Coffee Loving Papercrafters ~ Coffee Date with Helen

I'm so excited to be joining a STAMPlorations Design Teammate, Helen for her Coffee Date with Helen at Coffee Loving Papercrafters.

Here's my card

For my card, I started by stamping the coffee image using STAMPlorations Brew-tiful Day stamp set onto a sheet of STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage paper. I fussy cut the hot beverage, cup and saucer parts. Onto some natural cardstock, I stamped the same image and glued the fussy cut images in place. I cut the panel down to 3" x 4" and matted in black. Onto an A2 panel of natural cardstock, I used STAMPlorations' ARTplorations Dots 'n Beans stencil with antique linen distress ink, peeled paint distress ink and PinkFresh Studio's ballet slipper ink, all lightly applied with oval ink blending brushes. I stamped the Brew-tiful from the same stamp set for the sentiment of my card with Versafine Onyx Black ink. To finish my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape. 

Thank you Helen for this opportunity to join you for coffee!

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #517

It's time for the next challenge in our Addicted to Stamps and More! challenge rotation. For the next two weeks, the challenge will be

Here's my card

For my card, it's the second card of a trio of cards made when using Taylored Expressions' Triple Slim Layering Stencil - Holly Holiday. Here's the first card I made click here. I used the Triple Slim Layering Stencil with distress inks - candied apple, fired brick, mowed lawn, old paper applied with oval ink blending brushes. The ink blended panel was cut in three to create a trio of Christmas cards. I added a die cut sentiment using Simon Says STAMP's Deco Tree and gold cardstock. I adhered the slimline panel to a white A2 slimline card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see you Christmas cards in our gallery.

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sue

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Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #695

We have a new challenge starting at Try A Sketch On Tuesday Here's the sketch.

For my card, I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left. Here's my card.

For the scene, I used Simon Says STAMP's Holiday Horizon stencils on white cardstock. I added colors using distress inks - bundled sage, hickory smoke, weathered wood applied with oval ink blending brushes. I die cut a circle from the scenery using a Sizzix circle die. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Handwritten Sentiments on a scrap of cardstock. I also die cut the sentiment using another Sizzix circle die. I adhered the circles in place on a light gray A2 card panel. I found some scraps of patterned paper that I cut into fish-tail banners and adhered them in place. To finish my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see how you interpret our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge ~ Challenge #681

It's Monday and time for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch

Here's my card

I love the Simon Hurley Spring Chicken stamp set. So much in fact, that I bought it twice. My lucky friend received the duplicate as a gift. I stamped this cool chicken on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Ohuhu markers G483, R584, V284, Y585, Y792. I stamped the sentiment close to the chicken and cut them into a 2 1/4" square I matted with a golden cardstock. I found some striped patterned paper which helped me to color my image. I cut it to A2 size and found some dark red cardstock which I cut to 1 3/4"  x 5 1/4". I glued the dark red strip and the chicken image in place. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see your creations inspired by our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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STAMPlorations' Spring Fling 2026

WOOHOO! Time for a party at STAMPlorations. We're having a Spring Fling Blog Hop and I'm happy to be a part of it. 

Here's my Spring Fling card

For my card, I used a sheet of STAMPlorations Collage Paper - Botanical Beats. I cut it a little larger than A2 size and tore each edge. I ink blended the edges with pumice stone distress ink for a bit of a grunge look. I stamped the image using STAMPlorations Hello Coffee stamp set. I added color with some markers. I stamped the sentiment using STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 stamp set. I glued the torn edge panel onto a natural A2 card base. To complete my card, I drew a frame with a thin black marker around the torn edge panel. 

We'd love for you to join our Spring Fling party! Check out the STAMPlorations' Spring Fling blog post to find out how you could win prizes!

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sue

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AAA Cards ~ Challenge #314

 There's a new challenge starting at AAA Cards. Here's our inspiration for the next fortnight.

Here's my card

My card uses Simon Hurley products that I received as part of the Spring 2026 Crop & Create Delivered event box. I used Simon Hurley's Snappy Birthday stamp set and coordinating die set. I stamped the crocodile image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Ohuhu markers B289, BG042, E357, G289, G345, G472, R865, V189, V284, WG150 and Y397. I then die cut out the crocodile. I wanted to keep my card, clean and simple. I wanted to add a little color behind my crocodile so I lightly ink blended with tumbled glass distress ink onto a white A2 card base. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set below and glued the crocodile in place to complete my card. What a fun image, Simon!

We'd love to see your CAKE-inspired cards in our gallery. Please remember to keep your cards clean and simple as we are a clean and simple challenge group.

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ May Challenge with PoppyStamps

It's my turn to be up on the Die Cut Divas blog with our May Challenge. Our sponsor this month is PoppyStamps. They will be giving our winner a $20 gift card. Sorry, only those with US addresses are eligible for the prize. 

Our challenge for the month of May is

CELEBRATIONS

Here's my card, celebrating a birthday!

For my card, I used a retired PoppyStamps die called Flock of Birds. There are several other bird dies currently on sale at PoppyStamps. i die cut the five birds using white cardstock and added color with a small ink blending brush and distress inks - wilted violet, cracked pistachio and mermaid lagoon. Using an adhesive mat, helped to minimize the ink that I got on my fingers - LOL!. I glued the die cuts to create these five birds. For the sentiment, I used a scrap of 100 lb bristol and ink smooshed the same three distress inks onto it. After drying, I die cut the sentiment using the retired PoppyStamps' Happy Birthday Poe Script die. I used a circle cut from purple cardstock to help make the birds and sentiment stand out. I adhered the elements and then adhered the circle to a light gray A2 card panel. I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see your CELEBRATION card in our gallery. Please tell us what the celebration is, as it may not be obvious to us. Also, remember to use at least one die cut.

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sue

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