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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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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Thanks - TFC#108

Hello, and welcome back to a new challenge over at the Flower challenge.  We are looking for you to add thanks to your cards this go around.  Here is what I did with the challenge. 

The flowers are colored with copic markers.  The background thank you stamp is from Photoplay. The big thank you die is an old one from Simon Says Stamp. 

Here is the link for you to join the challenge. The Flower Challenge #108

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Happy Birthday - TFC107

Hello and welcome to a new card for our current "purple" challenge at The Flower Challenge.

The flower stamps and dies are from Pink Fresh Studio.  I used Simon Says Stamp inks through the stencils to color them.  The birthday sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

Please join us here: The Flower challenge.

Just a note - TFC107

Hi, and welcome back to another card challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  We want to see you use purple in our card design. 

I actually did a gatefold card for this one. Gasp! Flower stamps, dies and stencils are from Pink Fresh Studio.  Simon Says Stamp inks used.  The just a note sentiment is from Jillian Vance Designs.  I did use up some hoarded dsp from Lil' Inkers on this too!

Link to join the challenge is here!

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Happy Birthday - TFC#106

Hi, and welcome back.  Here is another card for the current challenge over at The Flower Challenge. The sketch to use is below.

The sunflower stamp is an old one from the former Angel Company.  I colored the flowers with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

Here is the link to join the challenge!

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Just a note - TFC#106

Hello! Welcome back to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  This time we have a sketch for you to use.

The sunflower dies are from Honey Bee stamps. I used several shades of yellow cardstock from Papertrey Ink to build it.  The sentiment is also from PTI.  

Here is the sketch. 

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Just for you - TFC#105

Hello - here is another reminder about our current challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  We are looking for you to add embellishments.

The flower stamp is favorite from stamplorations - Dee's artsy designs. I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks to stamp the flower and then added white pearls for their centers.   The sentiment stamp is from Poppy stamps.  

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Happy Anniversary - TFC#105

Hello.  Welcome back to our new challenge over at The Flower Challenge. This month, we are looking for you to add embellishments to your cards.  

The washi tape and die are from Pink Fresh Studio.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts, and those cute little ladybug dies are from Gummiapan.

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So very happy for you TFC#103

Hello all.  This is your reminder that you still have time to play with our embossing challenge over at The Flower Challenge.

This one uses a cobblestone embossing folder from Darice.  The flower stamp and dies are from Simon Says Stamp and are colored with Copic Markers. 

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Just a note TFC#103

Hello everyone! We have a new challenge over at The Flower Challenge. We want to see embossing, either heat or dry.  

I used an embossing folder from Spellbinders that I've had for a bit but haven't used.

The flower stamp is from Just for Fun. I used Tombow markers to color directly on the stamp and reactivated the ink by huffing on it.  The sentiment is from The Ton.

Link up here!

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Congrats - TFC#102

Hello. Here is another take on this month's Flower Challenge of adding spots or stripes to your creation.

The flower die is from The Ton, and I used Simon Says Stamp inks to color the paper once cut.  The congrats sentiment is from Studio Calico.  The striped designer paper is from My Favorite Things.

Here is the link for you to play along!

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Thinking of you - TFC#102

Welcome back to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  Your cue card this round is to add spots or stripes.

I used the Swiss dot background stamp from Altenew.  The rose is a die from The Ton. I used Simon Says Stamp ink to color it.  The dragonfly stamp is from Impression Obsession, and the sentiment is also from Altenew.  

Link up here!

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Just a note - TFC#101

Hello and welcome back. I'm sharing another card for the The Flower Challenge add spring colors challenge #101 today.

The stencil is from Papertrey, Ink and I used Simon Says Stamp inks to blend the colors.   The just a note sentiment is also from PTI.   The rectangle dot stitched die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

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Hi there - TFC#101

Hello!  
Welcome back to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge. We are looking for you to use Spring Colors in your flower card.

I used a stencil that I picked up at one of my local craft stores. The spring colors are inks from Simon Says Stamp.  That wonderful word die is a CZ design from Simon Says Stamp. 

Hope you will join us!

From me to you

Hello everyone.  Here is another card for the Add a Circle challenge over at The Flower Challenge.

The polka dot background stamp is from Altenew and is stamped in bright pink ink to match the rose circle dies. They are an old one from Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market.  The coin envelope die is from the paper studio.    

Don't forget that we have prizes available for this challenge as it is our 100th! We will randomly draw winners when the challenge closes on the 25th of the month.  

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Congrats

Hello everyone. Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  We are celebrating 100 challenges this go around and we have prizes to give away for playing along.  We are looking for you to add circles to your flower cards.  

The circle embossing folder is from Penny Back. I surrounded it with flowers cut from Pink Fresh Studio dies.  I did use inks color the dies cuts before adding them around the embossing.  The congrats sentiment is from Tim Holtz sizzix dies set. 

I'm giving away this retired Pink Fresh Studio set, which I have never used. We will be drawing winners randomly.  I hope you join us!

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