More newness

Morning blogland

And with the start of a New Year comes another 1st of January 2026 - the 1st challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.

So this first challenge of 2026 sees us asking for you to use something 'new' - now that new could be a card for something 'new' - New Year / New Baby / New Job / New Home, etc - or using something 'new' - new craft stash, new piece of craft equipment, it doesn't matter, we just need 'new'.  

As always there is only one simple rule to enter - follow the theme, the only other conditions, which are to be fair to all, is that we restrict entries to a maximum of 3 per person and don't allow backlinking.

Finally the prize this month for one lucky winner is from the wonderful Polkadoodles and finally, finally here is my inspiration card:

Supplies used:

Digtial stamp:

Transvectors - Floral Frames (these are an etsy seller 

the images are my 'new')

Rubber stamp and die set:

Creative Expressions - Bold Shadowed Sentiments: because

Dies:

un branded stitched rectangle set

I printed the floral frames twice onto white Copic friendly paper, die-cut one set out with my rectangles and coloured the background flowers.  With the other printed image I coloured the front flowers only, then cut them out, popped them onto some foam squares and mounted them onto the matching flowers on the same image that I had previously die-cut. I thought this gave what could be a bit of a simple, or boring, image a bit of a pop! Other than that, the card is self-explanatory - I think. 

So am looking forward to seeing what you do with the 'new' theme and, as 2025 has been a bit of a rollercoaster for us - I'm also really hoping 2026 is happier and easier going!

See you soon.

Sarah