Thinking of you

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #717 today. I've had this panel sitting in my stash for a while and put it to use on this sketch.

I blended distress inks onto the panel using antique linen and speckled egg oxide inks. The background script stamp is from Amazon and I stamped it in hickory smoke archival ink.   Next I added the scroll stencil from TH onto the panel with embossing paste. 

Blended out another panel using speckled egg so that I could use it for the small right-hand strip. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and I used the same hickory smoke ink on it. Cut it out with a die and popped it up with foam tape. I love how soft this turned out.

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Peace on earth - SSC376

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

I used another piece of designer paper from Brass & Bliss for this one.  Snowflake dies and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

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Christmas blessings

Hello.  Here is my last reminder card for The Flower Challenge. Sniff! 

After 9 years of The Flower Challenge the December challenge will be our last. We want to thank all our design team members, past and present, and especially all our participants over the years. Finally, we thank Aileen Ryan for coming up with the idea and running the challenge in conjunction with Viv Hodge for the first 7 years. We will post the winners as usual on the 4th of January 2026. The challenge blog will remain open for floral inspiration. We will be back with our reminder post on the 15th.

The stamp is from Penny Black and I used watercolor Tombow markers to color the outline and then spritzed with water.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

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Christmas cookies!

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch on Tuesday.

The cookie dies are from Tim Holtz Sizzix line from a few years ago.  I used Gina K Designs cardstock to alternate with the white on the cookies.  The three small snowflakes are shaker bits from Trinity stamps that I glued on for added interest and cuteness.  The border dies are from Pink Fresh.

Link to participate in the challenge is here. 

A merry little Christmas to you - SSC375

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This time we have a color palette prompt for your inspiration.

I just purchased this wonderful paper pack from Brass & Bliss and one of the papers worked well with the colors below.  

I added a bit of snowflake glitter and mica from Ranger (TH) to the top and bottom snowflakes. The dies are from My Favorite Things and the middle snowflake die is from Simon Says Stamp.

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Merry Christmas

Hi and welcome back to another Challenge over at The Flower challenge - we want you to use a Christmas floral on your card. 

The poinsettia is from Simon Says Stamp and colored with Copic's. The sentiment is stamped in Lisa Horton's gold metallic ink.  The pine sprig stamp in the background is an old one from Great Impressions stamps.

After 9 years of The Flower Challenge, the December challenge will be our last. We want to thank all our design team members, past and present, and especially all our participants over the years. Finally, we thank Aileen Ryan for coming up with the idea and running the challenge in conjunction with Viv Hodge for the first 7 years. We will post the winners as usual on the 4th of January 2026. The challenge blog will remain open for floral inspiration. We will be back with our reminder post on the 15th.

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