The Flower Challenge #109

Before I get to my card, I have sad news to report from our wonderful team leader, Karren.  

"After 9 years of The Flower Challenge the December challenge will be our last. We want to thank all our design team members, past and present, and especially all our participants over the years. Finally, we thank Aileen Ryan for coming up with the idea and running the challenge in conjunction with Viv Hodge for the first 7 years. We will post the winners as usual on the 4th of January 2026. The challenge blog will remain open for floral inspiration. We will be back with our reminder post on the 15th."

I decided to follow in the footsteps of Jennifer McGuire and make a bridge card featuring the Poinsettia Frame die from Waffle Flower.  You get half of the frame and separate flower sections to stack over those on the frame.  The stencils and Distress Inks color everything.  This is mainly a Waffle Flower card since the inside is embossed with their coverplate and the sentiment is one of their hot foil plates.

Thank you to all our loyal followers.  You've given us some wonderful flower cards over the years.

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52 Christmas Card Throwdown 3.24

The theme for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is wreaths and I chose to make one from Concord and 9th.

This is a stencil called Boughs & Holly, colored with Altenew inks.  I added Nuvo drops to the berries and a red foiled sentiment from Simon Hurley. 

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Just Us Girls #645 - Trend Week

I'm hosting Trend Week at Just Us Girls and I have what I think is a good one that should bring in lots of  cards to the gallery.

So many companies are coming out with stencils now that can be used alone or over stamped or embossed images.  You can also use one for your background.  Whatever tickles your fancy.  

I used Altenew's Tranquility Rose stand alone stencil, with a blending brush and Altenew Inks.  The sentiment is a hot foil plate and shadow die from PinkFresh Studio.  

Our guest designer Cathy Roffey and the rest of the Design Team have some wonderful stenciled cards to inspire you.  Take a look and then make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be a future guest designer. 

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Color Hues #43

It's not often that I run right out and purchase a stamp/die when they first come out, which usually means when I do decide I want it, it's out of stock.  I didn't want to take that chance with PinkFresh Studio's Stained Glass.  I got the die, stencil and hot foil plate but only used the stencil and die for my card for Color Hues.  

I used Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron and Speckled Egg through the three stencils and then layered the white die cut over it.  The sentiment from PFS is hot foiled in gold.  This makes a great masculine card and I can see it in so many other colors.  

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