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

Kleido from Kleido's BastelStüble

Sketch #318

Kathie from Kathie'z Kardz

Sketch #319

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

Kelly from Crafting Creatively 

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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