Needed some design inspiration for a birthday card for a fun friend who is going to be 90 next week. She loves plaid, and I always try to include some in her card. So Freshly Made Sketches challenge was just right. I used a embossed piece for a back panel, and my newest Cath Z sentiment set.
I also got some design inspiration from Festive Friday #202. I used pink, lilac, and die cuts. The colors gave me a fresh, more spring like color for the plaid.
When I saw this sketch for Try A Sketch On Tuesday, I saw an ampersand!
Lucky for me, I have one in my Spellbinder's die stash. Everything here with the exception of the heart comes from that set, Sentimental Ampersand. It was Jan '23 small die of the month.
I used my scraps folders for all the little pieces.
Inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #721
The side panel is stenciled with Spellbinder's Cherry Chic stencil (Nov '25 stencil of the month), and Gina K Designs inks. Sentiment and oval dies are also Gina K.
The cherry die cut is a Cottage Cutz I've had in my stash for a really long time. I inked it with the same Gina K inks.
This will go to a friend with a note - a happy memory of making cherry pies together.
Inspired by AAA Card Challenge today. It's "Follow My Lead" and Francesca has the lead. So I used her card as a starting point and created a Happy New Year card using some lantern dies and origami paper from my stash, and a sentiment from a new Spellbinder's set, Good Fortune Horse.
Used the Tic Tac Toe challenge as inspiration as I created this fun fold. I used the middle vertical line Blue-Free-Stencil as I selected papers, stencil and inks for this W-fold Pop-out card. I used papers from my stash - a long retired CTMH pattern, Pale yellow and Twilight card stock. The stencil, inks, and sentiment are Gina K Designs.
Hope you are warm and safe this chilly Monday morning!
Here's a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to keep you cozy crafting.
I used a lot of different older products for my inspiration card. The Love Trio and Botanical Duo are from Gina K Designs.
Hope you will join the challenge this week! And thank you for visiting my blog.
Challenge #687 at Try A Sketch On Tuesday
My design team inspiration for you uses a Gina K Designs set, The Great Outdoors, to create a birthday card for my son.
Here in the PNW there are some beautiful golf courses with mountains in the distance. This card is very similar to the one Gina K made when demonstrating the set last year. I've created several versions for my golfing friends.
