Phoenix Inspirations

 It’s a long time till Christmas 2026 but crafters usually like to be prepared and have a lovely stash of cards ready for the festive season. Last year I wasn’t prepared and shock horror I had to buy some cards and I don’t want it to happen again. Therefore I have rooted out my Christmas stamps and made my first Christmas card of the year. I used a sketch from a challenge blog that I set up a very long time ago. I had to leave it a while ago but it's lovely to see that it's still going strong and it's my go to site for theme, sketch and colour challenges for Christmas. Here is their current sketch challenge that I used for my card. 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Thank you for stopping by today to take a look at my card - hope to see you here again soon 💕

  Hello - it’s a long time since I last posted but I was asked to be a Guest Designer in  The Male Room  and I jumped at the chance. I set up the challenge blog a long time ago but had to give it up due to personal reasons. Since then it has carried on splendidly and today is their 200th challenge - how cool is that? So here is the challenge brief: Now to be totally honest with you I am a cat person and I very nearly did a cat card however, a dog is man's best friend and after all this is a male card so.................. Here we have a very excited trio of woofers out in the forest on their walkies! I used Stampin' Up sets for this card: Trees For Sale, Campology and Grassy Grove. Don't forget to pop over and take a look at all the other fab cards from the DT and leave some love. J xx

 Golly I’ve had a lot going on lately but I have managed to make a little card to enter into a couple of challenges.  First let me show you the card  So today as you can see I have a cute little elephant with a bunch of balloons. He is from the Zoo Globe stamp set and I coloured him with my markers. So this card is inspired by the sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge And the challenge this week over at The Paper Players Hope you like my card today - see you soon xx

 I am loving all the beautiful flowers bursting into bloom at this time of year and the sun is shining so they are looking extra beautiful. My card today features Spring flowers and a beautiful blue sky - take a look  There are so many brightly coloured tulips at the moment so I went for a few on my card. I am entering this card into the challenge at Make My Monday The subject is FLORALS  Hope you are all well and enjoying some sunshine - see you soon xx 

 So - I have a drawer and it’s full of scraps of decorative paper, card stock off cuts and unfinished projects. I was mooching through said drawer and found - right at the bottom - some stamped images and I thought hmmmmm - I could use these to make a card. And hey presto - here is is  We’re getting plenty of April showers at the moment so this card is very appropriate! The images I found were not coloured so I coloured them with my alcohol markers. I fussy cut the flowers and added them with 3D foam pads - a few sparkles added the finishing touch, I would like to enter this card into the challenge over at  Addicted to Stamps and More Thanks for taking the time to read my post today - see you soon xx

 I am ashamed to say that these days I have many stamps and stamp sets that I am yet to use! Gone are the days when new stash was used within 5 minutes of being delivered - time was taken up caring for family members. But now I have precious time to spend crafting and I am rediscovering all my favourites and new ones too. Today Peekaboo Farm makes it’s debut - take a look  All the elements for this card were stamped and coloured with my markers and then fussy cut. Each piece was attached with 3D foam pads. Don’t you think he’s a cute little piggy? Well this little piggy is going wee wee all the way into the following two challenges!! NBUS Challenge CAS Colours and Sketches Hope you like today’s card - see you soon xx