Die Cut Divas ~ End of January with Sunbird Sparks

Our first challenge of 2026 at Die Cut Divas has a new-to-us sponsor, Sunbird Spark. Our challenge is

USE NEW CRAFTY ITEM

Sunbird Spark will be giving our winner a $20 (Cdn) gift card to their online store. Thank you Sunbird Spark for your generosity.

Here's my card

For my card, I used Sunbird Spark's Just For You digital stamp. I sized up the image and printed it with an inkjet printer. I added color with Ohuhu markers - B042, G191, MG011, R193, RV390, WG140, Y583, Y593. I die cut the image with a Scrapbook.com's Nested Stitched Stamps die. The digital stamp, as well as the Nested Stitched Stamp die were "New to Me" crafty items. I also cut a frame using the same die using brown cardstock. I found some patterned paper that coordinated and cut an A2 panel from it. I stamped the sentiment using Your Next Stamp's Cool Tag Banner Sentiments to the panel. I adhered the pieces to the panel and then the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape. 

There is some time to join our USE A NEW CRAFTY ITEM challenge in our gallery which closes at 9pm Pacific.

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sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #300

We have a fun challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our code word for the next two weeks is

I have to say that I really don't have many stamps/dies of food items besides cakes and cupcakes. However, I did find this set and made this card.

For my card, I used Lawn Fawn's Let's Roll stamp set. I stamped the items with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock. I added color with Ohuhu markers O, E280, G289, G345, MG109, MG170, R193, RV783, WG140, WG150, Y397, Y585, YR295, YR792. I fussy cut the items. I arranged the items on a light gray A2 card panel and glued them in place. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on the panel. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see your FOOD-inspired cards in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! ~ Challenge #509

There is a new challenge starting at Addicted to Stamps and More! The next challenge in our rotation of challenges is 

Here's my card

I ink blended the background panel some time ago using Kat Scrappiness' Ball of Yarn stencil with distress inks - mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, mowed lawn applied with oval ink blending brushes. For the kitty, I used Sizzix' Mischievous thinlits to die cut the kitty from black cardstock and the face from gray cardstock. I glued the face to the body and added some facial marks with a thin black marker. The sentiment uses Technique Tuesday's Kyle the Cool Cat stamp set. I trimmed the panel slightly and matted with a dark teal A2 panel. I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base to complete the card.

We'd love to see your ANY OCCASION card(s) in our gallery. 

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Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #687

It's time for a new challenge at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Here's the sketch.

Here's my take on the sketch

So, I rotated the sketch to make it a landscape card. For the mountains, I used Simon Says STAMP's Holiday Horizon Stencil along with distress inks - frayed burlap, hickory smoke applied with oval ink blending brushes. For the trees and cabins, I used Birch Press Design's Littletown Village die set. I die cut a bunch of trees and cabins from white cardstock and added color with Ohuhu markers E280, E463, G345, G554, WG170. I glued the roofs to the cabins and glued the cabins and trees in place, placing them in clusters, similar to the sketch. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Handwritten Sentiments stamp set. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see what you create based on our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge ~ Challenge #665

Officially, it's still Monday, at least on the West Coast. That means that it must be time for a new sketch challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch.

Here's my card

For my card, I started with the little squirrel and sunflower using Lawn Fawn's Sunny Squirrels stamp and die set which I received as part of my Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered Fall 2022 event box. I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Ohuhu markers E357, E761, E769, G554, Y494 Y691. I die cut them with the coordinating dies and also die cut leaves using the same die set using green cardstock. I added a bit of shading on the leaves with peeled paint distress ink applied with a mini ink blending brush. I die cut a circle from cream cardstock using a Sizzix circle die and a scalloped circle using a Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circle Etched die and teal cardstock. I glued the two die cuts together. I found some complementary patterned paper and cut a vertical strip, a fish-tail banner and a sentiment strip from it. I stamped the sentiment on the sentiment strip using Your Next Stamp's Cool Tag Banner Sentiments stamp set. I glued the vertical strip onto an A2 cream card base. I glued the squirrel and sunflower onto the cream circle die cut. I adhered the banner piece and then arranged and glued the scalloped circle and leaves in place. I adhered the sentiment strip in place to complete my card.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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AAA Cards ~ Challenge #306

Welcome to our first challenge of 2026 at AAA Cards. Our challenge is a "follow my lead" challenge. We're to follow Francesca's lead. Here is her card for inspiration.

Here's my take on her sketch.

I was inspired by Francesca's placement of elements. For the horizontal element, I masked off an area and used STAMPlorations' Placid stencil with distress inks - cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, tumbled glass and mermaid lagoon applied with oval ink blending brushes on a white A2 card base. I removed the mask. Then, I stamped the fish using Simon Says STAMP's Best Fishes and Paper Smooches' Surf N Turf stamp sets and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added color with Ohuhu markers - B883, BG042, G289, RV687, V284, YR792 and fussy cut the fish. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Best Fishes stamp set and Versafine Onyx Black ink. I glued the fish to the ink blended area to complete my card.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by Francesca's card in our gallery.

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sue

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STAMPlorations ~ Pop Art Faces

We are so grateful that the owner of STAMPlorations is currently in the "no evidence of active disease" phase of her breast cancer journey. She is feeling so well that she has started to create some new paper products, for sale at STAMPlorations. These paper products are perfect for making quick, last minute cards. You can see the collection here.

Today, we are showcasing two card front sets - Pop Art Unicorns and Pop Art Faces. I was given the Pop Art Faces to work with. 

Here's my first card

Honestly, the card fronts are so pretty that you don't really have to do much to turn them into a card. For this one, I die cut the sentiment using STAMPlorations' Life is Good phrase die, one using black cardstock (for the shadow) and several times using scraps of different colors that I picked up from the card front. I cut portions of the letters and adhered it to a pink base. I tried to mix up the colors. I glued the black shadow, slightly offset from the multicolored die cut and then glued it all to the front of the card front. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

Here is my second card

For this card, I made a fun fold card. I simply cut the Pop Art Face card front diagonally from upper right to lower left. I cut a fun fold card base using a sheet of 100 lb white cardstock and cut it diagonally. I placed the cardstock with the right angle to the lower left and scored horizontally at 5 1/2" and verically at 4 1/4", so the top flap would fold down and the right flap would fold left. I adhered the diagonal card fronts in place with double sided tape. For the sentiment, I used a STAMPlorations' Stitched Tags - Nesting die and STAMPlorations' Radiate Happy stamp. I used some patterned paper that looked like newsprint and added some antique linen distress ink, applied with an oval ink blending brush for a bit of a distressed look. I added a bit of ribbon to the tag. I adhered the tag to the right side of the card (I actually remembered NOT to adhere tag to both sides of the card, which would make opening the card extremely difficult - LOL. Yes, I've done that before!). 

There are a lot of good deals at STAMPlorations. It's worth checking out.

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sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #299

OOps! I made a mistake and missed the "launch" of the first challenge of 2026 at Addicted to CAS. I had it written on my calendar as starting next Saturday. Oh well, carrying on. Our challenge is

Here's my card

For my GLASS card, I chose this stained glass window. I used The Greetery's Cathedral die to cut out the outline from white cardstock. I traced the edge of the die cut on some vellum and cut it out, just slightly inside the pencil line. I used a couple of pieces of washi tape to hold the die cut in place over the vellum. I added color to the "back" of the vellum using Ohuhu markers E287, G177, G191, R186, R193, Y295. Once complete, I glued the die cut to the front of the colored vellum "window". For the sentiment, I used Altenew's Bold Bouquets stamp and die set, which I received as part of Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered March 2023 event. I stamped and die cut the "You" word and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder, "THINKING OF" on some white cardstock. I glued the "You" die cut and trimmed the white cardstock, cutting the corners with a corner rounder. I glued the stained glass window to a white A2 card base and the sentiment to the window.

We'd love to see your GLASS cards in our gallery.

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ January Challenge with Sunbird Sparks

Happy New Year. Our first challenge of 2026 at Die Cut Divas has a new-to-us sponsor, Sunbird Spark. Our challenge is

USE NEW CRAFTY ITEM

Sunbird Spark will be giving our winner a $20 (Cdn) gift card to their online store. Thank you Sunbird Spark for your generosity.

Here's my card

The "new" crafty item, I used is the digital stamp from Sunbird Spark called Garden Fairy. I sized the digital stamp and sentiment and printed them with my inkjet printer. I added color with Ohuhu markers B281, BG038, E494, G284, G289, G345, R193, R295, WG150, Y494, Y585. I die cut the image with a Scrapbook.com's Nested A2 Arches die. I found some polka dot paper and used it as a background. I trimmed the sentiment to a sentiment strip. Based on the sentiment, I added some clear Wink of Stella to the fairy's wings.

We'd love to see your creations where you've used a new crafty item in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! ~ Challenge #508

Happy New Year to our ATSM family! We've enjoyed our brief holiday break and are back with our next challenge.

Here's my card

For my card, I used Lawn Fawn's Birthday stamp and die set. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Ohuhu markers B289, E280, V284, Y691. I used the coordinating die to die cut the image. For the background of the card, I started with a white A2 card base and two stencils, Pink & Main's Mask It Circle and Newton's Nook's Confetti stencil. I added color with distress inks, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch applied with oval ink blending brushes. I stamped the pun-ny sentiment with PinkFresh Studio's Slumber ink. I glued the focal image in place and added an adhesive rhinestone to the top of the dog's birthday hat for a bit of shine to complete my card. 

We'd love to see your birthday creations in our gallery.

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sue

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STAMPlorations ~ Anything Goes ~ January 2026 Challenge

It's been awhile since the STAMPlorations' challenges have been live. Our leader and owner of STAMPlorations bravely battled breast cancer and currently is "No Evidence of Active Disease". We're overjoyed that she is getting her online store and our challenges back. Here's our first challenge

Here's my card

I started with STAMPlorations' Coffee Petites stamp set and coordinating stitched circle die. I stamped the six images on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added color with Ohuhu markers - BG042, E280, E644, G482, RV687, WG150, Y494. I had intended to center the images in the die cuts. However, after the first one, I changed the plan to off-set the images on the die cut. I think it looks whimsical - at least, that's what I'm going with. I found some patterned paper for the background. For the sentiment, I stamped using STAMPlorations' Coffeecionado stamp set on a gold cardstock and angled the ends. I adhered the circle die cuts to the patterned paper, cut slightly smaller than A2 and popped up the sentiment with dimensionals. I adhered the background to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape to complete my card.

We'd love to see your ANYTHING GOES creations in our gallery for our first Challenge of 2026.

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sue

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Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #686

Hope you're ready for our first challenge of 2026 at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Here's our sketch.

Fun sketch, eh? Here's my take on it.

I finally got to use the fringe scissors that I purchased some time ago. I fringed three strips of colored cardstock and glued the top edges together. I then stamped the pinata using Lawn Fawn's Year Seven stamp set and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added color with Ohuhu markers B389, G483, RV783, Y495 and fussy cut. I found some other papers to coordinate with the pinata and die cut a couple of shapes using Simon Says STAMP's Labeled With Love die set. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of teal cardstock with Paper Smooches' Birthday Sampler stamp set. I cut the sentiment strip and angled the ends. I glued the elements on a light gray A2 card panel and then adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape. 

We'd love to see what you create based on our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch ~ Challenge #663

Happy Monday! It's time for the next challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch to inspire you.

Here's my card

I started my card with the sentiment stamp. I was looking for something that would suit a square. I chose Simon Says STAMP's Lots of Thanks stamp set. I stamped on some natural cardstock and cut it to a 1 3/4" square and matted with blue. I die cut the flower and leaves using Memory Box's Verona Bouquet. I used Ohuhu markers B389 and G289 to add color. To add a bit more dimension, I used a few Prismacolor Premier colored pencils to the flowers and leaves. I found some patterned paper for the 1" vertical and horizontal strips. I glued all the elements in place onto a natural A2 card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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