Love Those Pretty Papers November 2026 Challenge

Hello Dear Friends

It's a new month and that means it's time for a new challenge over on our
LOVE THOSE PRETTY PAPERS blog.

Today, our OPTIONAL theme is

COFFEE / TEA / DRINKS

 
Diane & I will be sharing a Themed pretty paper card as well as an Anything Goes card.

 Here's my card using today's THEME:

 

 The fun designer paper I've used on this card is from an old 6x6 paper pack by Your Next Stamp called 'Crazy for Coffee'.  Unfortunately YNS closed their doors in 2023 but you might still find some of their papers on EBay or possibly even Walmart (yep that's what it showed when I googled it lol).

 The focus image is a 3D topper in the Hearty Crafts 'Coffee Cups' (HC12782) pack.  And, the sentiment is a stamp by Morning Star Stamps.

 

 Now for my 2nd card (anything goes) ... 

 

 Other than a couple sentiment dies, I've let this beautiful Unity 'Autumnal Blooms' 
paper pack do all the work.  

I hope you've enjoyed what I created to inspire you today!  Please come join our fun and show us what you have created using pretty patterned papers.

Thanks for stopping by and as always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (11/2026) - Leaves

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Leaves

  

 What simple fun I had today!

With an optional theme of 'Leaves' my mind was racing in regards to what direction I wanted to go.  Then I decided to look through some of my OLDER leaf dies ... in fact I went to the very last page in the binder and pulled from there for today's design.  

 

Both of these leaf dies come from one of my original die sets and at that time when I was starting out, I was only familiar with a few companies ... I believe these are from Spellbinder.  At that point I didn't write on the back who the mfg was but by the color of the metal I believe this is the company. 

I took a scrap of white card stock and using the residual ink in a few fall color sponge daubers, I inked up the paper before die cutting.  The scallop stitched circle was a left over hanging on my extras board and I used fall color Nuvo crystal drops for the accent.  Sentiment is from an old JustRite stamp set.

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Word Power (11/2026) Challenge

 Hello Friends . . .

It's time for a new challenge over on our WORD POWER challenge blog! 
Have you check it out yet?  If not, please come join us ... inspiration is welcomed!!  

 Here's what I've created for you today . . .

 

 I've had this image in my stash of Christmas images I had colored and ready for cards for quite awhile now.  When I went through my 'cases' of wood block holiday stamps,  I could NOT locate it so unfortunately I can not tell you at the moment who the maker of this stamp is.  But, I'll keep looking and edit this post if/when I find it. LOL

 You have until the LAST Thursday of the month to enter.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day ahead!

As always . . .

Double D - Textures

Hello Dear Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Double D Challenge Blog!

 

Here's today's theme:

 

TEXTURES

 

 and here's an inspiration board created to help get you started . . .

 

 

 

 WOW!  My brain was going so many different directions on this one!!

But ... here's what I finally came up with . . . 

 

 

 

 I truly enjoy embossing folders and today's 3D folders are amazing!
The two folders I've used today are not 3D but they still add such wonderful texture to a card.  I've used an old Cuttlebug (forget the pattern name) for the blue top portion.  Did a little fussy cutting to add more drama lol.  And used the Taylored Expression 'Houndstooth' for the bottom white panel.

 

 I recently picked up a few floral sticker sheets by the Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby recently and when I saw the blue flowers starring at me from across the room (they were hanging on the pegboard lol) ... I just knew I had to use one of the blue flowers and turn this into a birthday card. 

 

Bakers Twine & Nuvo drops added just a little more texture to my creation! 

 

 You'll want to be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog to see all the details and amazing samples offered up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hope to see you at Double D! 

  As always . . .

 

Stencil Fun Challenge (11/2026) - One Color Plus any Neutrals

 Hello Everyone!

It's time for another fun challenge over on our Stencil Fun Challenge!

Remember, this challenge is all about using your STENCILS.
We are a MONTHLY challenge that begins on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month.
Theme will always be ANYTHING GOES USING STENCILS but we will also offer an OPTIONAL theme.

Here is the OPTIONAL theme chosen for this month:

 

 One Color plus any Neutrals

 

 

 The color I've chosen is Pink with black & white accents.
I was going to go with purple but I was afraid you were getting tired of seeing my favorite color lol and pink birthday balloons are always so pretty & festive too.

 

I've used a ClearScraps 6x6 'Party' stencil for the focus.  The black/white panels are scraps from the scrap box and the Happy Birthday are Tutti Design dies.  The pink ink is Tim Holtz 'Picked Raspberry' distress oxide ink.

  

For my second card (Anything Goes)

 

 

 

 Here's another stencil I've had in my stash for awhile and keep forgetting about.  This is from Paper Rose and is called 'Starburst' (#22432).  I've used various TH distress oxide inks for my stenciling then remembered I had this sentiment die in my book of star dies and it's from the Sue Wilson 'Twinkle Twinkle Cloud & Stars' set (CED21015).

 

 

 

 Hopefully you'll get those stencils out and have some fun with us.
We won't always have a prize but periodically we will, you just never know!
We do have a Top 3 and a Top winner and it could be YOU!

 

Please come join us and GOOD LUCK!!
As always . . .

 

 

Triple B (11/2026) Challenge

 Hello Friends!

Have you checkout our challenge blog called TRIPLE B?
It's all about using any of your stash but your project must have at least a BIRD, a BUTTERFLY or BLOOMS (flowers) visible on it.  Hence the title Triple B.

Here's this months inspiration board ...

Here's what I've come up with . . .

 My background paper comes from the Unity 'Vintage Blooms & Botany' paper pack.  

    

 I've used the very old Spellbinder Labels 9 die cuts to create a backdrop for my Hearty Crafts 'Birds' (HC8999) 3D topper.  I colored two strips of scrap white card stock with a Tombow marker to place behind my center focus to pull the colors together.  

 

Remember, our challenge begins on the 3rd of each month, ends on the last day of the month and Winner's are announced on the 2nd of each month.

I hope you'll come join in the fun!
Thanks for stopping by today!

As always ...