Shopping our stash

 I found a good challenge at Shopping our stash. We have to use something old and something new.

I've had a small piece of striped paper lurking in my shelves for years. I decided to use it on this general card. The thickers saying XO and the coloured hearts are brand new, I bought them around Christmas time.

Little Red Wagon and Atlantic Hearts

 I made this card for Little red wagon where the theme is dream.

My daughter dreams of becoming a costume designer so I added the corset and the vintage coat picture. I used a collage technique with lots of small offcuts.

At Atlantic hearts they have a sketch challenge. I varied it slightly because I wanted to use the tassel.

The male room

 At the male room they want a tag (on a card).

I've made this tag using 2 smaller scraps of paper plus a slice of gold ribbon across the middle. The sentiment says LIFE and could work for a variety of purposes. A birthday, a graduation or even a death.

Challenge YOUrself

 At Challenge YOUrself the want One word for 2026.

I looked back and here are words I have used for previous years.

Healthy, Freedom, travel, boost, heal.

This year I have chosen "FUN"

I had 2 photos of myself in Puerto Vallarta in front of a mural of Frida Kahlo.

The colour scheme is bright and cheerful so I went with that. I used turquoise base with a matching turquoise hexagon patterned paper. Next I used the word fun as my title and added a few hearts plus a bow to match Frida's hat.

I was then inspired to add butterflies so added 2 rather large bright ones. Before gluing them down I thought of the netting which came from some Christmas chocolates. I used that behind the butterflies to add depth. I'll add my journalling in the right-hand corner.

Throwback sketch

 

I made this layout based on this sketch

The story behind is that our tour bus stopped at a hotel to pick up some people. This duck was in the front garden so I hopped out to take a photo. The valet was nearby so I asked him did the duck have a name? He told me it was Melania the wife of Donald Duck. That made me laugh. 

Sketches in Thyme

 I've completed using my kit this morning. Last layout was for Sketches in Thyme.

Here's my layout

This is the original sketch

Now to put away the remaining bits and pieces.

Counterfeit Kit challenge #1 Use a doiley

 As the challenge involved a doiley I decided to use the biggest one I had. It is a white oval.

I had 4 pictures which I put at skew angles then added my mixed title in the centre. I added several sticker dots and stars to brighten up the page.