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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Wishing you a beautiful day

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

The bicycle dies are from Brass and Bliss. The cloud stencil is from A colorful life designs and the trees, bushes and hill stencil is from Simon Says Stamp.  I also used their inks to blend through the stencils.

I sent this off to a Co-workers wife who is a SU demonstrator, as a thank you. She recently made up a bunch of card kits that were handed out to us during our last meeting.  Such a sweet gesture and much appreciated.

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Just add ink

Tic, Tac, Toe

Festive Friday

Celebrate

Hello. I decided to play along with the sketch over at The Paper Players today.  Here is what I created with it.

I used some digital images for the background panel and tag.  The tag die is from Simon Says Stamp. I used a Copic marker on white satin ribbon to match the colors in the paper.  I used a blue scrap of paper from craft consortium for the middle part.  And the celebrate sentiment stamp is from Tim Holtz.  I also got out my crop-a-dial and set an eyelet into the tag.

To those of you in the US, Happy Independence Day - this year is a big one.  Stay safe and enjoy the festivities with family and friends.

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I think you're pretty great

Hello. I'm playing in the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

The blue panel is created using one of Lisa Horton's stencils out of her stencil deck. I used tumbled glass oxide ink and then layered it with dark navy cardstock.

The daisy dies and the sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp.  The stitched round die is from Craft Addiction UK. I also layered the circle using navy cardstock.

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Collect beautiful moments - TSOT#695

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

I decided to do a spotlight technique with the butterfly for this challenge.  Butterfly stamps is from Tim Holtz, stampers anonymous.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  I used up some yellow scraps with the fishtail banners on the left-hand side.  

Here is the link to join in the challenge.

Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

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Believe in yourself

Hello. Playing with the latest sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

I used items from Simon Says Stamp A little artsy Card Kit. The sentiment is also from Simon but out of the Artful Pallet kit.

I did add a strip of Tim Holtz black cardstock along the side of the designer paper out of the kit.  I like how it defined the paper. The daisy is colored using SSS ink with a blending brush using the stencil that came in the kit.  Lastly, I added a few paint splatters. 

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For you

Hi there. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card.

The flower dies are from Altenew. I used the embossing folder that came with this to add texture to the petals.  I added the color using Simon says stamp pawsitively saturated ink and a blending brush.

The embossing folder on the left is also from Simon Say Stamp.  The dragonfly die is an old one from Memory Box and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

The dragonfly is suspended only on the petal and appears to be floating in real life.

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Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in a few challenges with this card today. Challenges listed below.  I started with the sketch over at FMS and added dies and stencils per the challenges below. 

I started with a panel of watercolor paper and painted on the blue background using Faber Castell gelatos.  Then I used some modeling paste with a brick stencil to create the section for the daisies.  They are a new to me die from Simon Says Stamp.  Sentiment and die are from My Favorite Things.

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Freshly Made Sketches

Just Add Ink

Just us Girls

NBUS

Just sayin' - TSOT689

Hello and welcome back to another card sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  This one is an awesome way to use up some designer paper scraps.  

I used distress inks to blend the background of the panel sitting on top of all the designer papers. All of those papers were in my blue scrap pile.  The sentiment and dies are from CZ Designs from Simon Says Stamp.

Here is the link to join the challenge - and remember to use up those scraps!

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Sending birthday wishes

Hello. Playing in a few challenges with this card.

I recently added the texturize it 2 set from LDRS to my collection and this was the result of me playing with the set.  

I also added the dots using a stencil and embossing paste for added dimension.  The flower die is from Simon Says Stamp and the square stitched dot dies are from Jillian Vance Designs.  Lastly, the sentiment is from The Ton.

Adding this card to the following challenges:

Simply clean and simple - something new

Inkspirational - shades of blue

Dragonfly dreams - floral

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Thinking of you

Hi there! I decided to play in the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches tonight and came up with this.

The designer paper is from Tim Holtz memoranda pack.  I paired it with a strip of enchanted evening grosgrain ribbon from Papertrey, Ink.  Fig leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  Added a small twine bow to ground the fig die cut and called it good.

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Feel better soon - TSOT686

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday!

The embossing folder is from Penny Black.  I used the postage die from Waffle flower on some designer paper from 49 and Market to create the panels.  I popped up one of the butterflies using some of the ephemera that was included in the paper pad.  Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

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Link for joining the challenge:

Double Trouble Paper Crafting : Challenge #207 3-2-1 Recipe "Cool, Wild and/or Crazy"

Take care!

Hello. Playing in the Dragonfly Dreams tag challenge today with this card.

The tag is from Simon Says Stamp and distressed with walnut stain distress ink.  The background is from a paper towel that I used to catch the "drips" from my Keurig coffee maker.  I thought it would make a good background so I used some liquitex matte medium to adhere it to a card base.

Rose sticker is from my stash (might be from Arden creative)

Script stamp - MFT stamps

Tim Holtz old tape stickers

Altenew - Sentiment

Twine 

Cotton frayed ribbon - Ribbli

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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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