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AAA Cards challenge 256

January 7, 2024January 5, 2024 Anne S

I had the honour of being asked to take a guest designer spot on the AAA Cards challenge blog. Due to unexpected ill health before/after Christmas it was a bit of a scramble to get a card made (hopefully) in time, but it felt nice to stand at the craft desk again after a forced break from putting my back out!

Supplies used:

Beautiful bees stamp set by Gina K Designs
Honeycomb stencil by Brutus Monroe
Leftover yellow Gina K ink on my blending brush with a touch of light orange and honey mustard inks
A few touches of Glossy Accents as highlights on the honeycomb

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AAA Cards challenge 255

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Anne S

I managed to stand at my craft table for the first time this year since putting my back out at Christmas. It felt really good getting my hands busy with craft supplies, even if I kept my craft time short and my card simple (can’t get much more ‘clean and simple’ than this one!). This was for the sketch challenge 255 over at AAA Cards challenge blog, using cool colours. Cool colours are most definitely my happy place, so I went with a dark aqua cardstock as my colour choice.

Supplies used:

Warm Spring Wishes stamp set by Gina K Designs (bird cages)
Lovely You stamp set by Stampin’ Up! (sentiment)
Prism gem stickers from Honey Bee Stamps
Turquoise Sea cardstock by Gina K Designs
White embossing powder by Gina K Designs

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Ready Mr Music

June 6, 2023 Anne S

A really quick card for a My Favorite Things sketch challenge using MFT record dies and for the Just Add Ink music challenge.

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Another day, another challenge

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 Anne S

Definitely feeling more like myself again … my challenge mojo is returning full force and I’m finally motivated to make cards for the sheer fun of it. And that means more challenges again.

These cards were originally for an Instagram challenge but the design follows Wednesday’s My Favorite Things sketch challenge too. It’s also perfect for the Birthdays challenge over at the Addicted to Stamps and More blog, and the newest Cupcake Inspiration challenge to use orange, pink and yellow!

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Cockatoo birthday

April 17, 2023 Anne S

I had the idea to use this awesome cockatoo die set from Waffle Flower for a couple of challenges this week: the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches, along with the colour challenge at The Colour Throwdown. I just love this wee cockatoo!!

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Sketch challenge

April 9, 2023 Anne S

I’m starting to get back into a rhythm again – so I chose the Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch challenge to work on today. I’m on a ‘positive vibes’ kick at the moment so I chose a positive sentiment for them.

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Kendras card challenge 9

March 17, 2023 Anne S

While I was unwell last month, I slowly managed to complete a set of cards for Kendra’s Card Challenge #9. I went fairly monochrome with this round, and intend donating them all to charity so most have a ‘thinking of you’ sentiment for that reason. I have some definite favourites among them!

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Sunday Stamps SSC304

March 16, 2023 Anne S

I’ve been laid up with covid for almost a month, but finally have the energy to post. I’ve managed a couple of classes over the last week, but I’ll add those later – today, though, I’d the first time I’ve had the energy and motivation to work on a challenge – this is primarily for Sunday Stamps sketch challenge.

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Today is a day for cocktails

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Anne S

This card was inspired by the CAS Colours and Sketches sketch challenge this week, after a very draining weekend … so it’s a virtual ‘cheers!’ from me today!