Balloons and Birthdays just go together

You can find the details for the Can you handle the pressure challenge here:

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2025/08/anything-goes-with-twist-of-balloons-825.html

I embossed the card. Stamped the cat  and balloons from Unity stamps. Colored them with alcohol makers. I fussy cut the cat and balloons and attached them to the embossed card. I mounted all of this onto a gray card base. 

This also met the criteria for the Allsorts Birthday challenge #831. The details for that challenge are here: https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-831.html

 

Just us Girls 790 and Just Add Ink 766

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/just-us-girls-challenge-790-stencil-week.html

I used two stencils from A colorful life designs for the stencil work on this card. Then I stamped this coffee cup over part of it and colored it with alcohol markers and colored pencils. I used 4 colors of distress oxide inks for the stenciling part. This is also a one layered card, which meets the criteria for the Just Add Ink challenge as well with details for the challenge found here:

https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2025/08/just-add-ink-766one-layer-card-with.html

 

C.R.A.F.T. challenge 762 - Christmas

This is the {BYSHC} sketch challenge #60 for August and the month is about to end so since this was such a fun challenge , I made one more entry. I am also using this card for the C.R.A.F.T. #762 challenge, the theme being Christmas.  

The linky for the C.R.A.F.T. challenge can be found here:

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-762-christmas.html

This stamp is from a very old retired set from SU that I have had in my collection since my days of being an SU demonstrator. It just seemed so perfect for this card. I used kraft cardstock for the card base, and all the other papers are design papers from my stashes. I stamped the image in versafine clair black ink and colored it with colored pencils.  The sentiment is from Creative Worship stamps. 

 

Inkspirational challenge - God is Love tag #349

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/08/inkspirational-challenge-349-designers.html

I had this tag sitting around for quite some time on my work desk, so today, I decided to add it to a slimline card for another entry for the Inkspirational challenge this week. I had stamped the rose stamp with versamark and then covered with white embossing powder on this kraft tag. I love white embossing powder and white gel pen as a contrast on the kraft paper. I water colored the image to add color. The surrounded white gel pen lines are some free handed zentangling I did. The sentiment is stamped in black versafine clair ink. I mounted it to a background panel of embossed kraft paper that came that way in the pad. I added the white dots. I used a rose pink cardstock as the card base. I added ribbon in the hole in the tag. 

 

As You See it - Lively leaves 355

 This was a speed and CAS card for the As You See it challenge with the theme - Lively Leaves. 

https://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2025/08/355.html

I stenciled these leaves in about a minute and a half with a blending brush and distress oxide citrus green ink. The flowers were punched with a Martha Stewart punch for my stash using a pink scrap. That was a quick process and with my hand new pick-up tool from Taylor Express that I got for my birthday from my sister, that was a really quick and easy process. I added a quick center with a dot from an alcohol marker. Total time was 5 minutes or less. The sentiment is from Verve (who are not longer in business).The leaf stencil is from A Colorful Life.

Botanical tag

This card was made for two Saturday challenges: 

The Splitcoaststampers' Inspiration challenge which was to find inspiration on the Botanical Arts Co. blog, and for the Inkspirational Challenge, which the challenge was to use a tag on your card. 

Here are the links for these two challenges:

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/inspiration-88/ic1030-botanical-arts-co-august-30th-2025-a-649590/

 https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/08/inkspirational-challenge-349-designers.html

I used a digital from Power Poppy because Marcella Hawley is just the best botanical themed artist there is. I colored the image with alcohol markers. I used two Sizzix die cuts: the tag and the lace. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz ideology sentiment tablet.  The card base is light pink cardstock, and I used white papers for the tag and lace. The background papers are design papers. I added a wired ribbon and pearls as embellishment. 

 

Alphabet challenge - J is for jump!

J is for Jump and that is the letter for this week's challenge over on the Alphabet Challenge. You can find the details here: 

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/j-is-for-jump.html

The background stamp is from Rubbernecker, the frog is from Unity Stamps, and the sentiment is from Stamplorations.  The sentiment says:" When it feels scary to jump, JUMP! "and so perfect for this challenge. I used various green distress oxide inks for the background and the stenciling on the leaves. The frog image is colored with alcohol markers. The frog image and the sentiment are stamped with versafine clair black ink.  

 

Retro Rubber challenge #262 - books, books, books!

 

This card was made for the Retro Challenge #262 with the theme "Books, books, books". This stamp from Unity has been in my collection for probably 4 years. I stamped it with versafine clair black ink and colored with alcohol markers. The design paper had these colored strips on it and I outlined them in black markers to make it look like they were the spines of books. I mounted this onto a gray cardbase. 

You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2025/08/challenge-262-books-books-books.html

Caffinated Christmas Card Challenge #44

Love using up lovely scraps left over from other projects. Papers are from various sources as are the dies. Love getting Christmas cards made early. So I will be able just to sit and relax with a hot cup of holiday tea and enjoy the season. Plus it is such fun checking out these great challenges year round. 

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://coffeelovingpapercrafters.com/2025/08/01/caffeinated-christmas-card-challenge-44/

 

Paper Players CAS challenge#751

 

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2025/08/pp751-clean-and-simple-challenge-from.html

I did a little stenciling for the branch, and stamped this bird and sentiment from Unity Stamps. It was colored with colored pencls. I used distressed oxide ink for the stenciling and versafine clair black ink for the stamping. Used white paper for my card base. 

Retro Challenge tic/tac/toe #261

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2025/08/challenge-261-tic-tac-toe.html

  

This was a fun challenge. My flower image from Pink Fresh which is probably about 2 years old. I used washi tape, stenciling, and colored pencils on my card. The image was colored with colored pencils and then I colored over them with blender pen. I am not sure about the sentiment stamp (age or resource). 
I used distress oxide inks for the stenciling. I used a rose red for my card base. 

 

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C.R.A.F.T. challenge #761

I did this stenciling for the Sweet Stampin' challenge. I masked with tape some sections for the stenciling.I used two different stencils from A Colorful Life for the sections and used pinks, aquas, and green distress oxide inks for the blending for the stenciled papers. I stamped the flamingo and palm tree and then fussy cut it out. These stamps are from Inkadinkado. The sentiment stamp is from Brass and Bliss.The colored images were colored with alcohol markers.  I mounted the card front onto a pink card base. You can find this challenge here: 

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-761-summer-vacations-anything.html

 

Word Art Challenge weeks #712-713

I made this card for Word Art Wednesday using the featured scripture for the week from                     Deuteronomy 32:4. I made use of some scrap paper I left over from another challenge  and printed out this week's scripture on my computer. I die cut it with an oval cut and made a gold chrome mat for it, I added the die cut flowers and punched leaves as a little color since the colors of the card were mainly gray and white. I used gray for my card base color. 

You can find this scripture and the details of the challenge here:

https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/08/anything-goes-weeks-712-713.html 

 

Jingle Belle challenge - Spirit of Christmas Past

Here is my card for the "Spirit of Christmas Past" for the Jingle Belles challenge just getting started today. This is one of my oldest Christmas stamps in my collection. It's from Tin Can Mail and called "Vintage Santa." I used alcohol markers to color it. I used design paper, red, and white cardstocks. I added a band of red gemstones and a little red bow as embellishment. 

The details for this challenge are here:

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-spirit-of-christmas-past.html

 

Art Impressions Challenge - Sports and Leisure #410

My husband, a bowler, has a birthday coming up this week. So I decided I would use this challenge as an opportunity to make him a card. I fussy cut the bowler and the pins and colored them with alcohol markers. I used some design papers and a light green card base. Here are the details for the Art Impressions challenge:

https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2025/08/sports-leisure-challenge-410.html

 

Double D Challenge - Bee Happy

I made this card for Double D challenge this week's theme Bee Happy. The stamp set is from Stampendous. I used distressed oxide yellow ink for the color for the card base. Then I stenciled some grunge dots with a stencil from CWS. I mounted the card front onto black cardstock.  The bees were fussy cut and I used dimensional foam and stuck to the card. I added sparkle gel pen to the wings.

The linky can be found here: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/08/bee-happy-challenge.html

 

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - Summer Vacation

I really did not have a summer vacation this year, but if I had the beach would have been my choice of locations. This pretty paper is from Crafty Stamp Company. The stamps are from various companies that I have in my beach stamp collection. I am entering this card in the C.R.A.F.T. challenge this week with the theme being summer vacation. 

You can find the details for the challenge here and the linky:

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-761-summer-vacations-anything.html
 

Word Power challenge for August

I did some layering stenciling for this background for this card I did for the Word Power Challenge for August. The flowers were die cut and the oval was a die from Gina Marie. The scripture was from the Word Art Wednesday blog. This was their scripture for last week and I did not get to take part in it before it ended. So I am using it on this challenge:

https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/word-power-august-2025-challenge.html

I used a stencil from A Colorful Life and a stencil from Creative Worship stamps. I punched the leaves with an old Martha Stewart punch. I used distressed oxide inks for the stenciling, 

 

Make my Monday Snow in day

 

I made this card for the Make my Monday Snow in August challenge. The snowman is a stamp from Rubbernecker. The sentiment is from Gina K designs. I colored the image with copic markers, and the image was stamped in versafine clair black ink. I used a foiled design paper and used torn white cardstock for my snow. 

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/258-snow-in-august-christmas.html

Festive Friday Challenge #190

I chose to use bees, honeycobmb, and ink blending as my elements for my entry to the Festive Friday challenge this week for National Honey Bee Day. I used a Stampendous stamp set, distress oxide inks for the blending, and versafine clair black ink for the stamped images. The bees were colored with alcohol markers. I added sparkling gel pen on the wings. One bee is attached with an dimensional strip. 

 https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff0190/

House Mouse #446 - friends

These two little mice friends are having fun with these dandelions. Thought they were perfect for this challenge. Check our the details for this challenge here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/

I colored this image with colored pencils and then went over it with a blender pen. I added the diecut flowers and the punched leaves. 

 

Word Power August 2025 challenge

I love this stamp from Gina K designs which is perfect for this background I created with scraps left over from other projects. It's just so fun to play around making designs with all these pretty pieces of paper. I used versafine clair black ink for the stamping. I added some enamel dots as my only embellishments. The card base is Bermuda Bay. I am linking this card to the Word Power August 2025 challenge. You can find the link and details of the challenge here:

https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/word-power-august-2025-challenge.html

 

Summer fun and activities

I finally learned how to make one of these cards, and since "summer fun" seem to be a popular theme this month for many of the challenges, I made this card using ocean related items on the design paper to make this card to enter some of them (the list will be included at the end of this post.) I used some design paper from Bo Bunny that I found in my stash. The shells and sentiment is from a set from Stampin' Up. I think sea shell collecting is the perfect summer activity for some fun in the sun!

So here are the challenges I am entering this card into:

Love some Pretty papers

A Place to Start

The Paper Players

Try it on Tuesday

 

Jingle Belles sketch challenge

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/08/twas-sketch-before-christmas.html

Using paper from Paper Studio, I created this card and made use of a very old Christmas stamp from Stampin' Up 2000. The sentiment is from Creative Worship stamps. 

 

{BYSHC} challenge #60

 

I made this card for the new {BYSHC} challenge 60.  used some Paper Studio  papers, a Unity stamp, and some washi tape for the sentiment strip.  To make the dog look a little more festive for Christmas I put a Santa hat sticker on his head.  I used versafine clair black ink for the image stamping and alcohol markers for the coloring. 

My Time to craft #565

 The My Time to Craft Challenge #565 is to use 2 or more design papers. I used 2 different ones for this card I created today:

The skates, greenery and bow and sentiment are all Sizzix dies. I glued my stripes to a white card base. I added a gteen gemstone in the middle off the O off Joy! This was a quick and easy card especially since I had the skates already made and set aside when I needed a quick card. You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/07/mttc-565-theme-is-to-use-2-or-more.html