This month’s Colorful Options Challenge inspiration photo immediately made me think of sunlight, warmth, and the soft beauty of spring. I loved all the glowing yellow tones and floral images, and I wanted to create something that felt peaceful and full of light.
For my project, I painted the cover of a composition book. I liked the idea of taking something ordinary and turning it into something artistic and personal. There is more than one way to brighten up a Physics class. LOL!
Hop on over to our challenge and play along. If yellow isn’t your palette, join us with a rainbow inspired make instead.
I am so happy to be sharing my design team project for the April 2026 Colorful Options Challenge. This month, we are celebrating yellow — fresh, radiant, layered, and full of life. Yellow is such a cheerful color, and the inspiration board is absolutely glowing with sunny blooms, soft petals, golden light, and all the happy springtime feels.
For my project, I created a tag filled with warm vintage charm and just a little bit of spring sunshine. I used soft yellows, gentle neutrals, and touches of blue to keep everything feeling light and fresh. The florals, teacup, and sweet little bird came together to create a piece that feels calm, hopeful, and full of quiet beauty.
The sentiment on my tag, “A Spot of Sunshine,” seemed like the perfect fit for this month’s theme. Sometimes yellow is bold and bright, and sometimes it is softer — like morning light spilling across the table with a warm cup of coffee nearby. That is the feeling I wanted this tag to capture.
As always, the rainbow option is welcome too, and that is part of what makes Colorful Options so much fun. Whether you create with yellow, rainbow, or both, I hope you will join us this month and share your beautiful work.
For this month’sColorful Options challenge, I chose green and stitched up this quilted box bag. The woodland fabric with rabbits and little forest creatures felt like the perfect way to celebrate the color of nature. A fun sewing project and a practical bag all in one!
If you enjoy creating with color, we invite you to play along with the Colorful Options Challenge. Each month we feature a color prompt, but there’s always an option — if the featured color isn’t your thing, you can join with a rainbow-inspired project instead. Cards and other creative makes are welcome, including painting, crochet, quilting, digital art, and more. Share your creativity and come see how others are inspired by color!
For this month’s Colorful Options Challenge, I chose to explore green through a moody, mythical scene in gouache paint on canvas.
I wanted the green to feel alive — not flat, but layered and luminous. By shifting between deep forest tones and brighter yellow-greens, I was able to give the serpent dimension and movement. The moonlit sky adds contrast, with cooler blues balancing the warmth in the highlights.
The foliage framing the scene allowed me to build texture and depth, almost as if the viewer is peering through the leaves. The subtle glow along the creature’s back helps guide the eye and brings the guardian forward from the shadows.
Green felt like the perfect color to tell this story — mysterious, powerful, and rooted in nature.
Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing my design team project for The Colorful Options Challenge—and this one is a dive into the stash for an oldie but a goodie.
Who doesn’t love the combination or Rosie and Bernie from Stamping Bella?! I took my inspiration from the pinks on the inspiration photo, with a little bit of Lavender in Bernie’s muzzle, mane, tail & corn. Some simple pencil coloring with a little splash from gel pens (the hearts & tights) for some fun.
Thanks for stopping by, and I can’t wait to see what you create this month.🩷💜🤍
I am starting this year with a different craft than I usually post. I decided to knit up a cozy hat, modeled by my studio companion. He wears it more than I as this is where it rests when not in use.
The colors don’t show perfectly in the photo, but the yarn is a stormy mix of charcoal grey and deep midnight blue, with the faintest whisper of olive running through the strand. This serves as my design team contribution for the Colorful Options Challenge this January. Our color palette this month is blue, white & grey. I chose to play with the blue & a charcoal grey. Remember, any color version of the colors posted is fair game.
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