Wednesday, 21 January 2026

December Winners and some more January Inspiration

 Welcome to our winner's post for the December Challenge. 

 Please scroll down to find more inspiration for our current challenge.

The winner for the December challenge is

#1 Silke 

With this card

Congratulations!

Please email anne_ssw2@aol.co.uk to claim your prize 
and arrange a GDT spot.  Alternatively, if you are in our Facebook group, it's easier to send a message using Messenger.

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Our Top 3 are in order of entry
#4 Fabiola
#7 Wies
#17 Colien

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Now, here is some more inspiration for our current challenge.


Kathie with Sketch #318


Kelly with Sketch #319


Kleido with Sketch #319

Anne with Sketch #318
 
You will find all the sketches and the link-up for January in our previous post.

We will be back with the next challenge on 
Wednesday the 4th of February
We look forward to visiting you.

Happy sketching and creating.
Anne and the SSW2 DT

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Another Year Of Sketches Begin.

 Hello and welcome to our first challenge of 2026

We hope that all who celebrate had a joyous festive season and would like to wish you all the very best for the coming year.

We have two new sketches for you this month, along with a retro sketch.

You can enter up to three projects per month, so why not try out all three of our sketches? We would love to see your entries.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our December Challenge during what, for many, is a very busy time.  We visited so many lovely cards on your sites, and now we'll be choosing our winners. On January 14th, we'll be back with another post announcing our winner and the Top 3 cards for the December challenge, along with some additional inspiration.

So without further ado, here are the sketches for January.


Sketch #318

Sketch #319

and a retro sketch.
To start 2026, I have chosen sketch 226, which was first published in April 2022


Remember, these sketches can be flipped and or turned; it's entirely up to you as long as we can see the original sketch in your card. 

Now onto some inspiration.
First up is our Guest Designer, Urska, with this card using

Sketch #318

Thank you, Urska, for designing with us this month

Now it's on to the lineup of cards our lovely design team have made.

 Anne from Paper and Ink 

Sketch # 319



Sketch #318



Sketch #319

And here is Kathie's creation with the retro sketch from 2022.



Sketch #318




And here is Kelly's creation with the retro sketch.


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And for one of our participants, there is a little surprise and a chance to win a place as a guest designer. So it's worth playing along with us!!!
This challenge is open until 23.55 UK time on the 3rd of February.

Happy Crafting and Good Luck
Anne and the SSW2 Design Team



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