Peace on Earth Challenge #124

 
Hello Friends and welcome back to my blog!  
SO happy you stopped by!

Today I have a card to share for the new challenge over on the PEACE ON EARTH CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE BLOG.  Of course the theme is Anything Christmas and we hope you'll come join in the fun! 

Here's a fun inspiration board we've created to help get you started ...

 

 O-M-G ... I just love these old trucks hauling Christmas in the back!
Reminds me of my childhood when we'd go on the 'back 40', cut down one of the pines we were growing and bring it home for decorating!

Today I'm using an old (circa 2013) Stampendous stamp called 'Christmas Truck'.  I just had to have this stamp when I first saw it and love it every time I remember to pull it out of the box and color it up!

 After coloring the truck using Tombow markers I decided to fussy cut it and create a background to give it an illusion of movement.  I first stamped the right side using a Stampabilities 'Snowy Pine' stamp then stamped the left side using the Stampscapes 'Pine Row -150E'.  I added green to the background pines using a Tombow marker (though difficult to see) and sponged some TH distress oxide 'broken china' for the sky.  Torn scraps of white card stock was used for the snow mounds in the front and I've popped up the truck (hope he doesn't get stuck in that deep snow ... lol).

Love this old SU 'Home for Christmas' sentiment ... such a true statement!! 

PLEASE be sure to pop over to THE BLOG and check out the amazing designs our design team has created for your inspiration.  What a group of talented ladies!!  Then come join in the fun!!  

Challenges to share in:

AAA Christmas Card Challenge #1 - Traditional Christmas (ends 11/24)
Try it on Tuesday - Getting Ready for Christmas (ends 11/24)
Unicorn Challenge #126 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/30)
Craft Rocket Challenge #142 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/29)

As always ... thanks again for stopping by!

Can You Handle the Pressure - Twist - Bears

 

Hello Friends, thanks for stopping by today!

We have a new challenge starting today over on our new Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog and the TWIST theme is ...

Bears

Remember, the twist is optional but you MUST use an embossing folder on your projects to qualify for the prize.  Heat embossing is also permitted but only in conjunction with an embossing folder.

 Here's what I've created to inspire you today ...

 

 

 

Is he look content or what?  LOL

 

For my background panel, I've used the Spellbinder 3D 'Holly & Foliage' embossing folder onto white card stock then sponged a little color over the embossing. 

 

   

 

 Next, I die cut the 2 largest Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scalloped Oval' dies.  On the white one I used one of the Scrapbook.com Christmas Animals 1 Rub-on Transfers (bear) .. used the red die cut for the matting.  A few other rub-ons were used as accents (poinsettia, snowflake & candycane).

 

 When a local tea shoppe closed a few years back, they gave me all their crafty goods ... ribbons, papers, stamps, etc.  That is where the red stitched ribbon came from (good heavens, I have SO MUCH ribbon ... really need to start using it again).

 

Challenges to share in:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #846 - Christmas (ends 11/17)



Try it on Tuesday - Getting Ready for Christmas (ends 11/24 - Entry #2)
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #793 - Christmas / ATG (ends 11/25 - Entry #2)
 Craft Rocket Challenge #142 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/29 - Entry #2)
Unicorn Challenge #126 - Christmas and/or Winter (ends 11/30 - Entry #2)
  
Hope you enjoyed today's share!!

  Please be sure to come check out our challenge blog and play along.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .

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)
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #793 - Christmas / ATG (ends 11/25)

 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 . . .

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 ...

 

 

TOB November 2026 Challenge

 

 Hello friends and thanks for stopping by today!

It's time once again for a new monthly challenge over on the
Two Old Bats Halloween Blog!

Just wait until you see what the team has created ... OMG!!  And to help us get our mojo going, Diane (yep, my Old Bat partner) has created this fabulous inspiration board. . .

 

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

 

 Easy Peasy card today . . . just using some fabulous Brutus Monroe designer paper (which is unfortunately discontinued) and double cut the Impression Obsession 'Boo' die and popped it up!

   

Just to refresh your memory ... here's a recap of how things are done on our blog.

 Monthly Challenge

• Start on the 2nd of the month
• Ends on the 28th of the month
• Badge Winners chosen by the DT
• Badge Winners announced on the 1st of the month prior to start of next new challenge.

I hope you've enjoyed today's share and thanks so much for stopping by!

REMEMBER ...

You have until the 28th to enter.
Hope to see you there!

Have a SPOOKTACULAR DAY
and PLEASE be sure to tell your friends about this challenge!!

As always . . . 

Neglected Stuff (11/2026)

Hello friends!

Today I have a project to share that was created for our newest
NEGLECTED STUFF CHALLENGE. 

Click on the link then come join in the fun!

 

 

 

 My Neglected Stuff is a stamp set that I've had for probably 15-20 years.  One of the first clear stamp sets I purchased down in Canton, OH at Catan's (sadly no longer in business ... LOVED that store!).  I've also had this Echo Park Paper Co. 'Little Ladybug' 6x6 paper pad for a VERY long time. 

 

   

 It's been in this clear case for so long,  
I was afraid it was going to tear when I was trying to get it out to use.  

 

 I've used the Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scalloped Oval' Dies and TH 'Candy Apple' red distress oxide ink to bring focus to my stamped image.

  

Be sure to pop over and check us out then play along!
If you're a crafter, I'm sure you have some 'Neglected' goodies in your stash
that are just waiting to be loved!

You  have until the 28th to play along!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!

As always . . .