Friday, February 13, 2026

Happy Birthday

Hello. I'm playing in a few challenges with this birthday card today.


I started off with the sketch over at Just add Ink.  The fern is a very old rubber stamp from the former Angel Company.  I stamped it in juniper dye ink from Simon Says Stamp.  The birthday sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. I heat embossed it with alabaster embossing powder from Brutus Munroe.  The circle "31" is made using a jump ring and glossy accents over a section of a numbered dsp that I had in my stash.

Here are the challenges for this card.

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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Thanks - SSC379

Hi and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Use up your scraps! 



I used up some scraps that I had from the daisy dsp paper pack from Moda Scrap.  The daisy die is from The Stamp Market, and the "thanks" die is from Altenew.  Yep, that is vellum that the daisy is attached to.  I wanted to make the DSP visible so that it all ties together. 

The sketch is intended to be a scrap buster, so hope to see your cards over at Sunday Stamps! 

Take Care!

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

So Happy Together - TSOT688

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  This one is a fun Valentines Day sketch or switch it up!


I used a heart die from Pink and Main and stamped on it using the same swirl stamp from inkadinkado as in the background.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.


You can link up here.  Hope to see you over there!

Thanks for stopping by.


Friday, January 30, 2026

You're a true inspiration

Hi! I'm playing in the Freshly Made Challenge paired with the color challenge over at Just add Ink.


The butterfly die is from Memory Box (it's an old one). I used the color inspiration below to ink blend Simon says stamp ink on the solid layer of the butterfly.  The designer paper is an old one from Bazzill basics, which happened to match the old cuttlebug daisy embossing folder.  The only new supply on this card is the sentiment, which is a press plate from Altenew. 

Entering this into SSS anything goes challenge today too!  Thanks for stopping by!


































Sunday, January 25, 2026

Happy Anniversary - SSC378

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. We have a photo prompt this time.



The heart die is from Echo Park.  It's all one die and can be used so many different ways. Used up a bit of cardstock scraps on it too! The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

You can do great things

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


The stamps and dies are from Pink and Main called Pretty Peony.  I watercolored the peonies with Sandy Allnocks palette from Daniel Smith.  I found the dsp in my stash of paper and thought it went really well behind the peonies and worked well with the sentiment as well.

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Happy Birthday

Hello! I'm playing in the hand stamped sentiments challenge today.  It's an inspiration challenge from the graphic below.



The dies are from Stampin Up! I cut them out of silver cardstock and then used mushroom and turquoise alcohol inks to distress the gears.  The sentiment stamp is from Poppy stamps and the wonderful designer paper is from craft consortium. 

Thanks for stopping by.
 

Challenges:
Hand stamped sentiments