HOT CHOCOLATE

 Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog.  Today I am featuring a card I made for my DigiChoosday DT card, and our subject was Hot Chocolate.

Hot Chocolate for me at this time of year seems funny, as we are in the middle of our summer here in New Zealand, and it's the last thing to drink on my mind.

I couldn't resist using this adorable Polkadoodles image, Sweet Freddy Fox with Macrons.  The colour palette I selected brings a smile to my face, as they are bright and cheerful colours.

This card is suitable for both feminine and masculine recipients.  

Here's a look at the inside of my card.  Yes it'a an easel card, I have made one of these for quite some time.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's work over at DigiChoosday's Challenge blog.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Anything Goes January #01-2026

3. A Place To Start Challenge January #01=2026 Anything Goes

4. Daisy Chain Challenge #103 Use Dies

5. Creative Inspirations Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

6. Sweet Stampin Challenge Bright and Beautiful

7. The Pick 3 Challenge # 1 January 2026

SQUARE, TEXTURE, LAYERS   

8. Let's Craft and Create Challenge Anything Goes Something New

Image and Pompom

9. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #270 Anything Goes

10.  Inspiration Station Challenge #81 

Inspired by the cold and snow, which means warmth inside and a Hot Chocolate

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Kaisercraft Pool

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercraft Pool, Tangerine

3. Design Paper: By Polkadoodles Let's Hang Out Collection DLPD 8408.

4. Image: "Hot Chocolate Sweet Freddy Fox with Macrons" DLPD 9507

5. Colour Medium: Copic Markers

Colours used: O, E000, E00, E08, E37, E50,E51, YG11, YG68, RV10, 

C01, BG000, BG13, BG49, R02, $32, G62.

I also used black & white gel pens to accentuate his nose, gloves and dots on the cup.

6. Embellishments: Aqua satin ribbon, Orange gems, two orange brads, and a tiny

A pompom for the top of his hat is the finishing touch to the card.

7. Sentiment: Thinking of You from Alcea Hollyhocks DL9346 by Polkadoodles.

8. Tools Used:

9. Glossy Accents for the coating of the Hot Chocolate Cup.

10. Inside and the back of the card:

Take care, everyone and happy crafting.

BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

Welcome to my blog, and thank you for visiting.   Today I'm sharing a card with you for the first two new sketches for 2026 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

I gave this card to my daughter-in-law for her birthday.

  I do hope that 2026 is treating you well, and you all had an amazing New Year's celebration.  

Sketch #318

A quick look at the inside of my card. 

 

This isn't a hard sketch.  You can also use up those scrap pieces of design paper that we all have put away somewhere.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create January 2026 January Birthday Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge 01 2026

3. A Place To Start Challenge January 2026

4. AAA Birthday Challenge #81 Birthday Winter or Summer

5. Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #37 Anything Goes

6. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #143 Anything Goes

7. Crafty Calendar Challenge, Happy New Year Challenge, something new

NEW DESIGN PAPER PAD THAT SANTA GAVE ME

8. Daisy Chain Challenge #103 Use Dies

9. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge January FLORAL

10. Girls Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #17 Anything Goes

11. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge January Anything Goes

12. Stamping Sensations Challenge January 2026 

Something Starting with B Blooms and Butterflies

13. Tripe B Challenge January 2026 Blooms and Butterflies

14. Unicorn Challenge #116 Birthdays

15. We Love Stamping Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

16. Paper, Rocks, Scissors Challenge #12 January 2026 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen cardstock.

2. Coloured cardstock: Bazzill Pear and Baby Pink

3. Design Paper: Spring Posies by Recollections

4. Image: Clear Stamp

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Embellishments:

  
7. Dies Used: Set of Butterfly dies.

Spellbinders Large and Small Rectangles.

8. Tools Used:

9. Glossy Accents for coating on the vase.

10. Inside and the back of the card.

Happy crafting, everyone, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your wonderful cards.

THANKS A BUNCH

Good morning, and welcome to my blog.  Thanks so much for visiting.  Today I have a card made with these wonderful flowers and a colour combo that frightens me.  I do use yellow, but hardly ever use brown.  I adore looking at other creations made with these colour combinations, such as blue and brown together, and pink & kraft.   

My card today is for Polkadoodles Digi Choosday, and the theme is THANK YOU.  We always need to express our gratitude to someone, and this card can be used for either a male or female recipient due to its neutral colours.

A quick look at the inside.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create January 2026 January Birthday Anything Goes TOP ROCKER AWARD JANUARY 2026

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge 01 2026

3. A Place To Start Challenge January 2026

4. Moving Along With Times Challenge #185 Use Stencil & or Dies

5. Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #36 Anything Goes

6. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #143 Anything Goes

7. Crafty Calendar Challenge, Happy New Year Challenge, something new

NEW DIGITAL IMAGE AND THE DESIGN PAPER THAT GOES WITH IT.

8. Daisy Chain Challenge #103 Use Dies

9. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge January FLORAL

10. Girls Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #17 Anything Goes

11. Just Us Girls Challenge # 804 Die Week

12. Stamping Sensations Challenge January 2026 

Something Starting with B Blooms Sunflowers

13. Tripe B Challenge January 2026 Blooms 

14. Sweet Stampin Challenge Something New (New Image & Design Paper)

15. We Love Stamping Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

16. Paper, Rocks, Scissors Challenge #12 January 2026 Anything Goes

Scissors are used for fussy cutting all around the flowers and leaves.

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Chocolate Brown

2. Coloured Card: Kaisercraft Lemonade

3. Design Paper: Blooming Lovely from the Blooms 3 Flower Bundle

4. Image: Blooms 3 Flower Bundle

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Sentiment: Thanks a Bunch 

7. Embellishments:

8. Tools Used:

9. Dies used: All the oval dies used were Spellbinders Petite Ovals large, Petite Ovals small,  Scalloped Petite Ovals large, and Scalloped Petite Ovals small.

10. Inside the card.

11. The back of the card.

Wishing everyone happy crafting, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs.

LOVELY & FREE

Welcome to my blog.  Another day and another lovely card and sketch.  This sketch and card are different for me.  I've designed 24 new sketches for 2026, and they are all so different from other years.  This particular sketch doesn't use an image, only a statement, and the focal point of the card is the design paper.

Sketch # 319

This sketch is totally different from my normal sketches.  There are so many beautiful design papers on the market, and sometimes our images we use cover those design papers up.

A very easy sketch, and I'm so pleased with the finished result.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team has created using one of my sketches, and also, there is a blast from the past retro sketch.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. 613 Avenue Create January 2026 January Birthday Anything Goes

2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge 01 2026

3. A Place To Start Challenge January 2026

4. AAA Birthday Challenge #81 Birthday Winter or Summer

5. Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #36 Anything Goes

6. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #143 Anything Goes

7. Crafty Calendar Challenge, Happy New Year Challenge, something new

NEW DESIGN PAPER PAD THAT SANTA GAVE ME

8. Daisy Chain Challenge #103 Use Dies

9. Dragonfly Dreams Challenge January FLORAL

10. Girls Creative Fun Art of Scraps Challenge #17 Anything Goes

11. Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge January Anything Goes

12. Stamping Sensations Challenge January 2026 

Something Starting with B Blooms and Butterflies

13. Tripe B Challenge January 2026 Blooms and Butterflies

14. Unicorn Challenge #116 Birthdays

15. We Love Stamping Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

16. Paper, Rocks, Scissors Challenge #12 January 2026 Anything Goes

Sentiment Cut out With Scissors

17. Creative Inspirations Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes

18. JustUs Girls Challenge #804 Die Week

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured Card: Lipstick by American Crafts

3. Design Papers: Recollections Spring Posies

4. Sentiment: Lovely & Free from the Spring Posies collection.

5. Butterfly Dies Used: Joy Craft Butterflies and unbranded die butterflies.

 

6. Dies Used:

Spellbinders Large & Small Classic Squares.

                    

7. Tools Used:

8. Embellishments:

   

9. Inside and the back of the card.

Happy crafting, everyone, and I look forward to seeing what you do with this sketch.