Merry Christmas - SSC391

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  The sketch is a square card this go around.

The background was created using a lot of different mediums onto a master board.  It includes gesso, paint and paperatsy infusions, stamps, stencils etc.  I used the blanket-stitched dies from Pink Fresh Studio to cut the squares out. 

The snowflakes dies from My Favorite Things and the Merry Christmas sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  

Here is the sketch. 

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Sometimes - SSC361

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This week we have a color palette to jump start your creativity! 

The designer paper and dies are from Echo Park.  The sentiment is from Hampton Arts.  

I hope you join us this go around.  Thanks for stopping in.

Just a note - TSOT690

Hello. Welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  

I went with a music theme.  Embossing folders by provo craft and Stampin Up! The music dsp is actually a sheet of real music that I picked up at a charity shop.  

Hope you join us over at TSOT - here is the link to play with us.

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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. 

Halloween Greetings

Hi all. Just wanted to share a Halloween card today.

I used Simon Says Stamp's stencil to create this fun little card. I smooched black pigment ink onto the stencil and ran it through my die-cutting machine to complete the background. Then used the rest of the stencil to color in the eyes.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, and the outline die is from Pink Fresh.

Entering this into the following challenges:

Craft rocket challenges - Autumn/Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Halloween/Anything goes

Alphabet challenge - N is for night

Crafty calendar October challenge - Halloween 

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Thanks

Hi everyone. I spent yesterday at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo and spent way too much money. However, here is one of the stamp and stencil sets I purchased from The Ton.

I used color fuse inks from Brass and Bliss with the stencil first, then stamped over it with the outline stamp.  The thanks sentiment is part of the set.

I'm entering this into the following challenge.

Addicted to CAS - Floral

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Thank you very much - SSC354

Hello. Time for a new photo prompt inspiration over at Sunday Stamps. This one was a challenge! 

I ended up going with flowers in the colors pictured below. The dies are from Studio Light.  The sentiment is from The Ton.

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I heard you were dragon

Hello. Playing in The Paper PlayersThe Paper Players lots of laughs clean and simple challenge today.

The stamp and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. I colored him up using Copic markers. I found the sparkly rhinestones in my stash that matched the color markers I used, so add three for a little interest. 

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Merry Christmas

Hi everyone! I'm back with another card for the Season's Tweetings stamp set that is soon to be released over at Gerda Steiner Designs. 

The bird is colored with Copic's.  I added some Tulip puffy dimensional fabric paint to his hat. If you heat it with your heat gun it really puffs up! So much fun to use.

The holiday tag was made with paper I've had in my stash for a while now. I only used a portion of the Merry Christmas stamp on this and creatively cut out part of the sentiment with a die. Since this bird was by himself, the "we wish you a" just didn't work. 

I have one more project I made with this stamp set coming up next Friday. See you then.