Freshly made sketches

 At Freshly made sketches they have this sketch

I decided to use some of my scraps and chose pink and blues.

The teacups were fussy cut and coloured.

My sentiment is from a simple stories set I own.

Crazy is our Fame.

 I've made a card for Crazy is our fame. I started with a chevron stencil and pale-yellow paint.

When that was dry, I used 2 branding strips cut from patterned paper then added a dog.

Don't remember where the dog came from, but I've had it a while. 

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.