Saturday, December 20, 2025

Create a Scene

This is one of two posts today.  
 
 Allsorts last challenge of 2025 is starting and will run until
December 31.  Hosted by Lynn, the theme is: Create a Scene,
anything goes is always accepted too.
 

I went with a arch shaped card and used Lavinia stamps:
Flower Mini, Leaf 1 Mini and Flutterby Mini.  Dies are
Spellbinders Perfect Touch Arches and Tags.
 
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and blessed holiday
season.
 
To join this challenge visit: Allsorts.
  
 Prizes:
Two prizes of Lavinia, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker
 for scene making and three stamps as second prize (photos not to scale).

 
A few fun challenges:
Beautiful Blossoms -Floral, optional mood board #36  1/06
 
Triple B: December (optional mood board)  1/2
 
Stamping Sensations (option fantasy)   1/2
 We Love Stamping (option red & green)  1/2
Word Art Wednesday week #730-731  1/2 

Christmas Gift Tags

 This is one of two posts today:


I made tags for Christmas this year using the new Spellbinders
Postage Stamps cutting dies and 3D embossing folder.  I had 
planned to stamp my images but these cute tags came in the
mail and they were the perfect size!  Ribbons by Really
Reasonable Ribbons, unfortunately I just found out they
are closing-sale going on now.
 
A few more:

 Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and New Year!
 
A few fun challenges using the top tag-Joy&Reindeer:
Can You Handle the Pressure: twist-any holiday  1/2 
NBUS Challenge Dec  1/2 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Wrap it up - Tags
Word Art Wednesday weeks 730-731 1/2 

Saturday, December 6, 2025

New Baby

 Time for a new bi-weekly challenge at Allsorts. Liz  has chosen:
 New Baby/Home etc. and anything goes is always an option.
 
I went with expecting a new baby:
 
 
 
I used "Tweet News" by Your Next Stamps, it also has sentiments
for birthday and others.  Clouds were made using a cloud 
stencil by A Colorful Life. 

 Another view:

 
Join the challenge at Allsorts for a chance to win and to
see the lovely cards by the Design Team: 
 
Two prizes, A4 and A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create 

 A few fun challenges:  
Crazy is our fame-Stencils is our game: December, stencil fun  1/26

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Let's Get Sentimental

 Time for a new challenge at Allsorts, this challenge is Let's Get Sentimental,
sentiment as your focal point or anything goes. 
 

 I found this background sitting in a pile on my craft table and
thought it would be perfect for a focal sentiment.  The background stamp 
is from former Repeat Impressions and the hello die from Pinkfresh
Studio's.  A few gems (a favorite way to embellish as they add
a little something extra) and this card was done in a flash.
 
Join the fun at Allsorts Challenge.  Prizes this time:
 
Sweet Poppy stamp A5 stamp set and sentiment stencil (photos not to scale)
 (plus an extra prize)

 
A few fun challenges:
As You Like it Challenge: Favorite embellishment & why  11/27
 Time Out Challenge #302 - pick 2: nature and emboss  12/3
 
Word Art Wednesday week 726-727  12/3 

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Christmas Cards

 Time for another bi-weekly challenge at  Allsorts. Christine has chose
Christmas cards for our theme, anything goes is always an option too.
 I was in the mood for a fun fold, not sure what the name of this fold is, 
I found the pattern by Lynn Dunn on Pintrest. 
 

 
 
 

I pulled out papers I inherited from my mom, (almost all my
Christmas cards this year will be with mom's supplies in her 
memory.)  The Gleaming Bells die is by Memory Box, sentiment and
Papers are Stampin Up.  Front white panel is embossed with Stampin
Up linen embossing folder and then spritz with gold glitter spray. 
 
Hop on over to Allsorts challenge to see the design teams lovely cards
and  for a chance to win some some of the goodies pictured below: 
   
 
 
A few fun challenges:
A Cut Above: November 12/1 
Paper Funday November #82 -twist Merry & Bright 
Peace on Earth #99  Christmas  11/14
We Love Stamping: November-Christmas 
 

Friday, October 31, 2025

Hot Cocoa

Time to be starting on Christmas card. I started with cards for the
grandchildren.  This one used a lot of snippets:

I used set by Momenta, it does not have a name on it but contains
 all the pieces above.  Merry Christmas is from an older Angel Company
set. Ar Perfect Arches and Tags die by Spellbinders. 
Another view:

 
A few fun challenges:
 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything goes  11/5  

 


Saturday, October 25, 2025

Autumn

 Hello! A new challenge has started at Allsorts with the theme of
Autumn Colors or Anything Goes.

 


 


I went with a fall themed fun fold, some pretty fall patterned
paper and a simple sentiment from Stampin Up and some gems.
 
Check out my teammates lovely cards at Allsorts challenge. 
 
Two prizes from Stamp Addicts, two stamps and a further stamp and stencil (no photo)

 
 and 
 
 
 A few fun challenges:
A Cut Above  October Use Dies 10/28 
Die Cut Diva's October ATG   11/1 
The Paper Funday Challenge #81 ATG, option: cute or creepy 
The Card Concept #220 -inspired by the colors and leaves  11/10