Inspired by The Paper Players challenge 783, I used a slice of a stencil panel and a die cut. The stencil is Spellbinder's Cherry Chic (stencil of the month Nov'25), and the die is an old one from my stash- Cottage Cutz Cherries. I found the sentiment in a very old CTMH set. A very CAS card - I just love that stencil! I'm going to see if it will look like blueberries if I ink up with blues...
Stampin' Mim
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Mosaic Stencil
Home from my travels and happy to be playing in the craft room and working in the spring time sunshine outside, too.
My card today is for challenge #694 Try A Sketch On Tuesday
I have used the Mosaic stencil from Spellbinder's and two die sets of theirs for the blooms. The stitched hexagons are from Pretty Pink Posh, sentiment from Gina K Designs.
Flowers, layers, and stenciling also part of our sister challenge at Double Trouble! Please play along with one or both. The Design Teams really love seeing your creations.
Monday, April 27, 2026
CAS Sympathy
Inspired by several challenges, I ink blended an oval, stamped and die cut a floral from Gina K Designs Courtyard Silhouettes set. The sentiment is from that set as well. I used soft stone, spruce and denim inks.
Butterfly Birthday
Inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #733
I used Gina K Designs Pin Dot Background stamp, fussy cut butterfly from her Never Loose Hope set, and sentiment from the So many Sentiments set. Innocent Pink card stock and a piece of patterned paper from my stash.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Fans + Spring Flowers
A card using a Spellbinder's 3-D embossing folder Floral Fans by Alex Siberia, some paper from Japan, and a Spellbinder's die Fan & Bow. I just returned from a month in Japan, and making this helped me to not feel so sad to be away. It's a beautiful country and magical in the spring.
Joining the challenge at Can You Handle The Pressure
Monday, April 20, 2026
Love & Hugs
Happy Monday!
This week at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.
I have used a foiled image and a heat embossed sentiment from Gina K Designs. Colored card stock is Gina's Sunkissed Coral. I used the coordinating stencil to color the floral stem. Mat gold and patterned paper from my stash.
Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you will play along at AHSC this week.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Hang In There
A new challenge at Try A Sketch On Tuesday
My design team inspiration card uses a sweet image and sentiment from a MFT, Great Adventure Bears stamp and die set that I have had for many years. The papers are from my stash folders as well. I imagine they are in the clouds looking down - so the map paper for the back panel seemed appropriate. lol
My favorite way to color with Copic markers is to stamp with a very light ink in the Misti, color, and then return the card to the Misti and stamp again in Versafine black. I added some Wink of Stella shimmer to the stars. This card will go to a friend who has gotten through surgery and chemo and has just begun radiation.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will play along and also check out the sister challenge at Double Trouble.







