The Paper Players #802

The Paper Players has a candle challenge this week and I made a card

What do you think of this for a bright and happy birthday card? The dies are from SB's Just Add Cake kit cut from scraps.  The sentiments are from MFT.  I added some Nuvo drops to the flames and Pico Embellisher to the cherry for a bit of shine.  The background is embossed with the Tasteful Textile folder from SU and the frosting with SB Crackle Paint.  

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Inkspirational #375

Inkspirational has a fun visual prompt for their challenge this time.  Scrabble tiles.  And you can use whatever inspires you from that image.  Here's what I did.

I thought the banners in Simon Hurley's Mantle Decorations would look like Scrabble tiles if I did them in black and kraft.  Using his Mantle Village, I added the houses also in kraft and black with red doors.  What's a Christmas mantle without some greens and then I added the heart from the visual.  The background is Crackle Paint embossing folder from SB. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #752 and NBUS #90

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me a reason to get out my newly acquired Magical Fuchsia set from Alex Syberia.  

The set includes a press plate and stencil that I used with Altenew inks.  After cutting with the die, I placed it on a panel embossed with SSS Woven Rings folder and added a BetterPress sentiment.  I'm not entirely happy with how this turned out.  I have some ideas to make it better next time.  

Everything but the sentiment is new so the card will go to Darnell's NBUS.

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CAS Mix-Up Challenge for September 2026

I'm hosting this month's CAS Mix-Up challenge.  It's a watercolor challenge with Sunflower as the theme.

This should be a bright and beautiful gallery with all those sunflowers.  Just be sure your card is clean and simple and features watercoloring.  

I totally forgot about another sunflower stamp I have that would have made a perfect CAS card.  Instead I stamped my Dancing Sunflower from Altenew in the corner of my watercolor panel  and colored it with Distress Inks.  The sentiment is from the same set.  

The Design Team has some beautiful sunflowers to inspire you and there are also several videos you can watch listed on the blog.  I hope you'll join us for this fun and colorful challenge.

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Just Us Girls #839 - Die Week

It's Die Week at Just Us Girls and our host Sue would like you to use a "Thanks" die.

My card features SSS Cosmos Duo, colored with Coral Bliss, Heartbeat and Firefly Altenew inks.    The background is the Petal Grid Coverplate from PFS backed with Silver Pearl cardstock from Spellbinders which was also used on the sentiment die from Catherine Pooler.  

I'd like to welcome our guest for this month, Julia Aston.  She and the rest of the design team have some lovely cards to inspire you.  I hope you'll take a peek and then make a card for our challenge.

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Time Out #321 - Theme Challenge

The theme challenge for this fortnight at Time Out is

It took me a while to figure out what to do for my card, until I remembered a sale item I got a while ago.  

That item was the box of popcorn from SSS.  The film strip from PPP was cut from SB Matte Black Treasured cardstock and I found some patterned paper from Paper Rose to fill the centers and make it seem like a negative.  The rule of threes meant I had to add the admission ticket from My Craft Spot, one of the oldest sets in my stash.  It was all placed on a panel embossed with Tasteful Textile from SU.  

This challenge is sponsored by STAMPlorations and the winner will receive a $25 store credit.  

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