Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Thanks

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today with this card.



I created a 4x5 master board of torn book pages, added some gesso, PaperArtsy Infusions, and Kamenskaya liquid gilding. then cut it up for this sketch.  Up close you can see all the cool dimension and colors in the rectangles. 

I used Tim Holtz metallic classics as a layer behind and also to cut out the Thanks die from Spellbinders.  

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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Happy Birthday - SSC388

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.



First of all, the textured embossing folder is from Honey Bee stamps. The flowers are a stencil from Taylored Expressions, I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks throughout.  I cut one of the stencil panels apart to fit the back layer in the back to make everything fit.  The sentiment is from Waffle Flower stamps. 



I hope you join us.  Here is the link to play in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Happy Birthday - TSOT697

Hi and welcome back to another sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.


The flower die is from Simon Hurley's spellbinders collection.  The designer paper and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. 

Here is the direct link to participate in the challenge!

I hope to see you over in the gallery.


Sunday, June 7, 2026

Grill master

Hello. I'm playing in several Masculine theme challenges today.

Nothing like an apron full of Grill utensils to wish a guy a Happy Birthday.  Stamps and dies are from Honey Bee Stamps, except for the Happy Birthday - which is from Jaded Blossom.  Plaid designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink. 



I made a hinge to connect two aprons together for this card. 



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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Happy Birthday

Hi there. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card.


The confetti in the background is done using Simon says stamp ink and the confetti stencil from Waffle flower stamps. The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossoms.  I also used some thin black washi tape to create the separation on the card. 

I created the balloons using a large round ballon die (didn't fit on the card) just for the "tie," then a circle die, and piece them together.  Added on the string, bows and a white gel pen highlight and called it good.  All balloon dies are from My Favorite Things. 

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Let it bee

Hi. I decided to play with this week's Freshly Made Sketch again and came up with this.


I tore my stamps apart looking for a specific stamp and die set for the bee, and frustratingly, never found it.  Ended up fussy cutting this one from Recollections.  I added color using Copic markers and the wings have sparkle spritz on them.

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions, and the die is from Brass & Bliss. I had a yellow background already created in my background stash, so added that behind the dots.  The line of dots that is supposed to resemble the flight of the bee is done using a sewing tracing wheel in black ink. 

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Thinking of you - SSC387

Welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Today we have a color palette for your to work off of.



The flower dies and the press plate sentiment are all from Altenew.  Outside stitched dot layering dies are from Jillian Vance Designs.

Thanks for stopping by.