Hello Spring!

 Having the choice of four seasons for the Season Theme at Sheepski Designs, I opted for Spring as the weather here feels more like Spring than Summer.  It is warm but wet.

I would like to enter:

Sheepski Designs - Seasons (Spring)
https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-70-seasons.html

Creative Sketchy Girls - Sketch
http://creativesketchygirls.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-80.html

Cruising In To Wish You A Happy Day

 I don't create many masculine cards but this image spoke to me.  I paired it with a paper that has houses on it - as though the train is passing by the houses.

I would like to enter:

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-459.html

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 245
http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/2023/01/lets-begin-our-10th-year-of-inspiration.html

I have used two papers from a paper pad by Rosie's Studio.  The image is from QKR Stampede and the sentiment is from Sparkle n Sprinkle.   Coloring is with copic markers.  I also added some small black gems.

Have Fun In The Sun

 I have had a bit of a crafting day today as the weather was still not the greatest with rain off and on.  I am missing the summer sun and had to get my dose of summer through the image that I used on this card.

I would like to enter:

The Paper Shelter - Something Cold (ice-block)
https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-538-something-cold.html

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 246
http://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/2023/01/lets-begin-our-10th-year-of-inspiration.html

I have used a paper from a paper pad by Rosie's Studio.  The image is from The Paper Shelter and the sentiment is from Create with TLC.  Coloring is with copic markers.  I also added two strips of paper from a Kaisercraft paper pad and some shell embellishments.

5

 I started this card before I realized that the card I was creating for Beccy's Place January Challenge would also fit with the challenge at Carlin's Map Paradise.  It has been raining heavily for the past few days so I have caught up on most things  so this morning I decided to finish off this card:

The inside of the card:

Underneath ths centre panel is the message panel:

I would like to enter:

Beccy's Place - January Challenge
https://beccysplace.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge.html

Carlin's Map Paradise - Party and Number 5
https://carlinskaartenparadijs.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-54-januari.html

I have used a digital paper from Beccy's Place.  The image and sentiment are also from Beccy's Place.  Coloring is with copic markers.   I didn't specifically set out to follow a particular card fold but I suspect that I pulled this one from my memory and it may be based on one of Beccy's tutorials.

Happy Birthday

I am hoping to get the remainder of the cards that I completed a couple of days ago uploaded today but I also have some DT projects to complete so that might not happen.  I am at least getting this one uploaded.  This time I haven't included the optional twist - I just couldn't come up with an idea on how to incorporate something local.

This is the front of the card when closed with part of the image showing through the aperture:

With the card opened, it reveals the rest of the image:

And I added the message panel to the reverse of the card so there was more room to write:

I would like to enter:

Beccy's Place - January Challenge
https://beccysplace.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge.html 

Carlin's Map Paradise - January Challenge
https://carlinskaartenparadijs.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-54-januari.html

Live Laugh Love

 This is the last of the Gecko Galz Challenges that I have completed.  There is another one that I haven't even started and it is looking unlikely that I will find the time to do so before it closes.

I would like to enter:

Gecko Galz Stamp Challenge - January Image
http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/p/gecko-galz-stamp-challenge.html

I have used a digital paper, image and sentiment from Gecko Galz.  I colored the digital image with copic markers.  I also added some Glossy Accents to the handle on the lid.

Summer Journal

We are at the midway inspiration for the January Challenge at Path of Positivity.  The optional twist this month is Inspired by Word Collage

The outside cover showing the Word Collage by A Matter of Moments that inspired me:

The inside cover with a flap pocket on the side to add some bits and pieces.  The images are by PaperCrafting World, Scrap Happy Paper Crafter and A Day For Daisies

The "Watermelon" spread with images by unknown (if anyone recognizes the one on the top left leave me a comment with the source and I'll amend my post), Whimsie Doodles, Imagine That and Doodle Pantry.

The Flip-Flop (known as Jandals in NZ) pages using images by Newton's Nook, Just Some Lines, Neat and Tangled, Scrap Happy Paper Crafter, Create with TLC and DZ Doodles

The Pool Party pages using images by Fresh Brewed Designs, Flat Friends, Diddy Bags, Bugaboo, Platypus Creek and KennyK Stamps.

The popsicle page ( I'm not a fan of ice-blocks so my page is ice-creams instead) using images by AJ's Digital, Delicious Doodles, The Stamping Chef, Avadares and Janes Doodles

Buttteflies and Ladybugs pages:

Road Trip Pages inside the back cover.  Again there is a pocket to slide in some memories from our road trip.  The images are from Doodle Pantry, Anji's Antics and Market St Stamps.

I would like to enter:

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/pennys-challenge-538.html

Classic Design Open Challenge - January Challenge
https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/classic-design-challenge-january-2023-1.html

I have used several digital papers from PixelScrapper and also one from Lozzy.  I need to add the sources of the digital images.  I had written them down as I worked on the journal but I've mis-placed the list so need to find where I put it.

Coloring is with copic markers.