inkblocks: ALPHABET CHALLENGE - F is for FESTIVITIES

July 10, 2026

ALPHABET CHALLENGE - F is for FESTIVITIES

Hi friends!

So excited to announce that I have joined THE ALPHABET CHALLENGE Design Team, and will be bringing a fresh new sample card just for the Challenge here every other week! Woohoo - I hope I get to inspire you to get paper-crafty on the regular.

The current challenge is the letter F for FESTIVITIES - Christmas in July, Birthdays, Weddings, any festivity you know or worship in July, and you have two weeks to play along!

I’ve chosen to highlight the various Strawberry Festivals we have in these parts. It’s a big deal - rides, parades, all things delicious a person could make, and consume, with strawberries! Our winters can feel long so we max out on every available summer activity.

I’m also playing along with the following Challenges:

ELLIEBELLE’S GARDEN PARTY Challenge #17 -

Anything in or from a garden (ends 8/10)

WE LOVE STAMPING July Challenge - Summertime (ends 7/29)

WORD ART WEDNESDAY Challenge - Anything Goes #760-761 (ends 7/22)

I started by making a wood “crate” which I proceeded to mostly cover up 😂 I grabbed some kraft card stock and dry embossed it with a wood grain folder, then lightly ran a white pigment ink pad over the raised side, and then the same with a brown ink pad. This panel was cut and pasted in strips as shown.

All the element outlines were stamped in a dark brown ink to coordinate with the crate colors. The strawberries were coated in the gloss medium and when that had dried I added some dots with the white gel pen. Flower petals were brushed with a Wink of Stella pen for a very subtle sparkle. Lots of fussy cutting and hand-cramping going on here!

The white panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle, and this was mounted over a piece of brown and white petite ginghamy patterned paper. The crate was mounted on foam strips, and some of the images are mounted on tiny foam dots for extra dimension. Celebrate sentiment was die cut twice and stacked.