Sisterhood Challenge (11/2026) - Getting Ready for Christmas

 Hello my friends!

Today I have a card for the new challenge over on The Sisterhood of Crafters!

 

Our theme today is:

 

 Getting Ready for Christmas

 

 

 

 I took today's theme quite literally ... getting ready for Christmas means making sure I have plenty of holiday cards created for not only my annual craft show but also to have enough to send to friends & family (typically around 69-70 cards).

 

So today my card design shows little 'holiday cards' on the front as the card focus.  This card was made from all scraps I had laying on the work table left over from making tissue box covers for the craft show.  I was sure to put a sentiment inside each card too ... see below.

 

  

 

To add a little extra dimension, I used puffy stickers from Echo Park Paper Co. on both my full size card and on the mini cards on the card front. 

 

 

 

The sentiment stamps used for the inside of my mini cards is a (Jingle All The Way) set from Simple Stories that I have had for years but never used.  Probably because I felt they were too small for an A6 card but they were perfect for these little mini cards.

 

 

 

I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

My 'sistahs' have created some fabulous creations to help inspire you ... 

be sure to pop over and check them out!

 

Challenges to share in:

Try it on Tuesday - Getting Ready for Christmas (ends 11/24)
Unicorn Challenge #126 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/30)
Girlz Creative Christmas #202 - Santa Claus or Santa Woman (ends 11/15)
The Paper Players #811 - Color Challenge (ends 11/13)

 

 Craft Rocket Challenge #142 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/29)

Fab'n'Funky Challenge #644 - Christmas Colors - Red, Green & Gold (ends 12/3)

 As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

A Gingerbread Birthday

 Happy Monday Friends!

Shew . . . annual HS craft show was this past weekend and even though it was fun & very successful, I'm glad it's over!  LOL   Getting too old for all that packing, unpacking & standing LOL  But, of course I paid for another year so I will stay busy making sure I have enough cards & etc for next year ... what else would I do with my time?  Clean house?  Nah ... what fun is that!  LOL 

 This morning I've created a card with a couple challenge blogs in mind ... here's what I've created!

 The challenges that inspired me are . . .

AAA Birthday Game #91 - Small & Dainty (ends 11/30)

Dragonfly Dreams November Challenge - Embossing (ends 11/30) 

 

For my embossing, I've used an older 2D Crafts-too (CTFD4025) 'Frame Winter' embossing folder.  For my small & dainty element, I've gone to my 'Doni Collection' . . . I knew I'd find something in her stamps/dies as she loved creating with smaller elements.  And, I found a wonderfully fun Honey Bee 'Ginger Bread House w/add ons' stamp & dies set.  I used TH Lost Shadow ink to stamp these cuties onto a scrap of SU Chocolate Chip card stock then reinforced the white lines using a white gelly roll pen before die cutting.

 Inside view . . .

A few other challenges to share in:

Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Die Cuts / Paper Pieced (ends 11/28)
CAS on Friday Challenge #346 - Embossed Background ( ends 11/11)
Krafty Chicks Challenge #845 - Birthday (ends 11/10)
Creative Inspiration Challenge #44 - Anything Goes (ends 11/26) 

 Thanks for stopping by and as always . . .

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 . . .