Calling all Crafters!: 2026

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Double Trouble Challenge #209 Link #2

I decided I would enter Double Trouble Challenge again having made this yesterday...

Suzanne mentioned the challenge at Pearly Sparkles but I needed a heart...so I will link this one there...

This is the Challenge #209 at Double Trouble Papercrafting

For this Challenge Thing 1: 3: 2: 1 Recipe

For Thing 3: CAS element

Thing 2: Add card to Try a Sketch On Tuesday #688.

I have used a white card blank matted with a Gelli pull and then die cuts of a doily and a heart.

I added black penwork around the edges and a white sentiment.

The CAS element is the pink Gelli pull background although this one is not so plain.

This was going to be a Valentine - but then Valentine's Day is over here so I added a Birthday greeting die cut.

Happy Crafting!

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Double Trouble Challenge #209

It's a while since I entered a Double Trouble Challenge so...

I made this for Challenge #209 at Double Trouble Papercrafting

For this Challenge Thing 1: 3: 2: 1 Recipe

For Thing 3: CAS element

Thing 2: Add card to Try a Sketch On Tuesday #688.

I have used a white card blank matted with a Gelli pull and then a die cut including a butterfly. I added a further butterfly (second image) placed on more of the Gelli pull and adhered in place.

I added black penwork around the edges and a black sentiment.

The CAS element is the pink Gelli pull background.

Happy Crafting!

February Gecko Galz Challenges

Gecko Galz Papercrafting has many monthly challenges...

This month the main Challenge theme is

All You Need Is Love

Follow the link to share your make!

February 1st - 26th.

Feel free to grab our badge, and share on your blogs.

There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE product from Gecko Galz!!

It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!! It is up to you!!
The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree

These are the items I have made for this challenge.

Here are some more pictures:

First my chocolate box...

Then a little gift box:

Finally a little folio...

But we also have challenges on the Facebook Group

These are the February challenges:

Then there are also, with freebie images, the

MONTHLY Christmas Challenge

Fantasy Challenge

MONTHLY Gothic Challenge

Find also the new tag challenge

Have Fun!

Happy Crafting!

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

WOYWW #871

My Wednesdays have become very busy. I go to Water Aerobics after dropping off Ollie - so I didn't check that this had posted... and obviously didn't link...

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #871

Here is my workdesk:

On my desk is a set of circular tags based on this facebook reel

There is also a card made using the 49 & Market stamp and die set (Painted Pencil Botanical).

I saw this reduced in Spotlight...

I also bought the Tim Holtz heart dies which I shared with my daughter.

I had already made some ATCs using my own version of stacked hearts.

Behind this is the next stage of the 30 day collage I started last week:

These are my weeks 6 and 7 of my Tiny Pieces of Art Year long challenge:

The theme for this one is Love Symbols including hearts, chocolate, cupid, red roses.

The Valentine opens to a make heart shaped letter. This was an item from an old Daphne's Diary.

The weekly focus was love poem and rhinestones and ghost stamping.

The theme this month is Still My Beating Heart.

When we left the UK almost 5 years ago I got rid of a lot of the contents from my craft room. I disposed of the huge box of cards and ATCs I had received over the years. The ATCs from the last few years are filed in ATC folders but I had a look at the cards - I decided to sort through them and just keep the parts that could be used in some way: