Inkspirational Challenge #362 - Word Prompt - USE STENCILS (Optional Twist - Plaid) - I'm So Lucky (SSD - Leprechaun Ephemera)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #362 where we invite you to play along with our popular USE STENCILS Challenge. This go-round, our optional twist is PLAID. 

Since we're already in March (seriously, where does the time go!), I'm going all St. Patrick's Day with my card. The stencil: Gina K Designs.  Background arches: Spellbinders. Sentiment: Waffle Flower.

The charming, handsome star-of-the-show leprechaun: Simply Stated Designs. He is a dapper guy, isn't he! 

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my team, then join us in the gallery with stencil creations of your own.

Looking forward to seeing your dazzling delights!

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #812 - STENCIL Week - Wishing You the Best Day Blooms (Better Press Society - Nov. 2025)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #812, featuring our ever-popular Stencil Week theme.

Joining us once again is Denise Morgans, our February Guest Designer. Thank you so much for sharing your abundant creativity with us this month.

Time to start using those Better Press Society plates I've been collecting over the past several months. Making its debut is the November 2025 plate. The plates don't always have a name/title attached to them so we'll just call this 'bloom burst'. In addition to the plate and stencil are two edge dies so the focal image can be cut and popped up on a card panel, as I've done here. A Concord & 9th triangle cover plate adds texture. I'm rather smitten with this plate; definitely more dates planned with it.

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Denise and my teammates.

Looking forward to your stencil sensations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #811 - Mood Board Week - Happy Birthday Coffee (SSD)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #811, where our wonderful Lisa has selected this lovely pretty-in-pink, coffee and floral themed photo as inspiration this week. 

 

Once again, we're delighted to have Denise Morgan joining us as our February Guest Designer.

If coffee (or something closely representing coffee) is presented as inspiration in any way, you can bet that I'll be reaching for my coffee collection from Simply Stated Design, as I've done here. Now, you may be wondering how my interpretation connects to the image, so let me explain. 

My card and photo connection:

One focal image - coffee/hot beverage with whipped topping, served on a saucer, with surrounding 'nibbles'

One predominant colour - pink in the image; 'coffee' in my version

Subdued, slightly blurred background - shelf/window on the photo; my 'soft hearts' and coffee splatters backgrounds.

Flowers

Warm, cozy vibe

So, while my card may not feature 'pink', I think it hits the notes of being inspired by and connected to by the photo. I hope you agree.

Please head to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Denise and the rest of my talented team.

Looking forward to seeing your interpretations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

Color Hues Challenge #127 - Peach and Teal - Thanks for Everything (Better Press)

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Welcome to Colour Hues Challenge #127, where our lovely Jules has selected Peach and Teal as our inspiration for the next two weeks. So pretty!

We're delighted to have Gundi joining us as our Guest Designer; her card is amazing.

My card features a Better Press plate that I've had for well over a year. Time for it to make a debut - and so it has! Prismacolour pencils for the flowers; teal cardstock for the background panel; a trio of teal enamel dots.  Simple! 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous cards from our guest designer and my talented team.

Looking forward to your Peach and Teal creations.

The challenge will be open until February 28th at 9:00am (EST).

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

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I'm an Elf For Christmas Kickstart Challenge #107 - Christmas Sing-Along - REMINDER POST - Silent Night (Simply Stated Design)

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Popping in once again - as a Guest Elf - with a reminder post and a card for Christmas Kickstart Challenge #107. 

For this month, the theme is

Once again, I've dipped into my Simply Stated Design collection to create my Silent Night card. 
Isn't the music-themed ephemera lovely!  Another card for my stash! 

Hope we'll see your Christmas Sing-Along cards in the gallery; you still have plenty of time to share your tunes with us!

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AAA Colourful Colourboard #25 - Wishing You A Beautiful Day Petal Prints (Concord and 9th)

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Welcome to AAA Colourful Colourboard #25 where we're celebrating our 2nd Birthday! A huge round of applause and cheers to all of you, our participants, for sharing your creativity so enthusiastically with us.  It's thanks to you that our challenge continues to flourish!

We're drawing inspiration from the colourboard below:

We're delighted to have a most talented Guest Designer joining us: Arlene. 

My Petal Print stencil (Concord & 9th) came together with a variety of distress inks blended into a softly muted take of the colourboard palette. A Taylored Expressions sentiment finishes the design.

Please head to the challenge blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how this colourboard inspires you!

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Card Challenge #308 - Sketch Challenge - Cheers to You (SSD - Age is Just a Number)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #308 where we have a Sketch Challenge to inspire you for the next two weeks.  

My card features ephemera from my Simply Stated Design "Age is Just a Number" collection. I adore this enthusiastic 'older' woman dancing around her birthday cake. As you can see, I changed the orientation of the sketch to accommodate the banners; you're welcome to do the same.

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from my talented team.

Looking forward to seeing how these colours inspire you.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

Thank you for dropping by!