Spellbinder Advent Calendar Cards

  Had a wonderful get together making cards with 5 friends who

also purchased the Spellbinders Advent Calendar for 2024.

We each brought a card with everything cut out and ready to go.  What a great variety of

cards  and ideas to use!  We also ate, talked, ate some more and had a 

wonderful get together.  Three of us from St. Louis area drove down

together and stayed overnight - thank you Shirley for having us! 

The next day we got together with some other friends for a StampIn Up

Cup and a Card, great time also.

 

Do you have a favorite?

Make it feminine

 Allsorts challenge this week was chosen by Lynn: Make it Feminine,

or CAS.  My thoughts were immediately pink, lacy and flowery.

 

 

 

 

 I wanted to make it a special fold so browsed Pintrest  and found a tutorial by 

Anne Marie  (Updated link) that I liked, then made changes to make it my own.  Card 

stockis Bazill, patterned paper by Authentique: Refreshed, Rose and leaves

are from Altenew's Beautiful Day set (already stamped and in one

of my snippet containers)  Sentiments stamped on snippets of white and

die cut with frilly dies.  The little pink flower was also in the snippet

contained. Front lavender panel was embossed with a doily die and

then a dotted die to fill in the spaces and add interest.

Join in at Allsorts for a chance to win:

Two prizes from Stamp Addicts, stamps and stencils

 

A few fun challenges: 

CYHTP ATG or St. Patricks 3/19

Creative Creases #101 4/3 

Love Those Pretty Papers -March 4/1

Stamping Sensations: March, Hello Spring  4/2

We Love Stamping: March, Hello Spring  4/2

Clean and Simple

 

It's been 2 weeks so time for another challenge at Allsorts. This

week Helen has chosen CAS, or you can go with ATG. 

 I used Simon SaysStamp die called Circle of Leaves,  then scored 

that layer on my ScorPal.  On the card base I blended broken china,

 seedless preserves, and peacock feathers Distress Oxides,

splattered it with water and then diluted white paint.

Sentiment stamped is in peacock feathers and cut with a

stitched die.

See what my talented team mates made at Allsorts.

Three prizes from Oakwood Direct, 3 stencils, A5 stamp set and coordination

 Butterfly stamp and die set

Just for you

 

I have not had much mojo lately but I was determined today,

I pulled out my new Penny Black set: just for you, some snippets,

checked a few favorite blogs for there current challenge so knew

I also wanted CAS and embossing.  Image is colored

with Copic markers and white gel pen added.  The frame 

(two layers, and white center were snippets)  I pulled out the following

snippets but did not use all of them :

 

 

Created for the following fun challenges:

Penny Black Saturday challenge-ATG 3/1

Snippets Playground #500  3/1

NBUS challenge #71  3/1

We Love Stamping CAS  2/28

 

Shades of Blue

 Time for another card challenge at Allsorts, chosen by Liz - shades of blue,

anything goes is always an option also.

 

 

    This card was so fun to make,  although very time

 consuming, it will go to someone special.  

Stamps, dies  and papers by Stampin Up.  This is a four fold card,  

you can find a tutorial by Lyssa Griffin  Zwolanek here. 

 

The prize for this challenge, #817 is:

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil (photos not to scale).

 My supplies:

Patterned paper: doddle designs inc : Snow Much Fun

Card stock: Stampin Up

Stamp set: Nature's Prints: Stampin Up

Large Butterfly die: free from Gina Marie Designs

Small butterflies and scallop edges: Stampin Up dies

A few fun challenges:

Creative Creases #100 3/6

Cut It Up 323 -Making fun folds makes me smile 2/17

Love Those Pretty Papers February   3/1

Shop Our Stash Weekly 541-Thrice as nice 2/25

Stamping Sensations: ATG  2/27

We Love Stamping: ATG  2/27

Word Art Wednesday Week 687-688

Valentine Cards

 

I have been following sketches lately and feel like it is adding a new dimension to

my stamping.  I used different days  of dies from my Spellbinders

Advent Calendar - I am having lots of fun with this. Die cut hearts

on 2nd card.  Sentiment stamped with an old TAC stamp.

Various paper packs used.

 

Happy Valentines Day to all! 

A few fun challenges:

 

Card 1: Hot air balloon

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Love is in the air  2/12 

Stamping Sensations: Valentines  3/1

Love Those Precious Papers February - red 3/1 

 

Card 2: Dog 

Word Art Wednesday #685-686 2/12

Just Us Girls #761 - Die week 2/13

Sweet Stamping - Love  2/14 

 

Valentine Bookmarks

 

I made Valentine bookmarks for some special little ones in our lives.  I

used patterned paper on  on each one  and added stenciling to some of the 

backgrounds.  Images are from MFT, and sentiments form several

different sets.  Die cut hearts from snippets added to some.  These were fun

 to make!

 

A few fun challenges: 

Elephant:

Aud Sentiments 3/1

Simon Says Stamp Love is in the air 2/12 

Word Art Wednesday 685-686 2/12

Girl Bear with snails-cute as a bug:

Stamping Sensations February  3/1 

Snippets Playground # 499  2/16

Giraffee:

We Love Stamping-CAS 2/1