card from Papermania and fixed her to the card on foam pads.

 I printed the headdress a couple of times, coloured the flowers and fussy cut them to use as an embellishment. I attached them to the card with foam pads.

I printed the sentiment and layered it onto yellow card with another daffodil.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Moondrea Designs images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this in the following challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2026/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-98.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/02/classic-design-challenge-02-2026-febmar.html

Crafts Galore Encore January 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I hope you have all enjoyed the Christmas festivities, however you celebrate.

 But now it's time to get back to business ....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Wendylynn's Paper Whims

who are offering a prize of two collage sheets from their store to our lucky winner.

I used an image from the  collage sheet Toulouse Lautrec Style Art Images. The collage sheet has images of a dog, cat, birds, plants and lovely women to choose from.

I made an 8"x 6" (20 x 15 cm) card.

I started with a layer of an old orange textured card from Papermania on which I matted a paper from First Edition's Paradise Crush 8" pad. It has embedded glittery highlights.

I hand cut the image from the collage sheet and mounted it onto a die cut scalloped oval. I then added that to the card with foam pads.

I added a couple of strips cut from the orange card and a few orange flowers.

The card was finished with orange gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Wendylynn's Paper Whims images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore October 2025

Back to school is going so well. All the after school clubs signed up for and a great new routine in place. Halloween planning now. 

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Conjurer of Dreams

who are offering a prize of 2 digi sets of four images to our lucky winner.

As soon as I saw these four witches from the Witch Spells set I knew I wanted to work with them. I also knew I wanted to use all four images, so I made a double fold card. 

I used a purple card from Papermania and die cut the front panel with a Spellbinder die to give it a pointed scalloped edge. I added a computer generated sentiment, a hand cut bat and a little bottle and bird cage fussy cut from a Graphic 45 paper from the Rare Oddities 8" pad. I finished the front with some purple pearls.

This image is on the inside of the front panel. I added more little images from the G45 papers.

This image is on the outside of the right hand card flap. I've added more little images, including the bat, and a hand cut black cat.

This image is inside the right hand flap. Again, the G45 images and a hand cut bat.

Inside the card I created the text panel with what I thought was a funny explanation for the four witches all studying their spell books. I added more fussy cut G45 images and a couple of bats.

There are lots of wonderful witch images, plus lots more, on the Conjurer of Dreams website to choose your Halloween images from.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Conjurer of Dreams images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this in the following challenges:

https://kimsconjurerofdreams.blogspot.com/2025/10/october-conjurer-of-dreams-challenge-13.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

Crafts Galore Encore June 2025

There is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Moondrea Designs

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images to our lucky winner.

I have made a simple A5 Happy Birthday card to show you.

I used gold mirri card to cover the base and matted it with a yellow textured card from Papermania.

I created two narrow panels with red card and gold mirri as a sort of frame for the image panel.

I chose to use the Poppy Fairy image and I coloured her with my Copics.

I then matted her onto gold mirri card.

I created a poppy embellishment by cutting two petal shapes from red card and adding a die-cut black centre.

I finished the card with a computer printed sentiment and some red gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Moondrea Designs images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this in the following challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2025/06/morgans-artworld-challenge-89.html 1st Prize Winner

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/05/classic-design-challenge-05-2025-mayjun.html x?

Crafts Galore Encore March 2025

If you think you've seen this card before, you're right. I mistakenly blogged it last month but put it back in draft and published the correct card for February once I realised what I'd done. Silly me! Or was I just wishing that Spring came quicker? Our family could have done without February altogether as it turned out to not be a very good month for us. Here's hoping March is better ...

.... There is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Last Minute Manda

who are offering a prize of 5 digi sets to our lucky winner.

I made an 8" (20cm) birthday card for my wonderful friend.

The first layer is a dark green Papermania card. I used a thin sliver of the dark green card to create a border between the two pretty papers from Graphic 45's Secret Garden.

I used one of the lovely images from the Shabby Chic Cups and Books colouring page and coloured it with my Copics. I mounted the image onto light green card and cut out two flowers from the Secret Garden papers for decoration.

I fixed a strip of green ribbon across the card before attaching the mounted image and tucked another small piece of ribbon under the side of the image.

I finished the card with a double bow, three gold gems and a computer printed sentiment.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Last Minute Manda's images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this in the following challenges:

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/classic-design-challenge-02-2025-febmar.html

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/02/january-2025-challenge-73-anything-goes.html

Crafts Galore Encore January 2025

 Happy New Year everyone!

I wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2025

Now that all the winter festivities are over for another year it's time to get back to normal and that starts with a new challenge on the

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

SheepSki Designs

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images from their new blog shop to our lucky winner.

I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20 cm) card to celebrate the New Year.

I used a lovely textured paper from the Mulberry Kisses 12" (30 cm) paper pad by First Edition. I matted it onto a green card from Papermania. I used a slim paper cutoff mounted onto green card as a design feature.

The cute gnome image I used is called It's a Spring Thing and comes in Jpeg and PNG format. I coloured it with my Copics, cut it out and mounted it on the green card.

I printed the sentiment on my computer and added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I tied a string bow to finish the card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using SheepSki Designs images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore October 2024

Welcome to Autumn!

There is definitely a change in the weather this past week, it's wetter and colder. Brrr! Time to dig out the coats, sweaters and fleecy pyjamas. 

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

The Paper Shelter

One of the things the children enjoy at this time of year is pumpkin growing and picking, so, I have made a card to celebrate that rather than just Halloween.

The card is 8"x 8" (20 x 20cms). I started by covering the card base with a green card from Papermania and layering it with an orange card and finally, a purple one. The other paper elements are included in the Halloween Spirit image set from our sponsor. I cut the circles and green panel out and arranged them on my card.

You also get the Halloween Spirit digi image in both JPEG and PNG formats, and a pre-coloured version too. I chose to use the PNG image and coloured it with my Copics. I mounted the image onto orange card and tucked it under the other paper elements.

I created the sentiment on the computer and finished the card with some paper flowers and purple gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using The Paper Shelter images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore December 2023

I am approaching the end of 2023 with mixed feelings. The year started off with such promise with two much anticipated weddings in the spring. Then it took a terrible turn with the events of the summer, ending with my beloved brother passing away with hardly any warning. I really don't remember much of autumn. It's all a blur through the tears. Winter is going to be a difficult season with Christmas and birthdays to get through as the family still grieve. But, I'll wear a smile and soldier on through.

Now, the first of my two challenge posts for today ...

Welcome to the last  Crafts Galore Encore Challenge for 2023

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Gecko Galz

who are offering a very generous prize of a $25 store voucher for our lucky winner.

I have made a set of 6 Christmas cards using three different collections from the Gecko Galz shop. 

The cards are all 6" (15 cm) square. All the coloured card for the mats and layers is from Papermania. The cards were all finished off with ribbon bows and gems.

I was allowed to choose the images and papers from the store for these cards. I chose Altered Christmas Digital Collage Sheets, which has two pages of gorgeous images and tags. 

And Christmas in Nature ATC Set which has six beautiful pages for the backing papers. Plus a sentiment.

A couple of the images on the cards are from another collage set that has since, unfortunately, sold out.

The lovely vintage looking papers on these cards are from the Christmas in Nature ATC set and the tags are from the Altered Christmas set. I fixed the tags to the card with brads so the top one can swivel to reveal the second tag.

The Santa image toppers are, sadly, no longer available.

I printed the gorgeous poinsettia paper from the Christmas in Nature ATC set a few times, and slightly larger, so I could cut out the flowers and decoupage them using foam pads. The Peace on Earth sentiment is also from the ATC set. The sentiment and music sheet on the bird card are from the Altered Christmas set.

The card on the left is made using another wonderful vintage paper from the ATC set and my two favourite tags from the Altered Christmas set. For the card on the right, I printed out the red cardinal a couple of times from the bird paper and decoupaged it with foam pads. I teamed it with a sentiment from the Altered Christmas set. The background is the lovely ribbon and holly paper from the ATC set and I used an off cut  from the bird paper as a panel across the front.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Gecko Galz images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

Thank you everyone for supporting us throughout this year. We hope we have inspired you on your creative journey as much as you have inspired us.

Enjoy a merry festive season, however you celebrate.

I have entered this card set in the following challenges:

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/12/morgans-artworld-challenge-12.html

Crafts Galore Encore November 2023

Following a shocking family bereavement in the summer I haven't been in the mood to do much crafting. But, we are creeping close to Christmas and I need to get a move on making my cards. What better way to start than with the cute image and lovely paper from our sponsor? This is my official first Christmas card of 2023 and I've made it to hopefully inspire you for the new challenge starting today at ....

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

The Paper Shelter

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images to our lucky winner.

I've made an acetate fronted Christmas card. The acetate wraps around the card front and is fixed in place with strong double sided tape on the left hand side at the back.

The card base is 6"x 6" (15 x 15cms). I used a pink card from Papermania for the mats, border and sentiment.

The team was kindly given the For Santa stamp set to use. The set includes a pretty backing paper, a pre-coloured image and a black and white image. I used the pre-coloured image and die-cut it in a circle. I fixed the image onto the front of the piece of acetate. I glued a pink circle onto the reverse side of the acetate behind the image to create a mat.

I enlarged the pretty paper on the computer and trimmed it down to size before matting it onto pink card and fixing it to the card front. I added the die-cut sentiment.

I used an X-Cut punch to create the border and attached it with double sided tape. I finished the card with some pink gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using The Paper Shelter images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10_01315010832.html x

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-challenge-59-anything-goes.html winner

https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-151-anything-christmas-goes.html x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html x

Crafts Galore Encore August 2023

 There is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Colour of Love

Who are offering the 3 digi images the DT have used to the lucky winner.

I have made a birthday card for our little princess to show you. The card is 5" x 7" (12 .5 x 18cms).

I layered two pieces of Papermania card in different shades of purple and then added a pretty paper from an old LOTV 8" paper pad.

I used the Wood Anemone Flower Pot image and coloured it with my Copics. I layered the image onto a piece of pale purple card and then cut a second mat from the same card and layered it with a piece of floral paper from the LOTV pad.

I created the sentiment strips on my computer. I added all the toppers to the card and finished off with two bows.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Colour of Love images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore June 2023

 It's the 1st of June and it feels like summer has finally arrived. The children have been off school this week and we have been making the most of the gorgeous weather with day trips and garden play. Another nice weekend is on the horizon with a few treats planned.

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Polkadoodles

who are offering 3 single digi stamps for our lucky winner.

I have made two 6" (15cm) cards using the same cute digi set.

The cards are both from the same Digi Deal set called Bob The Dog in a Boat. This Digi Deal set comes with a black and white and a pre-coloured image. Plus six papers, a sentiment and cutting files.

This is, what I call, a Z-fold card. The base is a 6" (15cm) card blank. It's a great fold to use multiple papers without crowding the card. All the matting layers are from a mottled pale blue card I've had for years.

I printed and cut three of the papers to fit the card panels. I used the lower part of one of the papers for the Z-band and created the Happy Birthday sentiment on the computer.

I have used the pre-coloured image and matted it onto a scalloped base. I printed the blue sentiment and matted that too before fixing it onto the image.

I die-cut an anchor and the swim ring as embellishments to finish the card.

For the second card I printed the PNG outline image onto one of the papers and coloured it with my Copics. I printed another of the papers for the backing layer. All the matting layers are a red Papermania card.

I used my Copics to colour the Bob the Dog in a Boat image in similar colours to the pre-coloured version. I created and printed the Happy Birthday sentiment on the computer and cut it into a banner.

I layered the blue and the black versions of the sentiment and added them to the corner of the image before printing. I die-cut another swim ring and coloured that to match the image to finish the card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Polkadoodles images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/classic-design-challenge-june-6.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/06/morgans-artworld-challenge-6.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-75-anything-goes-with.html x

https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2023/06/challenge-73.html x