Altenew Inspiration Challenge - July 2026

It's been a while since I've entered the Altenew Inspiration Challenge but this month my Time Out Challenge teammate Ishani is the host and I wanted to support her.  She has a lovely photo and colors to base a card on.

I used the Majestic Roses stencil in the Cherry Blossom set of inks, with the sages for the leaves.  I recently got some of Altenew's cardstock and pulled out a piece of Rubelite for the border.  The sentiment is from Build-A-Garden Japanese Anemone.  

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CAS Christmas - July 2026

The second challenge for CAS Christmas is live and the theme is 

I brought my Tim Holtz Snowmen with me and used two on my card.

Their scarves and hats are navy blue and dark green with white although they both look black in the photo.  The banner they are holding is from Simon Hurley's Mantle Decorations, a left over from a previous play time.  This looks a little too clean and simple to me but that's the challenge and I'm sticking to it.  

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Just Us Girls #831 - Word Week

It's play time at Just Us Girls.  That's because "Play" is the word our host Vicki chose for the week.

The first thing I thought of was my Sunny Studio Team Player set.

The balls and bat were stamped and colored with Altenew Artist Markers.  I thought the Chain Link embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts was appropriate for the background.  The sentiment is a mix of SSS (birthday) and one from the set. 

Our guest designer Bonnie and the rest of the Design Team have their idea what "Play" is and you'll find their cards on the blog to inspire you. 

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Time Out #317 - Theme Challenge

Time Out has a theme challenge this fortnight and this is it.

The prize for this challenge is a stamp, stencil and die bundle from Pinkfresh Studio called Berries and Blossoms, donated by team member Jaydee. 

We welcome Kathy Asper of My Asperations as our guest designer. 

What's water without something swimming around in it?  Here we have a duck from Gerda Steiner along with some fish, cat tails and a little dragonfly to finish out the scene, all colored with Altenew Artist Markers.  The background was made with an MFT cloud stencil and Salty Ocean Distress Ink that was spritzed with water.  The sentiment is from Altenew. 

We'd love to see your water themed cards in our gallery.

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CAS Mix-Up July 2026 - Eclipse

Last month you saw the resurrection of the CAS Christmas challenge and today is the restart of the CAS Mix-Up challenge and I'm honored to be on the Design Team.  This month's challenge is

There are a number of videos listed on the blog if you want a refresh on what an eclipse card is.  You can also get inspiration from the Design Team cards.  And remember this is a clean and simple challenge.

An image from Penny Black's Garden Trio was stamped in the corner of Bristol cardstock and colored with Zigs.  The medium Frame It die, also from Penny Black, was cut from the middle and layered 5 times with the image as the top layer.  I didn't know where to add a sentiment without ruining the design so I left it off.

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