Inkspirational Challenge #360 - Word Prompt - XOXO (Hugs and Kisses) - Tic-Tac-Toe XOXO (MFT, Better Press Calendar)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #360.  We're celebrating the the first two weeks of February, the month of love, with a Word Prompt challenge: XOXO. Those little symbols of 'hugs and kisses' are perfect for expressing love, friendship, Valentine's Day and...well, all things heartfelt.

An oldie but goodie collection from my Favourite Things came out to play for this challenge. I love that the tic-tac-toe images and accompanying sentiments are timeless.  My new Better Press Calendar plate for February just seemed like a good pairing. Hope you agree. 

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

We're excited to see how XOXO inspires you! 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #808 - CASE a DT Week - Unique Creative Bohemian Escape - Happy Birthday

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #808, where it's CASE a DT Week. We make any style/occasion of card we want and you draw inspiration from one of our cards to create a version of your own. Please share in your description the card you CASE-d and the features that caught your eye.

My card showcases papers and ephemera from Uniquely Creative, an Australian based company whose products I'm fortunate to find in a local Alberta craft store. This collection, Bohemian Escape, is absolutely lovely. Should you choose to  CASE my card - and thank you so much if you do -  you have plenty of options: Spring theme, butterflies, florals, books, typewriters, birthday, patterned papers, ephemera, soft colours. 

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

Looking forward to seeing whose card you'll CASE.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #807 - Stencil Week - Wishing You the Best Day (BetterPress Society Golden Bloom)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #807 - Stencil Week. Bobby is our lucky hostess for this challenge.

 We're delighted to have Laurel Seabrook joining us once again as our January Guest Designer.

Today, my January 2026 Better Press Society Golden Bloom plate, stencils and dies are making their debut. Such pretty blossoms - and so easy to either press or glimmer. I have close to a year's worth of Society plates to play with...getting a start with this one. For this version, i used only one ink: Fossilized Amber.

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

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations filling the gallery.

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AAA Card Challenge # 306 - Follow My Lead - Follow Francesca - Sending Warm Wishes Coffee (SSD Coffee Ephemera)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #306 - Follow My Lead. The 'lead' we're following is Francesca, who's pretty card you'll see below. 

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

Here is Francesca's card; our inspiration for this challenge.

My card follows Francesca's in having three related/similar images set overtop a background. My background stamp is a collage of coffee-themed words; my images are ephemera from Simply Stated Design. I arranged them suggest a flow: coffee beans + a coffee grinder = a delicious beverage.

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest designer and my teammates, then bring your interpretations of Francesca's card to the gallery.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

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Inkspirational Challenge #359 - Visual Prompt - SHADES OF BLUE - Forever Frost Warm Wishes (Diagonal Pull-out, SSD Forever Frost)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #359 where we're inviting you to shake off the January blues and dive into a little creative escape with us! 

For the next two weeks (Jan. 17 - 30), we’re celebrating shades of blue, drawing from the palest of soft skies to deep, velvety navy - and everything in-between.  Plenty of possibilities and we're excited to see the beautiful blue creations you’ll share with us! 💙 

My *Shades of Blue* come from a lovely paper and ephemera collection from Simply Stated Design (Alberta, Canada). I've used it to create a card that has a two sided diagonal pull-out, as well as a pocket. 

Here is the front view.  I'm smitten with the snowflake and frosty landscape ephemera, as well as the beautiful snowflake paper. Notice the little tab on the lower right.

 

When the tab is pulled, it opens to reveal two sets of inside panels. Below is the first...

and here, the second. 

This is a 4 x 6 card which can easily be adapted to A2 or 5 x 7, if you so choose. 

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

I'm looking forward to a gallery filled with Shades of Blue. 

NOTE: If you choose to use *only* shades of blue and white on your cards, please consider adding your creations to Color Hues Challenge #125. I am the hostess for this particular challenge and we'd love to have you share your creativity with us here - and there. 

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Color Hues Challenge #125 - Blue and White - Peace and Warm Wishes Forever Frost (Simply Stated Design, WF)

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It’s time for a fresh Color Hues challenge and I'm delighted to be your hostess. For the next two weeks, we're diving into a dreamy Blue and White palette. ❄️ Perfect for mid-January, these colours can reflect everything from frosty winter days to those familiar January Blues — or maybe something that draws inspiration from water/ice, Delft-style designs on vases and plates, birds or even just classic blue-and-white patterns. In whatever way you interpret them, let these two colours set the mood for your next beautiful card/project creation.

 We're delighted to have Bobby joining us as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

I'm showcasing two favourite products for my cards: the Forever Frost collection from Simply Stated Design along with my much-loved and often-seen Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies. The Peace sentiment is from Waffle Flower; Warm Wishes from Alex Syberia's Midnight Blooms.

The icicle and snowflake papers, and detailed snowflakes ephemera...swoon!

Blue, white and definitely wintry! 

Please head over to the main blog to see the fabulous cards created by Bobby and the rest of my talented team.

Looking forward to seeing how Blue and White will inspire you. 

The challenge will be open until January 29th  @ 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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Just Us Girls #806 - MOODBOARD Week - Wintry Happy Birthday

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #806, where Vicki has shared this laden-with-possibilities mood board as inspiration this week.

We're delighted to have Laurel Seabrook joining us as our January Guest Designer.

Once again, I've drawn on my collection of Simply Stated Design products (Forever Frozen) for my card. I was inspired by the cottage image (bottom row, center) and the wood (left row, second image). 

Please head over to the main blog to see fabulous cards from Laurel and the rest of my team.

Looking forward to seeing how the mood board inspires you.

Thank you for dropping by!