Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Hello!

 

The new challenge at Try A Sketch On Tuesday

will run from today, February 17- March 1st

My card uses some papers from my stash, a thought bubble die from My Favorite Things, not sure where that hello came from though. 

There are some fun sister challenges at Double Trouble that offer lots of inspiration with their 3-2-1 recipe and optional twists with this sketch.

Hope you will check it out and play along at TSOT, DT or both!  Thank you for visiting my blog.




Friday, February 13, 2026

Year of the Horse

 My son was born in the Year of the Horse, so this set from Spellbinder's was perfect for a card for him to celebrate Lunar New Year next week.  The card uses Gold, Horse, Deep Red card stock, and a heat embossed good fortune sentiment.




Linking to Festive Friday challenge #203



Monday, February 9, 2026

Cheerful Flowers

 

Good Morning!

My design team inspiration for you today 

Atlantic  Hearts Sketch Challenge #668

My card uses Gina K Designs Cheerful Flowers kit bundle - layered stencil, embossing folder, die cuts. The sentiment is from her Lovely Flowers set. Inks used are the Lilac trio,  Spruce trio, and Butterscotch.




Friday, February 6, 2026

Just Sayin'

 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.






Tuesday, February 3, 2026

And many More


 

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.


And on our sister blog Double Trouble you can see more inspiration with their 3-2-1 challenge. My card does not meet the layers required, but your creation might!!  Play along :-)
*** Edit: Well, I guess the layers on my bits and pieces count after all!

Also linking to a new to me challenge, Pearly Sparkles!!  Challenge #116 'Hearts'


Saturday, January 31, 2026

Cherry Chic

 

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.



Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Chinese New Year

 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.



Francesca's card