The sweetness of Summer

 

I had a sweet time pulling out two stamp sets that have been in my treasured collection for a very long time. The watermelon and sentiment are CTMH, the ants are from a tiny little Lawn Fawn set.

I used the Watercolor Stripes stencil from Altenew with Lipstick ink from Gina K, and Pear from CTMH for the background.

Happy Summer everyone!   Come play along at 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

Old & New

 Inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #692 

I have used a brand new layering stencil from Spellbinder's June 2025 club, Rolling Tide, inked with Altenew's Lapis Lazuli color set. The fish were stamped, colored with Copics, and fussy cut. The fish and sentiment are from a CTMH set, Under the Sea, that has been in my stash for about fifteen years!  

Mosaic & Quilted Memories

 

My Design Team creation for new sketch #673 at

Try A Sketch On Tuesday

is a simple center fold card. I used some linen card stock from my scrap box for the side panels. They were dry embossed with Spellbinder's Branching Out folder. The circle frames were cut with Gina K Master Layouts 5 & 7, and then I used the smaller circle to cut from my stenciled piece for the centers. Spellbinder's Mosaic & Quilted layering stencil has two designs included, and I think this is the Mosaic one. It has three layers.  The sentiment was silver embossed from Gina K's All At Once- All Occasion set. A few silver confetti pieces were added.  

Please join the fun at Try A Sketch On Tuesday (the challenge runs from June 24-July 6), and also check out our sister challenge blog Double Trouble for more fun and inspiration.

Black and Cream

 

An amazing sketch by Michelle Stewart at 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

Don't be afraid of this. I actually took a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of scrap paper and drew the shapes in to fit, then measured them. I selected four patterned papers from my black folder and then cut putting the little pieces on the 'pattern' to keep them organized.  After gluing them down to a 4.25x5.5 piece of card stock, I felt it needed the pop of a black mat, so trimmed tiny bits off the sides. The sentiment is from Gina K Delicate Flowers. This was fun, and I have included my template below.  Have a go with your pretty scraps!!  Link up and show us your creation at AHSC

Frangipani

 Love how these delicate looking flowers pack a gorgeous scent!

This is just the first outing with Gina K Designs Frangipani stencil. I paired it with some leaves from the Dazzling Dahlia stencil.  The inks were Passionate Pink, Wild Dandelion, Butterscotch, Jelly Bean, and Fresh Asparagus.  Cut with Master Layouts 4 and 5.

Jumping Giraffe

 

Patterns and layers in the great new sketch at 

 Try A Sketch On Tuesday!

My card uses up some delightful hoarded scraps from a CTMH collection called Babycakes and a MFT stamp and die set Jumping Giraffe.  It came together quickly with a little bit of alcohol marker color.

I hope you will join the challenge at TSOT and also check out our sister challenge at Double Trouble!!

You Are So Loved

 

Inspired by a sketch challenge today at AAA Cards #292 and Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

I have used a set from Gina K Designs, You Are So Loved, and colored with Copic markers. The images were die cut and popped up with dimensional tape.